Gay and Lesbian Studies

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Studies

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Studies is an interdisciplinary field, so the sources listed here represent only a sampling of the library's collection. You can begin locating books, and articles from magazines, journals and newspapers using some of the resources listed below.
Find Background Information — Reference Materials


Taking a few minutes to read about your topic in a specialized database, encyclopedia, dictionary or handbook may be one of the most effective and time-saving research tips in this guide. These resources can help you define unfamiliar terms, locate quick biographical and bibliographical information, and verify dates and events. If you'd like to learn more about research and online resources stop by the Reference Desk, or take a class at the Library (http://library.ucsc.edu/instruction/workshops/).
Bisexual Resource Guide Ref HQ74. B558 2000
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit Ref HQ75.5. C66 1997
Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures Ref HQ75.13. E53 2000 (2 volume set)
Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook Ref HQ76.3. U5 S59 2002
Gay and Lesbian Atlas Ref HQ76.3. U5 G355 2004
Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook Ref HQ76.25. S748 2003
Gay Rights on Trial: A Reference Handbook Ref KF4754.5. W35 2002
LGBT: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America
Ref HQ76.3. U5 E53 2003
Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts Ref N72. H64 Q44 2004


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Find Journal Articles


Try starting your search with a periodical index that arranges articles by subject. There are many indexes to choose from, many available online. Often over-looked resources for journal articles are the bibliographies that can be found at the end of related journal articles or in books on your topic. Stop by the Reference Desk for help. For a more detailed description, see "How to Find Journal Articles" (library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/find_articles.html).

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) — A searchable database with citations and abstracts for journal articles covering all academic disciplines. Full text is available for more than 50% of the articles in this database. Subject areas: art and art history, general subjects, humanities, science and engineering, social sciences.
LexisNexis — The news section contains the text of many regional, national, and international newspapers and other news sources.
Sociological Abstracts — Contains citations for journal articles and documents in sociology and other social and behavioral sciences.
MLA (literature) — Contains citations for articles, books, and book chapters in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
PsycINFO (psychology) — Citations and abstracts of articles, books, and book chapters on psychology and related disciplines.
WRI (Women's Resources International) — Contains over 232,000 citations and abstracts of historical and current research in Women's Studies, with a focus on health and international issues.
CWI (Contemporary Women's Issues) — Global information about women, full-text. Covers journal articles, newsletters, and research reports. Topics include sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.
GenderWatch — Full-text database of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government reports that focus on the impact of gender, men, and women across disciplines.
The UC-eLinks icon in most online databases will lead you to online text when available, the call numbers for print copies of journals, and forms for requesting items through interlibrary loan if UCSC doesn't own the journal. See the UC-eLinks Guide (http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/elinks.html) for more information.


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Core Journals

The Advocate

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies

Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

GLQ; A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies

Hypatia

International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies
International Journal of Transgenderism
Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity
Journal of Homosexuality

Journal of Lesbian Studies
Journal of the History of Sexuality

Off Our Backs

Sex Roles

Sexualities

Sinister Wisdom



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Find Books


CRUZCAT (http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu) is UCSC's online library catalog. It includes books, periodicals, maps, videos, government publications, CDs, music scores, and more materials located in both McHenry and the Science and Engineering Library. CRUZCAT does not include the text of journal articles. The MELVYL Union Catalog (http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/) contains the holdings all nine UC Libraries. It also has links to request items UCSC does not own, an interlibrary loan service available to UC students, faculty, and staff.

Try the following Library of Congress subject headings to find books on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered topics:

lesbianism
gay parents
transsexuals
bisexuality
gay rights
gender identity
sexual orientation
same sex marriage
homosexuality
gay communities


See our guide to using call numbers (library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/call_numbers.html) that includes tips on locating where our books and journals are shelved in the Library.
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Bibliographies

A bibliography is a list of books, articles and sometimes other materials such as films and recordings. Bibliographies can be book length, within books or at the end of journal articles. These are often-overlooked resources that can be a treasure trove of related sources. Some are even annotated, with short descriptions of each entry. A well-organized, carefully selected and annotated bibliography can lead you to the best and most relevant sources on your topic.

Asian Pacific Islander Lesbian Collection and Bibliography Ref HQ75.6. A78 K56 2001
The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film Ref PN1995.9. H55 B46 2003
Gay and Lesbian American Plays Ref Z1229. G25.F87 1993
Gay and Lesbian Families: A Bibliography Ref HQ75.27 .N67 2000
Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion Ref PN56. H57 G365 2002
The Gay and Lesbian Movement Ref HQ76.5. R53 1996
Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies Ref HQ75.15. R43 2000
Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing Ref HQ75.13. G75 2002



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Find Websites

Not all information on the Web has been evaluated by librarians or scholars. If you are using a Web page as a possible research citation, apply the criteria in the Web Evaluation Guide (http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/evaluate.html) to determine the quality of your source.

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Studies on InfoSurf (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/gay.html)
Information Resources for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Studies from UCSB
National and International Gay and Lesbian Organizations and Publications (http://faculty.washington.edu/alvin/gayorg.htm)
Lesbian History Project (http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html)
FTM International (Female to Male) (http://www.ftmi.org)
Educational organization serving FTM transgendered people and transsexual men.
Bisexual Options (http://www.bisexual.org/)
Created by a non-profit organization dedicated to bisexual community building and empowerment.
American Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights (http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRightsMain.cfm)
NTAC: The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (http://www.ntac.org/)
Includes legal updates, existing and proposed laws, news items, gender rights bills, research and statistics, press information packages, and bylaws and other specific items of organizational structure. A valuable resource for transgender issues.

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Films and Videos

The Film & Music Center (first floor, McHenry Library) maintains a collection of films and videos. CRUZCAT (http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu) is UCSC's Online Library Catalog and lists all of the films and videos held at the Library. The following are some that are relevant to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered studies. You may also view a list of GLBT films owned by the Library.

gy VT952 Before Stonewall VT7100 Off the Straight and Narrow
VT7255 Boys Don'tCcry DVD1289 Paragraph 175
VT3256 Cut Sleeve: Lesbians & Gays of Asian/Pacific Ancestry DVD2222 P[l]ain truth: A Film From [Female] to [Male]

DVD1007 Hedwig and the Angry Inch DVD1151 Queer as Folk
VT2993 Khush VT4013 Question of Equality
DVD1206 The Laramie Project VT5009 Sex and the Sandinistas
VT2449 Mujeria VT2339 Tongues Untied



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Style Guides


When you write a research paper, it's important that you credit the scholars and critics who have contributed to your ideas, whatever the format their publications may take (print, sound, film, WWW). There are guides specific to certain fields of study, or your professor or instructor may request a specific bibliographic and citation style. Some Reference Guides that provide more detail on bibliographies and specific style guides are:


Citations and References (http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/annotated.html)

MLA Style Guide (http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/mla_citations.html)

The Bible says about the Gay and Lesbians: Romans 1:18-32
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them; because God has made it plain to them. 1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse. 1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened. 1:22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling a mortal human being and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. 1:25. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 1:29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 1:31 senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless. 1:32. Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
JesusChrist is Love… He invites you to leave the type of life you are living as a Lesbian or Homosexual, or similar… and you must be repented of it, you must confess this sin and never come back to do those homosexual or lesbians or similar activities, for sure, if your are sincerely repented… God will forgive you and He will give you the opportunity of have eternal life and live with God in Heaven when you die. Please do it now, accept in your heart the God of gods, Lord of lords, the King of kings. Repeat these words:
Lord, I confess this sin, please forgive me, I recognize you as God, I recognize that you died for me crucified, and now you live, please come in to my heart. I accept you as the Only God. Please write my name in the Book of Life and give me the opportunity to have eternal life. Give me the power, I do not want to come back, I would like to be a new creature. In the name of Jesus, Amen.