Que(e)ry Resources
Along with the organizations we’ve benefited at our parties, as well as our fantastic collaborators and co-sponsors, we want to call attention to these libraries, archives, museums, oral history collections, organizations, resources, publications, projects, and other kindred spirits.
Contents:
Libraries, Museums, Archives, and Collections
Schools, Departments, Institutes
Queer Art, Culture, History, Heritage
Queer Film, Documentary, Theater
Other Projects, Groups, Blogs, Podcasts, etc.
Libraries, Museums, Archives, and Collections
List of LGBTQ Libraries and Archives (Wikipedia)
Africa
GALA Queer Archive (Braamfontein, South Africa)
Asia
Project BOLO: Oral History Collection of LGBT persons in India
South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web Archive
Europe
Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (London, England)
Hall-Carpenter Archives at University of London
Goldsmiths Centre for Queer History (London, England)
LGBTQ History and Alternative Sexuality Collections at Bishopsgate Institute (London, England)
LGBT Community Archives at London Metropolitan Archives, England
Gender Community Lending Library (England)
Queer Britain Museum (London, England)
Queer Heritage South/Queer in Brighton (Brighton, England)
Lavender Menace Archive (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Small Trans Library (Dublin, Ireland and Glasgow, Scotland)
Small Trans Library Cardiff (Cardiff, Wales)
Irish Queer Archive (Dublin, Ireland)
Irish Trans Archive (Dublin, Ireland)
Outhouse Library (Dublin, Ireland)
Cork LGBT Archive (Cork, Ireland)
i.d.a. Dachverband deutschsprachiger Lesben-/Frauenarchive, -bibliotheken, und dokumentationsstellen (Umbrella organization of German-language Lesbian and Womens’ archives, libraries, and documentation centers)
Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (Berlin, Germany)
Hannchen-Mehrzweck-Stiftung (Berlin, Germany)
Lili Elbe Archiv (Berlin, Germany)
Schwules Museum (Berlin, Germany)
Stichwort: Archiv der Frauen- und Lesbenbewegung (Archive of the Women’s and Lesbians’ Movement, Vienna, Austria)
Internationaal Homo/Lesbisch Informatiecentrum en Archief/IHLIA (International Gay and Lesbian Information Center and Archive, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Queerrörelsens Arkiv och Bibliotek/QRAB (Archives and Library of the Queer Movement, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Skeivt Arkiv (National Norwegian Archive for Queer History, Bergen, Norway)
Centre de Documentació Armand de Fluvià at Casal Lambda (Barcelona, Spain)
Le Collectif Archives LGBTQI (Paris, France)
Archivio Out-Takes (Italy)
Compulsive Archive (Milan, Italy)
Αθηναϊκό Μουσείο Κουήρ Τεχνών/Athens Museum of Queer Art (AMOQA) (Athens, Greece)
Queer Archives Institute (Eastern and Central Europe)
Fundacja Q (Warsaw, Poland)
North America
Lavender Legacies: Guide to sources in North America (compiled by DSGS)
Map of LGBTQ Libraries and Archives (compiled by ALA Rainbow RT)
United States
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona Queer Archives (Tucson)
California
Tom of Finland Foundation (Los Angeles)
ONE Archives Foundation (Los Angeles)
ONE Archives at University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Oscar Wilde Collection at Clark Library, UCLA (Los Angeles)
June Mazer Lesbian Archives (West Hollywood)
West Hollywood Heritage Project
GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco)
Center for Sex and Culture Library and Archive (San Francisco)
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library
Harvey Milk Memorial Library/Eureka Valley Branch of San Francisco Public Library
"Queerest Library Ever" Blog of San Francisco Public Library
Bay Area Lesbian History Archives Project (Oakland)
Lavender Library, Archives, & Cultural Exchange (Sacramento)
Lambda Archives (San Diego)
Feminist Library on Wheels (FLOW) (Los Angeles)
Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive (Vallejo)
Colorado
Colorado LGBTQ History Project
Terry Mangan Library, GLBT Community Center (Denver)
NXT Queer Library (Denver)
Connecticut
Sexuality Collections at Yale University Library (New Haven)
LGBTQI Subject Guide, Beinecke Rare Books Library (New Haven)
Florida
Stonewall National Museum & Archive (Ft. Lauderdale)
Pridelines LGBTQ Library (Miami)
LGBT Collections at University of South Florida (Tampa)
Georgia
LGBT Collections, Emory University (Atlanta)
Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project, Georgia State University (Atlanta)
Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project
Audre Lorde Collection, Spelman College Archives (Atlanta)
Illinois
Leather Archives and Museum (Chicago)
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (Chicago)
