Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

University at Albany Archives access to descriptions of LGBTQ archival and special collections materials. These are located in the Science Library (third floor). M.E. Grenander Department of Archives and Special Collections. There are several collections and finding aids documenting LGBTQI history.

UAlbany Social Welfare Librarian, Elaine Lasda-Bergman web page offers sources specific to the field and study of social welfare.

Provides news and legislation on (LGBT) Rights.

Resources for SGL/LGBT People of African Descent. This site remains for historical research but is no longer being maintained. Site was last updated 1997.

"The Combahee River Collective statement was created and written by Afrocentric black feminists who parted ways from the NBFO (National Black Feminist Organization) in order to create, define, and clarify their own politics. These women are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression. It is their particular task to further the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking." The source for this statement was cited by Zillah Eisenstein as found in the book "Home Girls, A Black Feminist Anthology," edited by Barbara Smith, ©1983, published by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, Inc., New York, New York.

Contains international press releases, a bimonthly online journal published in English, Spanish, and French, links to similar international online resources organized by country. The site also has asylum information for those persecuted because of their sexual orientation.

"The Human Sexuality Collection seeks to preserve and make accessible primary sources that document historical shifts in the social construction of sexuality, with a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay history and the politics of pornography."

The archive gathers and preserves records of lesbian lives and activities. The Lesbian Herstory Archives of New York City is the largest and oldest Lesbian archive in the world, began in 1973 as an outgrowth of a Lesbian consciousness-raising group at the Gay Academic Union.

May be available ILL (Interlibrary Loan). Includes bibliography of LGBT resources, book reviews, e-journals, and can be searched by listed subjects.

Commercial Site but may have some useful links

From the Research and Study of Lesbians site developed by Librarian, Reinette Jones.

Excellent academic sources and Web sites from the University of California, Santa Barbara Library. Includes sites to specialized archives and libraries, organizations, e-journals, and bibliographies.

An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History. The site attempts to include original texts, discussions of LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world.

An extensive directory of over 25,000 files, it contains news updates, information on domestic partnership, the American Psychological Association (APA) resolution on the treatment of homosexuality, and several other links.

University of Kentucky LibGuide.

M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives University Libraries, University at Albany.

VoS includes extensive list of sites on gay, lesbian & queer studies. This site is recognized as one of the most comprehensive social science meta sites. Use the link above and then click on "Gender Studies." VoS is woven by Alan Liu and a development team in the U.California, Santa Barbara, English Department.

"The DTA will provide a centralized hub for transgender-related historical materials, including born-digital materials, materials contributed by independent projects, and information on archival holdings throughout the U.S., Canada, and Germany.

In order to improve access to transgender history, the DTA will virtually merge these disparate archival collections, digital materials, and independent projects through an expansive and highly adaptable search engine. With rich primary source materials and powerful search tools, the DTA will offer a generative point of entry into the fascinating and expansive world of and expansive world of transgender history.

In collaboration with a number of scholars, students, activists, archivists, and developers, the DTA is being developed by K.J. Rawson, Assistant Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross."