LGBTQ Studies Resources at UW-Madison  Tags: lgbt lesbian gay transgendered bisexual queer gender  

These books  offer good starting points to explore topics in LGBT Studies:

All UW System libraries have books on LGBTQ topics. To expand your search, select "UW System"below the search box on the opening screen of the Libraries' website. If you are already in a Madcat record, click on "Try UW System Search" in the action box.

The database LGBT Life with Fulltext has over 100 books in full, including Bisexuality & Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others, Brief History of GAY, Canada’s First Gay Tabloid, Changing Men & Masculinities in Latin America, Classics in Lesbian Studies, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change,  Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality & Society in the Modern Western World, Homosexuality, Law, and Resistance, and Willa Cather and Others.

To find BOOKS, use MADCAT.

MADCAT (and some databases) use Library of Congress Subject Headings to describe books and other material in their catalogs. It is usually easiest to start with "Words Anywhere" but 'subject heading word" searches are also useful. Subject heading terminology is often a bit behind current preferred terms. Here are some LGBTQ subject headings and patterns to follow:

General terms:

Bisexual men [Bisexual women]
Gays
Homosexuality (country); Homosexuality and... (art) (dance) (education) (employment) (literature) (motion pictures) (religion)
Lesbians
Transgender people
Transsexuals
Queer theory

For ethnicities, races, religions, nationalities and other groupings:

African American gays (pattern works for Asian American gays, Jewish gays, etc.) [African American lesbians]
Gays--United States (pattern is "Gays--(country) [Lesbians--United States]
Rural gay men [Rural lesbians]

For occupations:

Lesbian artists
Gay coaches
Gay politicians
Gay teachers
Lesbian clergy
Lesbian teachers
Transsexual librarians

Law-Related:

Gay rights
Gays--Legal status, laws, etc. [Lesbians--Legal status, laws, etc.]
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation

Literature, Media, and the Arts

Bisexuality in motion pictures
Bisexuals' writing
Gay authors
Gays--Fiction
Gays in literature
Gender identity in music
Homosexuality--Fiction
Homosexuality and art
Homosexuality on television
Lesbian pulp fiction
Lesbianism in literature
Transsexuals--Fiction

Psychology, Sociology, Health:

AIDS (Disease)
Abused lesbians
Gay bars
Gay culture
Gender identity disorders
Homophobia
Intersex people
Lesbian communities
Sex roles
Sexual minorities
Sexuality and culture
Social work with gay youth

The Women's Studies Core Books Database, a project of the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries and housed at the University of Wisconsin, has a category "Lesbian Studies." Click on "Search the Collection," and then on "Lesbian Studies" from the subject groupings to see a list of core titles in this field. This category is maintained by Lisa Saywell, UW-Madison.

International Gay & Lesbian Review (website)

Lambda Book Report (accessible in GenderWatch)

 LGBT Book, Film and Video Blog

Rainbow Reviews
Site includes Guidelines for what might be selected for review.

For general sources of book reviews, see the Book Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Guide.

GLBT Literature: Resources site includes a list of recommended GLBT Books, numerous "best glbt book lists" (scroll down the page to this section), and many more useful links, such as to a Gay Short Fiction Index, maintained by by George K. Huber. The GLBT Literature site is the home of The Gay & Lesbian Reading Group, New York City.

Indigenous Literature with a Queer/LGBT Two-Spirit Sensibility, by David Eberly

Recommended Reading for Teens, from the San Francisco Public Library, is one source for young adults. Another is Pinkbooks.

Stonewall Book Awards, made annually since 1971, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. The Roundtable also has many bibliographies.

TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Gender Variance, Transgender, and Intersex Topics, from the San Francisco Public Library.