Subject Guides- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
On this page:
--Journal and Magazine Articles
--Newspaper Articles
--Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
--LGBT History
--Ideas for Search Terms
--Documentaries
--Feature Films
--How to Get Research Assistance
Journal & Magazine Articles
CQ
Researcher
Current and controversial issues with summaries, pro/con statements,
tables & graphs, and lists of further reading. A great resource
for informative or persuasive speeches or brief papers. Recent reports
include gay marriage, gays on campus, transgender issues, bullying,
and gay rights. Reports go back to 1923, so this is also a great resource
to use to quickly see how perception of these issues has changed.
Academic
Search Premiere
A multidisciplinary database that provides access to more than 20 LGBT
specific journals and more than 30 sexuality/relationship/family related
journals. After searching for your topic, you can limit to magazines,
academic journals or newspapers. When you search this database, you
will be searching the following journals: Journal of Homosexuality,
Lesbian News, Advocate, Journal of Lesbian Studies, Journal of Gay &
Lesbian Social Services, Journal of Bisexuality, Journal of GLBT Family
Studies, to name a few.
Alternative
Press Index
Comprehensive guide to alternative information sources including alternative,
radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. For earlier
literature, see the Alternative Press Index Archive.
Ethnic
News Watch
Full text national and international news articles from over 230 publications
of special interest to the ethnic, minority and native populations (including
LGBT) of the United States.
Women's
Studies International
Covering feminist research, WSI sources include journals, newspapers,
newsletters, books, book chapters, proceedings, theses, dissertations,
websites & web documents, and grey literature.
All
Databases
Since LGBT issues span all disciplines (political science, medicine,
sociology, history, law etc.) you can also find LGBT related articles
in almost all of our subject specific databases.
Newspaper Articles
Factiva
A full-text database of more than 8000 newspapers and transcripts of
television stations including CNN, NPR, BBC, NBC, FOX, ABC, MSNBC and
others.
Lexis
Nexis Academic
A database of full-text newspaper articles, magazine articles, television
transcripts.
Major
Newspaper Archives
Search across several major newspaper archives at once (choose 'multiple
databases'). Includes New York Times (1851-2003), Atlanta Constitution
(1868-1929), The Washington Post (1877-1990), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985).
For more recent articles, use the two databases above. Note that gay,
lesbian, etc. are more contemporary terms. When doing historical research,
using what we now think of as outdated terms may be needed, such as
homosexuals, transvestites, queers, etc.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Reading about your
topic in a specialized encyclopedia, dictionary, or handbook may be
one of the most effective and time saving research tips. These resources
can help you quickly define unfamiliar terms, understand the
parameters of current debate in a particular area and provide you with
a preliminary bibliography on the subject. Here are a few sources to
get you started. For more, search the library catalog by keyword.
Great Events from History : GLBT Events, 1848-2006
Hodges Reference / Reference: HQ73 .G74 2007
Completely Queer : the Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
Hodges Reference HQ75 .H63 1998 (includes historical timeline)
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in
America
Hodges Reference HQ76.3 .U5 E53 2004
Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history : from World War
II to the present day
Hodges Reference HQ75.2 .W46 2001
Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
Hodges Reference HQ75.13 .G37 2000
Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
Hodges Reference HQ75.5 .L4395 2000
Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender lore
Hodges Reference HQ75.15 .C66 1997
Encyclopedia of homosexuality
Hodges Reference HQ76.25 .E53 1990
Cassell's queer companion : a dictionary of lesbian and gay life and
culture
Hodges Reference HQ76.25 .S75 1995
Still not finding what you need?
Try Reference
Universe.
A database that searches the indexes of thousands of encyclopedias and
dictionaries. Use this tool to find which sources include your topic.
A direct link will bring you into the library catalog where you can
find the call number.
LGBT History
Lonely hunters : an oral history of lesbian and gay southern life,
1948-1968
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ75.6.U52 S687 1997
Making trouble : essays on gay history, politics, and the university
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 D447 1992
Ethnic and cultural diversity among lesbians and gay men
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.25 .E82 1997
Making gay history : the half-century fight for lesbian and gay equal
rights
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 M36 2002
Come out fighting : a century of essential writing on gay and lesbian
liberation
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 C66 2001
Before Stonewall : activists for gay and lesbian rights in historical
context
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.5 .B43 2002
Stonewall
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 D85 1993
Making history : the struggle for gay and lesbian equal rights, 1945-1990
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 M36 1992
Freedom to differ: the shaping of the gay and lesbian struggle for
civil rights
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 M55 1998
Out for good : the struggle to build a gay rights movement in America
Hodges Library/Stacks HQ76.8.U5 C58 1999
Search Term Ideas
When books and articles
were written and cataloged in the past, they used terms that we now
would consider outdated or even offensive. Remember, to make certain
you are searching comprehensively, it is sometimes necessary to use
terms such as homosexual, transsexuals, etc. See a full list of LGBT
subject headings to get more search term ideas.
