Human Sexuality: An Undergraduate Research Guide : LGBQ Topics
News
- Newspaper Source PlusNewspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles.
- Newspaper Research GuideThis guide describes sources for current and historical newspapers available in print, electronically, and on microfilm through the UW-Madison Libraries. These sources are categorized by pages: Current, Historical, Local/Madison, Wisconsin, US, Alternative/Ethnic, and International.
Organizations
- UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center"The LGBT Campus Center provides education, outreach, advocacy, and resources for UW-Madison student communities and their allies to improve campus climate and their daily intersectional experiences."
- New Harvest Foundation"New Harvest Foundation is the only foundation in Dane County that channels charitable contributions exclusively to organizations working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, services, culture and community development."
- GLSEN"At GLSEN, we want every student, in every school, to be valued and treated with respect, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression."
- OutRight Action International"OutRight seeks to advance human rights and opportunities for LGBTIQ people around the world by developing critical partnerships at global, regional, and national levels to build capacity, document violations, advocate for inclusion and equality, and hold leaders accountable for protecting the rights of all LGBTIQ people."
- PFLAG"Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy."
About LGBQ Topics
This guide provides resources with information on a variety of topics related to LGBQ individuals and communities.
Try searching these terms using the resources linked on this page: lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer combined with terms such as identity, marriage, United States, parent*, adopt*, military, homophobia, discriminat*, teen*, questioning, and college student*
For trans/transgender topics, see our Gender Identity and Expression page.
Overview Resources - Background Information
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource CenterOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
- National LGBTQ Task Force Fact Sheets"The Task Force’s Policy Institute conducts groundbreaking research and policy analysis on hot-button issues affecting the LGBTQ community."
Books
After Marriage Equality: the future of LGBT rights by ISBN: 9781479883080Publication Date: 2016-06-14
Stand by Me: the forgotten history of gay liberation by ISBN: 9780465032709Publication Date: 2016-03-01
A Family by Any Other Name: exploring queer relationships by ISBN: 9781771510547Publication Date: 2014-04-15
Articles - Scholarly & Popular
- Academic SearchIncludes scholarly and popular articles on many topics.
- GenderWatchGenderWatch is a gender, women, and LGBT issues database with thousands of English-language full-text articles from over 200 magazines, academic journals, regional publications, and newsletters. Earliest articles are from 1970; most are from the 1990s to the present.
- LGBT Life with Full TextIncludes more than one hundred current or historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than 110 full-text monographs/books, plus indexing of additional books and periodicals. Topics covered include LGBT Studies, issues affecting the lives of LGBT people, queer theory, and more.
- SocINDEXThe database encompasses all sub-disciplines of sociology and closely related areas of study.
- Women's Studies InternationalWomen's Studies International indexes women's studies, women's issues, and gender-focused books, book chapters, journal and magazine articles, dissertations, and reports from throughout the world, starting in about 1972.
Statistics
- Data Citation IndexThe Data Citation Index provides a single point of access to quality research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world. Through linked content and summary information, this data is displayed within the broader context of the scholarly research, enabling users to gain perspective that is lost when data sets or repositories are viewed in isolation.