A Researchers Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues

Berkshire Community College Jonathan Edwards Library

Compiled by John Santana, Evening Librarian, MSIS

Reference
The following materials can be located in the reference section on the librarys main floor and can be used in-house. Connor, Randy P. Cassells Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lore. London: Cassell, 1998. Ref BL795 .H6 C65 1998 Dynes, Wayne R., ed. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. New York: Garland, 1990. Ref HQ76.25 .E53 1990 (2 volumes) Hogan, Steve, and Lee Hudson. Completely Queer: The gay and lesbian encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. RefHQ75 .H63 1998 Newton, David E. Gay and Lesbian Rights. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1994. Ref HQ76.3 .U5 N48 1994

Books
The following are just some of the print books the library has on these subjects. All of the following titles can be borrowed. Bisexuality Colker, Ruth. Hybrid: Bisexuals, Multiracials, and other misfits under American law. New York: New York University Press, 1996. KF4749 .C64 1996 Haeberle, Erwin J., and Rolf Gindorf, eds. Bisexualities: The ideology and practice of sexual contact with both men and women. New York: Continuum, 1998. HQ74 .B575 1998 Economics Badgett, M.V. Lee. Money, Myths, and Change: The economic lives of lesbians and gay men. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. HQ76.25 .B33 2001 Chasin, Alexandra. Selling Out: The gay and lesbian movement goes to market. New York: St. Martins Press, 2000. HF5415.33 .U6 C48 2000 Gay Marriage Corvino, John. Whats wrong with homosexuality? Oxford University Press, 2013. HQ76.25 .C673 2013

Mello, Michael. Legalizing gay marriage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004 HQ1034 .U5M45 2004 Pierceson, Jason. Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: The road to the Supreme Court. Lanham, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield, 2013. HQ1034 .U5 P54 2013 History Carter, David. Stonewall: The riots that sparked the gay revolution. New York: St. Martins Press, 2004. HQ76 .C315 2004 Edsall, Nicholas C. Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and society in the modern western world. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003. HQ76.3 .E37 2003 Fone, Byrne. Homophobia: A history. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000. HQ76.25 .F7 2000 Hubbard, Thomas K., ed. Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A sourcebook of basic documents. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. HQ76.3 .G8 H66 2003 Robb, Graham. Strangers: Homosexual love in the nineteenth century. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. HQ76.3 .E8 R63 2004 Vargo, Marc E. Scandal: Infamous gay controversies of the twentieth century. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2003. HQ76.V37 2003 Legal Issues Ball, Carlos A. From the Closet to the Courtroom: Five LGBT rights lawsuits that have changed our nation. Boston: Beacon Press. 2010. KF4754.5 .A53 B35 2010 Carpenter, Dale. Flagrant Conduct: The story of Lawrence v. Texas: How a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. KF224 .L39 C37 2012 Eskridge, William N. Gaylaw: Challenging the apartheid of the closet. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999. KF4754.5 .584 1999 Mogul, Joey L., Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock. Queer (in)justice: The criminalization of LGBT people in the United States. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011. KF4754.5 .M64 2011 Lesbian Studies Jay, Karla. Dyke Life: From growing up to growing old, a celebration of the lesbian experience. New York: Basic Books, 1995. HQ75.5 .D5 1995 McHugh, Erin. The L Life: Extraordinary lesbians making a difference. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011. HQ75.3 .M385 2011

LGBT and Families Bernstein, Robert A. Straight Parents, Gay Children: Inspiring families to live honestly and with greater understanding. New York: Thunders Mouth Press, 1999. HQ75.12 .P37 B47 1999 Howey, Noelle, and Ellen Samuels, eds. Out of the Ordinary: Essays on growing up with gay, lesbian, and transgender parents. New York: St. Martins Press, 2000. HQ777 .O87 2000 Kaeser, Gigi. Love Makes a Family: Portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. HQ76.13 .K34 1999 Literature, Film and Art Benshoff, Harry M., and Sean Griffin. Queer Images: A history of gay and lesbian film in America. Lanham, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield, 2006. PN1995.9 .H55 B44 2006 Castle, Terry, ed. The Literature of Lesbianism: A historical anthology from Aristotle to Stonewall. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. PN6071 .L47 L58 2003 Donoghue, Emma. Inseparable: Desire between women in literature. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. PR149 .L47 D67 2010 Jones, Sonya L. Gay and Lesbian Literature since World War II: History and memory. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1998. PS153 .G38 G39 1998 Meyer, Richard. Outlaw Representation: Censorship & homosexuality in twentieth-century American art. Oxford University Press, 2002. N8217 .H67 M49 2002 Whitaker, Rick. The First Time I Met Frank OHara: Reading gay American writers. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003. PS143 .G38 W47 2003 Woodhouse, Reed. Unlimited Embrace: A canon of gay fiction, 1945-1995. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. PS374 .H63 W66 1998 Medical/Nursing/Public Health Shankle, Michael D., ed. The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A practitioners guide to service. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2006. RA564.9 .H65 H36 2006 Military Burg, R.L. Gay Warriors: A documentary history from the ancient world to the present. New York: New York University Press, 2002. UH630 .G39 2002 Frank, Nathaniel. Unfriendly Fire: How the gay ban undermines the military and weakens America. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. UB418 .G38 F73 2009

Shilts, Randy. Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and gays in the U.S. military: Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. New York: St. Martins Press, 1993. UB418 .G38 S55 1993 Steffan, Joseph III. Honor bound. New York: Villard, 1992. VB324 .G38 S74 1992 Social Conditions Bull, Chris, ed. Come out Fighting: A century of essential writing on gay and lesbian liberation. New York: Thunders Mouth Press, 2001. HQ76.8 .U5 C66 2001 Gambone, Philip. Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. HQ75.2 .G36 2010 Hirshman, Linda. Victory: The triumphant gay revolution. New York: Harper, 2012. HQ76.8 .U5 H57 2012 Kissen, Rita M. The Last Closet: The real lives of lesbian and gay teachers. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1996. LB2844.1 .G39 K57 1996 Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. And Say Hi to Joyce: Americas first gay column comes out. New York: Doubleday, 1995. HQ76.6 .U5 P75 1995 Woog, Dan. Jocks: True stories of America's gay male athletes. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 1998. GV697 .A1 W687 1998 Transsexualism Bailey, J. Michael. The man who would be Queen: The science of gender-bending and transsexualism. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2003. HQ76.2 .U5 B35 2003 Bloom, Amy. Normal: Transsexual CEOs, cross-dressing cops, hermaphrodites with attitude. New York: Random House, 2002. HQ77.95 .U6 B58 2002 Bornstein, Kate. Gender Outlaw: On men, women, and the rest of us. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. HQ77.9.B67 1995 Boylan, Jennifer Finney. Shes not there: A life in two genders. New York: Broadway Books, 2004. PS3552 .O914 Z477 2004