Bisexuality/Bisexuals
Coming Out (Sexual Orientation)
Gay Liberation Movement
Gay Men
Gay Parents
Gay Rights
Gays Writings
Gay Youth
Gays in Popular Culture
Gender Identity
Heterosexism
Hermaphroditism
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Lesbian Feminism
Lesbians/Lesbianism
Lesbians
Male Friendship
Queer
Sadomasochism
Same-Sex Marriage
Sex Customs
Sexology
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Deviation
Sexual Orientation
Transsexuals/Transsexualism
Documentaries
Note: students may check out films for in library use only; faculty
may check out films for up to three days
Before Stonewall: the making of a gay and lesbian community
Hodges Media Center HQ76.5 .B44 2000z
Traces the social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in
America from the 1920s to 1969; the beginning of the Gay Liberation
Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York
City; and the three-day riot that followed.
After Stonewall: from the riots to the millennium
Hodges Media Center / DVD: HQ76.8 .U5 A384 2005
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s
Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city’s
gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation
Movement had begun. Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from
the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. Captures the hard
work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since
then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement.
Unlearning homophobia series
Hodges Media Center / DVD: HQ76.8.U5 U55 2004
Each of the documentaries tackles the emotional issue of discrimination
based on sexual orientation and how it affects American families, communities,
and churches. Straight from the heart explores parents’ journey to understanding
and love of their gay and lesbian children. All God’s children explores
homophobia in the African-American community. De colores presents lesbian
and gay Latinos, their stories of strength, family and love, and breaking
down cultural prejudice through deep-rooted love.
Being gay: coming out in the 21st century
Hodges Media Center HQ76.25 .B44 2005
This program presents the accounts and stories of people who have recently
taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits
of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to
terms with one’s sexual identity.
It's elementary: talking about gay issues in school
Hodges Media Center LC192.6 .I87 1996
An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their
students about lesbians and gay men. Students are asked to consider
issues related to homosexuality at six elementary and middle schools.
Presents footage of classroom activities and discussions with students
exploring questions and issues presented to them by teachers and guest
lecturers who come into their classes. Discusses school-wide presentations,
activity-days, and how these events affect
The celluloid closet
Hodges Media Center PN1995.9.H55 R82 1996
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema
homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist
triumphs of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide
anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians
on the silver screen.
Fabulous! : the story of queer cinema
Hodges Media Center / DVD: PN1995.9 .H55 F33 2005
An overview of the recent history of gay and lesbian cinema, from Kenneth
Anger’s pioneering Fireworks (1947) to Ang Lee’s Brokeback mountain
(2005). Where documentaries about earlier times looked at the closeted
world, "Fabulous!" celebrates films featuring gay characters
and those made by out directors on homosexual themes.
Off the straight & narrow: lesbians, gays, bisexuals &
television
Hodges Media Center PN1992.8.H64 O33 1998
Off the Straight & Narrow casts a critical eye over the growth of
gay images on TV. Leading media scholars provide the historical and
cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new
representations. Off the Straight & Narrow challenges viewers to
consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented,
what they get to say, and how people respond to them
Reconciling homosexuality and Christianity
Hodges Media Center BR115.H6 W45 1999
Mel White speaks to an audience at the University of Tennessee on April
22, 1999.
Paragraph 175
Hodges Media Center D804.5.G38 P37 2000
Historian Klaus MÃuller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution
of homosexuals, many of whom were interred in concentration camps during
World War II because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175,
which states: An unnatural sex act committed between persons of the
male sex or by humans with animals is punishable by imprisonment; the
loss of civil rights may also be imposed.
Daddy & papa
Hodges Media Center PN1997 .C46434 2002
A documentary exploring the personal, cultural, and political impact
of gay men who are making a decision that is at once traditional and
revolutionary: to raise children themselves. Taking us inside four gay
male families, this documentary traces the critical issues that inevitably
intersect their private lives, the ambiguous place of interracial families
in America, the wonder and precariousness of surrogacy and adoption,
the complexities of marriage and divorce within the gay community, and
the legality of their own parenthood.
The Edge of each other's battles: the vision of Audre Lorde
Hodges Media Center PS3562 .O75 Z667 2000
This video by Jennifer Abod is about poet Audre Lorde’s broad
social vision and the translation of that vision into an historic transnational
conference, which used her work, while celebrating her life.
That's a family!
Hodges Media Center HQ744 .T53 2000
Designed for children in elementary school, this film shows the many
different shapes that families take today. Children describe their own
families and explain concepts like "birth mom", "mixed
race", "gay and lesbian", and "stepdad."
