Librari n serve lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LBGTQ) people by ensurg that this populatn is reflected library llectns and provid wh servic at the library. As a populatn which is often the subject of discrimatn and harassment, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people n benef om the accs to rmatn which librari provi and the sense of muny which library programs n help foster. It is important to note that the LGBTQ populatn is diverse, spanng age groups, ethnic and racial groups, soc-enomic groups, and personal inti.
Contents:
- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- THE OUTSIRS AUTHOR: MY CHARACTERS ARE NOT GAY
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
As a populatn that is often the subject of discrimatn and harassment, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people n benef om the accs to rmatn which librari provi and the sense of muny which library programs n help foster. Barr’s novel is a sort of roman a clef love story between two men who meet the Navy World War II, and one of the first mastream novels to portray openly gay men a posive light – “Its two thoughtful, mascule hero provid a rrective to the many mdls, pathetic or flighty gay characters of the forti, ” wrote cric Roger Aten the 1970s. ” Van Cleve is the former assistant curator of the Tretter Collectn Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Studi at the Universy of Mnota, and the book is a thoughtful, well-selected overview of materials om that llectn, assembled to a historil narrative that touch on aspects of Mnota queer culture, begng wh the Ojibwe, and movg over the years through 21st century activist anizatns.
It clus everythg om Xeroxed pamphlets, magaz, and flyers om the dawn of the gay rights movement, to photos, oral histori, and wrten acunts om much earlier, many of which were rcued om certa obscury by dited activists, volunteers, and amatr archivists, and donated to the llectn. That enpass a really wi spectm of cultural activy, obvly, so even takg a cursory glance at the holdgs, you n fd everythg om LPs, children’s books, textbooks, archival llectns of pback buttons, oversized ffee table art books about Warhol and Avedon (not gay himself, but noted for portras of gay subjects, cludg a famo one of Allen Gsberg and Peter Orlovsky an embrace).
THE OUTSIRS AUTHOR: MY CHARACTERS ARE NOT GAY
There are full ns of Tw Ci gay-themed publitns of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, such as Posively Gay, Equal Time, the GLC Voice, and Tw Ci Gaze, as well as selectns of peer publitns om other ci, such as Milwkee’s Amazon or Vanuver’s Angl. Pagg through Equal Time or Posively Gay is an tertg and somewhat soberg glance at the thrivg but still que limed parameters of lol LGBT culture an earlier era: prted on the sibars and full-page spreads black-and-whe photos, text blocks and le drawgs are ads for the retailers, bars, clubs, social servic, anizatns and other mercial tablishments that nstuted the safe spac of those tim for a margalized and opprsed particular, I fd a small, one-fold sat-gloss pamphlet lled “Marketplace” – only four issu 1980 – tertg for the reasons.
There’s such an ialism the necsy of such an unrtakg – a listgs of bs for “US, ” reads – but also the fact that this ty facet of the lol gay culture was prerved and is now available to anyone who’d like to look at every cy Ameri had a “Marketplace” the post-Stonewall years, as limed as may have been s long-term prospects.
In honor of LGBTQ History Month, celebrated every October, here are books that aim to shed light on and clarify signifint historil moments that rmed and shaped the morn lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights movement.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
"The Gay Revolutn: The Story of the Stggle" by Lillian FarmanA thorough troductn to the history of the gay and lbian civil rights movements, this book chronicl the early stggl of LGBTQ dividuals om the 1950s to prent day g a pilatn of enlighteng terviews wh policians, ary officials and members of the muny. "When We Rise: My Life the Movement" by Cleve JonThis semi-tobgraphil acunt follows Cleve Jon as he explor his inty as a gay man the 1950s, disvers a muny and a e through his mentor, Harvey Milk, and p wh the ravagg effects of the AIDS epimic. "Sister Outsir: Essays and Speech" by Audre LorA celebratn of tersectnaly, black lbian poet and femist Audre Lor analyz the prence of ageism, sexism, racism, classism and homophobia her own life through a llectn of lyril says and speech.
"The Men wh the Pk Triangle" by Hez Heger (Used)In lurid tail, Hez Hager unfolds the te story of Josef Kohout — a man who was imprisoned a Nazi ncentratn mp for beg gay — and effectively remds the world of the torture gay dividuals suffered at the hands of the Nazi regime. JohnsonWh the help of classified documents and terview wh ary officials, David Johnson argu that Senator Joseph McCarthy was jt as guilty of promotg anti-Communism paranoia as he was spirg polici that nsired homosexualy a threat to natnal secury.
"The Celluloid Closet: Homosexualy the Movi" by Vo RsoPublished 1987, Rso’s analysis of the portrayal of homosexualy film has laid the foundatn for the how we evaluate LGBTQ reprentatn film today and has supported the argument that reprentatn matters. The Uned Stat of Ameri" by Eric CerviWhile many believe the fight for LGBTQ rights began at New York Cy’s Stonewall Inn durg the summer of 1969, actually began wh a grassroots “homophile” movement that has been largely overlooked.