Transgender Resource Collection at Oak Park Public Library
Queer Asian American Collection (University of Illinois Chicago)
Indiana
Northeast Indiana Diversity Library (Ft. Wayne)
Chris Gonzalez Library & Archives (Indianapolis)
Kinsey Institute Library at Indiana University (Bloomington)
Iowa
LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library (Iowa City)
Kentucky
William-Nichols Archive at University of Louisville
Louisiana
LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana
LGBT+ Collections at Loyola University (New Orleans)
LGBT Collections & Resources at Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University (New Orleans)
Maine
LGBTQ+ Collection at University of Southern Maine (Portland)
Candy’s queer community hub, bar, coffee shop, and library (Portland)
Massachusetts
Act Up Archives at Harvard University (Cambridge)
Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard University (Cambridge)
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
GLBTQA Collections at Northeastern University (Boston)
Sexual Minorities Archives (Northampton)
Digital Transgender Archive at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester)
Provincetown History Preservation Project (Provincetown)
Michigan
Labadie Collection, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
Quatrefoil Library (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Missouri
Gay & Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (Kansas City)
St. Louis LGBT History Project (St. Louis)
Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives, Missouri State University (Springfield)
Nebraska
Queer Omaha Archives (Omaha)
New Mexico
Bennett A. Hammer LGBT Archives Project (Albuquerque)
New York
Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library of the LGBT Community Center (New York)
Archives of the LGBT Community Center (New York)
Lesbian Herstory Archives (Brooklyn)
Feminist Zine Collection at Barnard College (New York)
LGBTQ Initiative at New York Public Library (New York)
LGBT at New York Public Library Blog
Black Gay and Lesbian Archive at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (New York)
Interference Archive (Brooklyn)
Quentin Crisp Archives (New York)
Pop-Up Museum of Queer History (New York)
Riot Grrrl Collection at New York University (New York)
Women, Gender & Sexuality Collections at Columbia University (New York)
American LGBTQ+ Museum (New York)
Human Sexuality Collection at Cornell University (Ithaca)
Library and Archives of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (Rochester)
Cherry Grove Archives Collection (Fire Island)
Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society (Fire Island)
Madeline Davis GLBT Archives of Western N.Y. at Buffalo State (Buffalo)
Buffalo Niagara LGBTQ History Project
Westchester Queer History Project (Westchester County)
North Carolina
Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University Libraries (Durham)
Lesbian and Gay Pulp Fiction Collection at Duke University Libraries (Durham)
LGBT History Collection, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
LGBT Center of Raleigh Library (Raleigh)
Tranzmission (Asheville)
Ohio
LGBT Archives, Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland)
Oklahoma
Rainbow Library at Oklahomans for Equality Center (Tulsa)
Oregon
Bitch Community Lending Library (Portland)
Libraries of the Q Center/LGBT Community Center (Portland)
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (Portland)
Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) Archives (Portland)
Outliers and Outlaws: Eugene Lesbian History Project (Eugene)
Pennsylvania
John J. Wilcox, Jr. Library/Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center (Philadelphia)
Carter/Johnson Leather Library
Widener University Sexuality Archives (Chester)
AIDS Library (Philadelphia)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive (Providence Public Library)
Richard G. Katzoff Collection at Brown University (Providence)
Global Lavender Voices at Brown University (Providence)
Queer.Archive.Work (Providence)
Tennessee
Texas
Transgender Foundation of America (Houston)
Transgender Archive at Transgender Foundation of America (Houston)
Gulf Coast Archive & Museum of GLBT History (Houston)
LGBT History Research Collection (including Botts Collection) (University of Houston)
Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture (Texas A&M)
LGBTQ Collections at the Harry Ransom Center (Austin)
Black Queer Studies Collection at University of Texas Libraries (Austin)
LGBT Archive at University of North Texas (Denton)
The Dallas Way: LGBTQ archives and oral histories (Dallas)
Utah
LGBTQ Library and Cyber Center at Utah Pride Center (Salt Lake City)
Vermont
Virginia
Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
Washington, D.C.