Tongues Untied
Hodges Media Center / Videocassette: E185.625 .T66 1989
Derogatory accusations, judgments, and jokes in our culture are
met head-on by this video about black, male, and gay identity. Poetry,
personal testimony, and drama unite to oppose the homophobia and racism
that attempt to split a person into opposing loyalties.
Pink Triangles
Hodges Media Center / Videocassette: HQ75.5 .P56 1982
Takes a look at the nature of discrimination against lesbians and gay
men and challenges some of society’s attitudes toward homosexuality.
Also examines historical and contemporary patterns of racial, religious,
political, and sexual persecution.
It takes a team!: making sports safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender athletes and coaches.
Hodges Media Center GV708.8 .I88 2004
An education kit for athletes, coaches, and athletic directors. Accompanying
discussion and resource guide, stickers, and poster available for free
download from http://www.homophobiainsports.com.
Laramie inside out
Hodges Media Center HV6250.4 .H66 L37 2004
Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, a native of Laramie, Wyoming, returns to
talk with students, teachers, parents, and clergy about the impact Matthew
Shepard’s murder has had on their community.
Small town gay bar
Hodges Media Center / DVD: HQ76.3 .U5 S635 2007
Deep in the heart of the "Bible Belt," homosexuals still face
intolerance and adversity. Several spirited bar owners, however, have
shown the courage to create places for people to call home. ... Kevin
Smith, presents an intimate portrait of establishments that provide
much more than an evening of entertainment.
Boy I am : a documentary
Hodges Media Center / DVD: HQ77.95.U6 B69 2006
Follows the transitions of Nicco, Norie and Keegan, three young New
Yorkers from different race and class backgrounds, as they prepare and
undergo female to male transition surgery. Reveals the conflict over
the place of trans-males within the lesbian community.
Hide and seek
Hodges Media Center / DVD: PN1995.9 .E96 H53 2005
An exploration into lesbian adolescence in the 1960’s as told through
a dramatization, archival footage and interviews of adult lesbians.
Gay youth
Hodges Media Center / DVD: HQ76 .G34 2005
Explores the emotional strain placed on gay youth by intense feelings
of isolation. Isolation frequently leads them to drug and alcohol abuse,
violence, homelessness and even suicide. Designed to break the silence
surrounding adolescent homosexuality, it shows that information, acceptance,
and support can make differences in the lives of these young people.
Originally released in 1992.
Feature Films
Brokeback Mountain
Hodges Media Center PN1997.2 .B758 2006
It’s 1963, a time in the United States when life was
simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles
were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist
find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in
the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job,
the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis
and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through their proximity,
loneliness and through a shared lack of tenderness and emotion in their
lives and are emotionally, physically and psychically bonded to each
other almost from the start.
Angels in America
Hodges Media Center PN1997.2 .A64 2004
Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional,
one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion
and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes
Roy’s lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he’s fighting
with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel
Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel
and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship
with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his
wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York.
The Laramie project
Hodges Media Center PN1997.L336 2002
In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten,
tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. This film is a
dramatization of a town forced to confront itself in the reflective
glare of the national spotlight, responding with love, anger, sympathy,
support, and defiance.
Children's hour
Hodges Media Center PN1997.C46434 2002
When a vindictive little girl is disciplined in an exclusive girl’s
school, the child twists an overheard comment into slander. She accuses
her teachers of lesbianism and her gullible grandmother spreads the
gossip. Outraged, Karen and Martha fight back in court, but a child’s
lie is hard to disprove.
Before night falls
Hodges Media Center PQ7390.A72 Z463132 2001
A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his
death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble
with Castro’s Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving
for the United States.
The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert
Hodges Media Center PN1997 .A2774 2000
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert,
Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the
safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla,"
the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier
outfits.
Chutney popcorn
Hodges Media Center PN1997 .C4896 1999
Lisa and Reena are in love, but when Reena agrees to become a surrogate
mother for her childless sister, the cultural divide between Reena's
Indian family and their lesbian lifestyle hits home. A heartfelt comedy
about the cultural struggles between immigrant parents and their Americanized
children and the strength of family ties.
Latin boys go to hell
Hodges Media Center PN1997 .L349 1998
A film about gay Latino men, including drag queens, in love, their various
affairs, how their being gay squares with their Catholicism, their families,
etc.
Getting Research Assistance
Donna Braquet created this guide. If you have questions
about how to start your research on LGBT topics, you can contact her
or ask at the Library & Information Referral Desk in the Commons.
Donna can be reached at dbraquet@utk.edu, phone 974-0016 or mail Donna
Braquet, Hodges Library, Research & Collections Services.
Related:
Women's Studies Guide
UT LGBT Virtual Resource
Center
Page Maintained by:
Donna Braquet, MLIS
Life Sciences Librarian
dbraquet@utk.edu
