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Bibliography for Further Reading

From Invisibility to Inclusion: Opening Doors for Lesbians and Gay Men at the University of Michigan, prepared by The Study Committee on the Status of Lesbians and Gay Men, The University of Michigan, June, 1991.
  • Creating Safety, Valuing Diversity: Lesbians and Gay Men in the University, a report to the President of the University of Oregon by the Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Concerns, University of Oregon, October 1, 1990.
  • In Every Classroom: The Report of the President's Select Committee for Lesbian and Gay Concerns, Rutgers University.
  • Report of the Committee on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Concerns, Emory University, March 27, 1991.
  • Beyond Tolerance: Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals on Campus, ed. Nancy J. Evans and Vernon A. Wall, ACPA Media, 1991.
  • Homophobia: How we all pay the price, ed. Warren J. Blumenfeld, Beacon Press, 1992.

Books available at VCU's Cabell Library

  • Abelove, Henry, ed. Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 1993.
  • Allen, Jeffner, ed. Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990.
  • Bawer, Bruce. A Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society. New York: Poseidon Press, 1993.
  • Benkov, Laura. Reinventing the Family: Emerging Story of Lesbian and Gay Parents. New York: Crown Publications, 1994.
  • Berzon, Betty. Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships that Last. New York: Plume Books, 1988.
  • Berzon, B. Positively gay: New approaches to gay and lesbian life. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1992.
  • Blasius, M. Gay and lesbian politics: Sexuality and the emergence of a new ethic. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.
  • Blumenfeld, W.J. and Raymond, D. Looking at gay and lesbian life. Boston: Beacon Press, (1988).
  • Blumenfeld, Warren J. Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
  • Brown, Lester, B. Two spirit people: American indian lesbian women and gay men. Hayworth Press, Inc., 1996.
  • Browne, S.E. Social networks, social support, and general well being of lesbians with chronic illness or hidden disabilities. Ph.D. Nursing Schince, University of California. San Francisco, (1985).
  • Borhek, Mary V. Coming Out to Parents: A Two Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1993.
  • Burke, Phyllis. Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son. New York: Random House, 1993.
  • Carl, D. Counseling same-sex couples. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1990.
  • Clark, Don. Loving Someone Gay: A Gay Therapist Offers Sensitive, Intelligent Guidelines to Gay and Those Who Care About Them. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1987.
  • Comstock, Gary David. Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
  • Cruikshank, Margaret. The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement. New York: Routledge, 1992.
  • Dew, Robb Forman. The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out. Woburn, MA: Addison Wesley, 1994.
  • Duberman, Martin. About Time: Exploring the Gay Past. New York: Meridian, 1991.
  • Eichberg, Rob. Coming Out: An Act of Love. New York: Plume Books, 1990.
  • Faderman, Lillian. Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
  • Goss, Robert. Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto. New York: Harpercollins, 1994.
  • Grahn, Judy. Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990.
  • Hamer, Dean and Peter Copeland. The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.
  • Harbeck, Karen M. Gay and lesbian educators: Personal freedoms, public constraints. Malden, MA: Amethyst, 1997.
  • Hendriks, Aart. The Third Pink Book: A Global View of Lesbian and Gay Liberation and Oppression. Buffalo: Prometheus, 1993.
  • Herdt, Gilbert. Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
  • Heron, Ann. One Teenager in 10. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1981.
  • Jennings, Kevin. Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School and College Students. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1994.
  • Kayal, Philip M. Bearing Witness: Gay Men's Health Crisis and the Politics of AIDS. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.
  • Kirk, Marshall. After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's. New York: Plume Books, 1990.
  • Leinen, Stephen. Gay Cops. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
  • Lorde, A. Sister outsider. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1984.
  • Marcus, Eric. Making history: The struggle for gay and lesbian equal rights, 1945-1990 An oral history. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.
  • Miller, Neil. In Search of Gay America. New York: HarperPerennial, 1989.
  • Mohr, Richard D. Gay Ideas: Outing and Other Controversies. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
  • O'Sullivan, Sue and Pratibha Parmar. Lesbians Talk (Safer Sex). London: Scarlet Press, 1992.
  • Patton, Cindy and Janis Kelly. Making It: A Woman's Guide to Sex in the Age of AIDS. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1990.
  • Pratt, M.B. Crimes against nature. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1990.
  • Plant, Richard. The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals. New York: New Republic, 1986.
  • Pronk, Pim. Against Nature? Types of Moral Argumentation Regarding Homosexuality. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
  • Russell, Ina. Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life 1918-1945. Winchester, MA: Faber and Faber, 1993.
  • Sears, James. Growing Up Gay in the South. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1991.
  • Shilts, Randy. Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.
  • Steffan, Joseph. Honor Bound: A Gay Naval Midshipman Fights to Serve His Country. New York: Avon Books, 1992.
  • Warner, Michael, ed. Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.

Periodicals (* = available at VCU library)

  • The Advocate (A Gay and Lesbian biweekly news magazine)
  • The Washington Blade (A weekly newspaper available free in DC and for a price by subscription and in Richmond bookstores)

Videos (* = available at VCU library)

  • * "A litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde"
  • * "And the Band Played On"
  • * "Before Stonewall" (Interviews with pre-1969 lgb activists)
  • "Why Am I Gay?" (HBO Special)
  • "On Being Gay"
  • "Pink Triangles"
  • "Out in Suburbia"
  • "Ballot Measure 9" (A history of the anti-gay ballot measure voted down in Oregon in 1992)
  • "A last Call at Maudes" (Interviews with the patrons of a lesbian bar in San Francisco)
  • "The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (A biography of California's first openly gay elected official)