LGBT Collections at Library of Congress
Washington Blade Digital Archives (DC Public Library)
Washington (State)
Women’s History Consortium, Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma)
LGBT Library at Gay City (Seattle)
Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (Seattle)
GLBTQ Collections at University of Washington (Seattle)
LGBTQ Activism in Seattle History Project (University of Washington)
LGBTQ Library at Lambert House for LGBTQ Youth (Seattle)
Wisconsin
Queer Zine Archive Project (Milwaukee)
Wisconsin LGBT History Project
Canada
Arquives: Canada's LGBTQ@+ Archives (Toronto, Ontario)
Sexual Representation Collection (University of Toronto Libraries, Toronto, Ontario)
Pride Library, University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario)
Out on the Shelves Library (Vancouver, B.C.)
Out on the Shelf (Guelph, Ontario)
Transgender Archives, University of Victoria (Victoria, B.C.)
Les Archives gaies du Québec/Quebec Gay Archives (Montréal, Québec)
Queer Media Database Canada-Québec (Montréal, Québec)
Bibliothèque à livres ouverts, Centre communitaire des gais et lesbiennes de Montréal / Library of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center (Montréal, Québec)
Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Two Spirit Archives (University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Mexico
Archivos y Memorias Diversas (Mexico City)
Oceania
Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (Melbourne, Australia)
Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (Wellington, New Zealand)
LGBTQI+ Histories of Aotearoa New Zealand/Kōrero takatāpui ki Aotearoa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, New Zealand)
Oral History
Country Queers: oral history of rural and small-town LGBTQIA folks in the U.S.A.
I’m from Driftwood LGBTQ Story Archive
Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project (Houston, Texas)
Telling Queer History (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)
Act Up Oral History Project (New York)
NYC Trans Oral History Project (New York)
Queer Newark Oral History Project at Rutgers University (Newark)
Rainbow Roundtable Oral History Project at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Queer Appalachia Oral History Project at University of Kentucky Libraries (Lexington)
Dykaries: A Lesbian/Sapphic Spaces Oral History Project (Washington D.C.)
Last Call: New Orleans Dyke Bar Oral History project, podcast, and performance collective
Under the Rainbow: Oral Histories of GLBTQI People in Kansas at University of Kansas (Lawrence)
Whitman-Walker Health Oral History Project (Washington D.C.)
Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
Houston Area Rainbow Collective History Oral History (Rice University)
Singapore Queer Oral History Archive
Speak Out London Oral History (London, England)
Journals and Periodicals
List of LGBTQ Peer Review Journals (compiled by Harrington Park Press)
Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality (University of Toronto Press)
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (Duke University Press)
International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies
International Journal of Transgenderism
Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships (University of Nebraska Press)
Journal of Radical Librarianship
Journal of the History of Sexuality (University of Texas Press)
QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (Michigan State University Press)
Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture
Transgender Studies Quarterly (Duke University Press)
Writing From Below (Latrobe University Press)
Databases
Archives of Sexuality and Gender digital collection (Gale Cengage, by subscription)
Gender and Sexuality Primary Sources (Adam Matthew Digital, by subscription)
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO, by subscription)
GenderWatch (ProQuest, by subscription)
Independent Voices: Open Access Collection of Alternative Press
LGBT Magazine Archive (ProQuest, by subscription)
LGBT Studies in Video collection (Alexander Street, by subscription)
LGBT Thought and Culture digital collection (Alexander Street Press, by subscription)
LGBTQI Research Collection (IssueLab)
Reviews, Booklists, etc.
