LGBT History

Rooted in extensive archival research and personal interviews, A Queer Capital is the first history of LGBT life in the nation’s capital. Revealing a vibrant past that dates back more than 125 years, the book explores how lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals established spaces of their own before and af..

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community. These poignant and complex stories ..

When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans. Never before has the story been told of the..

Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: “Have You Heard My Message?” weaves the story of a man and a movement into this powerful biography that captures the wisdom and passion of Jack Nichols. A compelling look at this prolific activist, inspirational human being, and warrior for gay equality...

This title is both a retrospective history of the American gay community's use of electronic media as a way of networking and creating a sense of community, and an examination of the situation at the beginning of the 21st century, an analysis of gay/lesbian electronic media...

Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a new narrative history of the gay and lesbian movement. Focusing on a half-century of rapid, ground-breaking, political and legal changes of the 20th century, Marc Stein contextualizes the changing vocabulary and beliefs of this movement comprised of..

Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a new narrative history of the gay and lesbian movement. Focusing on a half-century of rapid, ground-breaking, political and legal changes of the 20th century, Marc Stein contextualizes the changing vocabulary and beliefs of this movement comprised of..

Gathering authorities in the field to define the ways in which sexual and gender diversity have contributed to the dynamics of American society, culture and nation, The Routledge History of Queer America is the finest available overview of the rich history of queer experience in American history...