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Sexual Diversity

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This subject guide is a good starting place for researching general topics in Sexual Diversity Studies, but you might also look at other guides, such as Women and Gender Studies.

Full Text Journals & Indexes

  Online Reference Resources
  LGBT Life
ABOUT     glbtq: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture
  Gender Studies Database
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  Alternative Press Index
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  SocINDEX
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Web Resources

Academic Info: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Once past some of the commerical aspects of the site, you'll find an annotated directory of internet resources from an independent source.

Gay/Lesbian politics and law: WWW and Internet resources
A selective, annotated guide to the best and most authoritative resources on politics, law, and policy. Designed for students, scholars, teachers, journalists, activists, and citizens. Maintained by Steve Sanders, of University of Michigan Law School, and hosted by Indiana University.

GLAD: Equal Justice under the Law
Informationon the legal rights and issues of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals,transgendered, transsexuals, and persons with HIV/AIDS in New England.

Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies
A non-profit think tank which conducts research which icludes various reports, articles, and a Gay Directory of AuthoritativeResources (a list of over 140 experts on policy research).

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
ONE institute is the world's largest research library on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered history and culture.

QueerTheory.com: queer studies, gender studies & related fields.
QueerTheory.com provides you with one of the best online resources integrated with the best visual and textual resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields.

Same-sex marriage: a selective bibliography of the legal literature
From the Rutgers School of Law-Newark, this site is timely and kept up-to-date.

Queer resources directory

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.
Colby's guide has a very good description of terminology.

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in American
Reference HQ76.3.U5 E53 2004, 3 vols.

Gay Histories and Cultures
Reference HQ75.13 G37 2000

Lesbian Histories and Cultures
Reference HQ75.5 L4395 2000

Gay and Lesbian Almanac
Reference HQ76.3 U5 S75 1998

Gay and Lesbian Biography
Reference HQ75.2 G39 1997

The Gay and Lesbian Movement: references and resources
Reference HQ76.5 R53 1996

Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies
Reference HQ75.15 R43 2000

The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Reference HQ21 I68 1997

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Laura Juraska
Associate Librarian for Reference Services
207-786-6271
e-mail: ljuraska AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
(207) 786-6263


Page author: Laura Juraska
Date: 07/26/06


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