Autostraddle Book Lists/Reviews
Books for Kids in Gay Families
Foreword Reviews: LGBTQ+ Fiction and LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
Gay YA: LGBTQI+ characters in young adult literature
Kirkus Collections LGBTQIAP collections
Out in Print queer book reviews
Out Magazine book and art reviews
People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History (Fordham University)
Rainbow Roundtable Book and Media Reviews
Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review (journal published by University of Wisconsin’s Gender & Women’s Studies Librarian; formerly under the title: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources)
True Colorz YA LGBTQ Literature page
Research Guides and Libguides
Children’s and Young Adult Literature: LGBTQIA+ (University of Nevada-Las Vegas)
Gender and Sexuality Studies (New York University)
Gender and Women’s Studies Portal (University of Wisconsin)
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies (University of Minnesota)
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies (University of Washington)
Gender Studies (UCLA)
LGBT Legal Research (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
LGBT+ Resources (Missouri Southern State University)
LGBTQ+ Resources in Business and the Workplace (Library of Congress)
LGBT Studies (Penn State)
LGBT Studies (University College Cork, Ireland)
LGBTQ+ Studies (Georgia State)
LGBTQ+ Studies (Hofstra)
LGBTQ+ Studies (LIbrary of Congress)
LGBTQ+ Studies (McGill)
LGBTQ Studies (UCLA)
LGBTQA studies (University of Texas)
LGBTQI Research Guide (Yale)
LGBT Studies Research Sources (Northern Illinois University)
Library Resources for Transgender Topics (University of Minnesota)
Manuscripts and Archives Repository Guide to Collections on Sexuality (Yale)
Research Initiative on the Global History of Sexualities (Columbia University)
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (Columbia University)
Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (Barnard)
Women and Gender Studies (Florida State)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (University of Tennessee)
Women’s Gender, & Sexuality Studies (Yale)
Publishers and Presses
LGBT and LGBT-Friendly Publishers (Lambda Literary)
Haymarket Press Gender and Feminism Titles
Hear Diversity: Diverse Audiobooks
Bookstores
Map of GLBTQ Bookstores (compiled by ALA Rainbow RT)
LGBTQIA+ Owned Independent Bookstores (libro.fm)
Another Read Through (Portland, Oregon)
Antigone Books (Tucson, Arizona)
Bluestockings Bookstore, Cafe, and Activist Center (New York, N.Y.)
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (New York, N.Y.)
Cafe con Libros Feminist Bookstore and Cafe (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Category Is Books (Glasgow, Scotland)
Charis Books (Atlanta, Georgia)
Common Language Bookstore (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Gay’s the Word (London, England)
Glad Day Bookshop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Hares and Hyenas (Melbourne, Australia)
Housing Works Bookstore/Cafe (New York, N.Y.)
Lighthouse Books (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Little District Books (Washington, D.C.)
One Grand Bookstore (Narrowsburg, N.Y.)
Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
A Room of One’s Own (Madison, Wisconsin)
Violet Valley Bookstore (Water Valley, Mississippi)
Wild Iris Books (Gainesville, Florida)
Women and Children First Bookstore (Chicago, Illinois)
Schools, Departments, Institutes
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (City University of NY)
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (NYU)
Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Columbia University, NYC)
Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (Bloomington, Indiana)
Hetrick-Martin Institute/Harvey Milk High School (New York, N.Y.)
Gender and Sexuality Center at University of Illinois at Chicago
Barnard Center for Research on Women (New York, N.Y.)
