Collections Spotlight: LGBTQ+ Resources
LGBTQ Activism and Contributions primary source set with teacher’s guide
Photographs
- Gay men creating a display labeled “Free: Gay Liberation, Minnesota” 1970
- Male couples 1970
- Gay rights demonstration at the Democratic National Convention 1976
- AIDS quilt, Washington, D.C. 1987
- Gary Pride Parade image set 2012
- An LGBT Pride flag 2018
Posters
- Gay is angry, gay revolution networker 1971
- I never loved a man the way that I love you! 1973
- Gays & work symposium 1977
- We the Future Are – Unapologetically Queer 2020
Texts
- Sigmund Freud Papers: Letter to Horace c 1921-23
- Sigmund Freud Papers: A Letter on Homosexuality 1951
- Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein
- Statement for an AIDS benefit 1983
- Notes for the A classic evening for AIDS research benefit 1986
- Organizational and programming materials for the Music for life AIDS benefit concert 1987
- Remarks for an AIDS event 1989
Select newspaper articles
- Another Female Solider October 28 1863 North Branch Democrat (Tunkhannock, Pa.)
- Mountain CharleyJune 4, 1870 The Richmond palladium (Richmond, Ind.)
- This Striking Young Woman is a Man! November 17, 1907 The San Francisco Call
- America’s Cleverest Male Impersonator September 20, 1913 Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, Mich)
- Noted Female Impersonator Coming in Person Tuesday August 1917 The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA)
- The Man who is the Mary Pickford of Japan July 29, 1918 The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.)
- Initial Report Drafted on Sex Case, Hirings April 28, 1950 Evening Star (Washington, D.C)
- Senator Hill Proposes Complete Inquiry into Hiring of Undesirables May 20, 1950 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)
- Probe of Undesirables Approved by Committee May 25, 1950 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)
- An Open Letter to Sen. Dirksen.The Mattachine Review Jan-Feb 1955
- Homosexual International January 28, 1961 The Detroit Tribune (Detroit, MI)
- Historical newspaper coverage: homosexual
- Historical newspaper coverage: lesbian
LGBTQ Activism & Contritbutions primary source set with teacher’s guide
Serving in Silence: LGBTQ+ Veterans
The History of Pride story map
LGBTQ histories ONE Digital Archives USC
LGBTQ resources Story Corps
LGBTQ sound and video recordings American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Gay and Proud video recording of first Pride March June 28, 1970
Video recordings of LGBTQ-related events
Capital Pride LGBT Poetry Event 2014
Legal status of Homosexuals Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate 2006
Contemporary LGBTQ-related U.S. legislation
A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month President Joseph Biden June 1, 2021
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month
The Hirschfeld Archives: Violence, Death, and Modern Queer Culture 2017
LGBTQ+ Studies: A Resource Guide
Library blog posts
- Copyright in Pride June 25, 2020
- Congressional Cemetery Series: Celebrating Pride Month June 1, 2021
- Documenting a Step Toward Marriage Equality June 25, 2020
- Finding LGBTQIA+ History Hidden in Newspapers June 14, 2023
- Gay Cinema/Lost Cinema: “Children of Loneliness” (1935) November 17, 2015
- Gay Pride Parades: Identity, Protest, and Tradition June 22, 2016
- Gay Rights and the Law: The Library of Congress Displays Gay Rights Documents June 1, 2011
- Happy Pride Month from the Music Division! June 28, 2021
- Let’s Talk Comics: LGBTQIA+ Titles June 30, 2021
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month June 24, 2014
- LGBTQ+ at the LOC! May 2, 2023
- Pride in the Library: LGBTQ+ Specialist Shares Her Story June 11, 2018
- Pride in the Library: LGBTQ+ Voices in the Library’s Collections June 29, 2017
- Pride Month:Walt Whitman’s “No Doubt the Efflux” June 3, 2021
- Serving with Pride: LGBTQ+ Veterans’ Oral History Workshop June 22, 2017
- Stonewall at 50: How it Played out in Newspapers June 28, 2019
Global Legal Monitor LGBT rights articles
LGBTQ history lesson plans ONE Archive
UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities: A Podcast for Teachers History UnErased & Making Gay History
Teach This Poem: “Senior Discount” by Ali Liebegott
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Related resources
- Guidelines for Affirming Gender Diversity through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy National Council of Teachers of English
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- Picture Books and Primary Sources: The Fighting Infantryman: The Story of Albert D.J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier by Rob Sanders and Nabi Ali AASL Knowledge Quest
- Long-Lost Fragment of First Rainbow Pride Flag Resurfaces After Four Decades Smithsonian Magazine June 16, 2021