Institute for LGBT Studies (University of Arizona)
Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies (University of Toronto)
Professional Organizations
Rainbow Roundtable of the American Library Association
We Here: Community for BIPOC library/archive workers
Women and Gender Studies Section (ALA ACRL)
Women, Non-Binary and Trans Workers in Library Technology Interest Group (ALA Core)
Women, Non-Binary and Trans Library Administrators Interest Group (ALA Core)
Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section of the Society of American Archivists (formerly the Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable)
GLBT Issues Caucus of the Special Libraries Association
Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (American Association of Law Libraries)
LGBTQ Special Interest Group (Art Libraries Society of North America)
LGBTQ Alliance (American Alliance of Museums)
Queer & Trans Caucus for Art (affiliate of College Art Association)
LGBT Committee (American Association of Moving Image Archivists)
LGBTQIA Round Table (New York Library Association)
Committee on LGBT History (affiliate of the American Historical Association)
Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality, a subcommittee of the Canadian Historical Association
ALIA Rainbow (Australian Library Association)
LGBTQIA+ Caucus (Medical Library Association)
LGBT Users Special Interest Group (International Federation of Library Associations)
LGBTQ Special Interest Group (Oral History Society, UK)
ALA Office of Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
List of LGBT Professional Societies/Caucuses/Special Interest Groups (compiled by Harrington Park Press)
Professional Resources
Consortium of Occupy Libraries
Digital Transgender Archive Policies
Documenting Rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times by Rebecka Taves Sheffield (Litwin Books, 2020)
Homosaurus.org Linked Data Vocabulary: International Thesaurus of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Index Terms
It Gets Better Project Library Initiative
LGBT Religious Archives Network
LGBTQ Library of Congress Subject Headings Compendium
Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies
Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st century ed. by Lyz Bly and Kelly Wooten (Litwin Books, 2012)
Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources (2022)
Name Change Policy Working Group
Open to All: GLBTRT Professional Toolkit
Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians ed. by Tracy Nectoux (Library Juice Press, 2011)
QueerLCSH: List of related terms from LC Vocabularies
Rainbow Family Connections: Selecting and Using Children’s books with LGBTQ Content by Jamie Campbell Naido(ABC-CLIO Press, 2012)
Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies (Litwin Books and Library Juice Press)
Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users: Essays on Outreach, Service, Collections, and Access. ed.by Ellen Greenblatt (McFarland, 2011)
Trans Inclusion in LIS Presenter List
WOC+Lib: Women of Color and Libraries
Events, conferences, etc.
LGBTQ+ Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections Conference
National Diversity in Libraries Conference (2016)
Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium (2018: Boston)
Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium (2016: Vancouver)
Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium (2014: Toronto)
Flame-Con (LGBTQ Geek Fandom and Comic Convention New York, N.Y.)
Queer Comics Expo (San Francisco, California)
Rainbow Book Fair (New York, N.Y.)
Queer Circuits in Archival Times Conference (2016: New York, N.Y.)
Finding the Queer Radical Past (2018: Amherst, Mass.)
Feminist Zinefest (Barnard College, New York, N.Y.)
Queer Disruptions Conference (Annual: Columbia University)
ALA Banned Books Week (late September annually)
ALA Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7 annually)
Open Access Week (late October annually)
LGBT History Month (October, USA)
LGBT History Month (February, UK)
GLBT Book Month (June)
Queer Memoir: NYC-Based Storytelling Event
Queer Art, Culture, History, Heritage
Histsex (History of Sexuality)
LGBTQ Heritage (National Park Service)
LGBTQ History in Government Documents
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
Queer Archive Festival (Athens, Greece)
Queer History Social Media Project
Queer History/Lesbian Histories
Quist Queer History mobile app
Queer Film, Documentary, Theater
Other Boys NYC: documentary series on queer and trans men of color in NYC
NewFest (New York, N.Y.)
Outfest (Los Angeles, California)
MIX Queer Experimental Film Festival (New York, N.Y.)
Three Dollar Bill Cinema (Seattle, Washington)
Wicked Queer Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts)
Out South Queer Film Festival (Durham, N.C.)
Inside Out 2SLGBTQI+ Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario)
An Intersectional Lens: Towards a Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) Film Canon
Other Projects, Groups, Blogs, Podcasts, etc.
Audre Lorde Project (NYC)
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC)
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
Historically Really Good Friends Podcast
Library of Study (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Queer Appalachia/Electric Dirt Collective
Sexing History Podcast
Nancy Podcast
Wendy’s Subway (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Community Pride Center
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