Gay and Lesbian Pride Month Jun

Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
June 2007

A Hilton M. Briggs Library Resource Guide
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Background Excerpt

On June 2nd, 2000, President William Jefferson Clinton proclaimed June Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. The President wrote:

"This June, recognizing the joys and sorrows that the gay and lesbian movement has witnessed and the work that remains to be done, we observe Gay and Lesbian Pride Month and celebrate the progress we have made in creating a society more inclusive and accepting of gays and lesbians. I hope that in this new millennium we will continue to break down the walls of fear and prejudice and work to build a bridge to understanding and tolerance, until gays and lesbians are afforded the same rights and responsibilities as all Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2000 as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that celebrate our diversity and recognize the gay and lesbian Americans whose many and varied contributions have enriched our national life."

~The White House, Office of Press Secretary, released June 2, 2000.

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Selected Reference Sources - Located in the Reference Area on the Main Level

Call Number	Title / Author
REF PS350.C655 2005	A companion to twentieth-century American drama/edited by David Krasner
REF HQ76.3.U5 G367 1996	The gay almanac/compiled by theNational Museum & Archive of Lesbian and Gay History
REF HN57.E594 2004	Encyclopedia of American social movements/edited by Immanuel Ness
REF P87.5.E53 2002	Encyclopedia of communication and information/edited by Jorge Reina Schement
REF RA778.G39 2002	Encyclopedia of women's health issues/Kathlyn Gay
REF KF4549.L377 2006	Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court VII, 200-2005/edited by Maurenn Harrison & Steve Gilbert
REF HQ75.6.U5 L35 1996	The lesbian almanac/compiled by theNational Museum & Archive of Lesbian and Gay History
REF CT211.N67 1999	The Norton book of American autobiography/edited by Jay Parini
REF LC192.6.Y68 2005	Youth, education, and sexualities: an international encyclopedia/edited by James.T.Sears

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Selected Print Materials - Books are Located on the Upper Level, Government Documents are located on the lower level. Both are available for Checkout. E-Books are accessible online via the NetLibrary Database for SDSU Students, Faculty and Staff only - follow the links where indicated, and search for the book by title.

Call Number	Title / Author
DD857.W87 F713 1998 Upper Level	Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story/Erica Fischer
PS3537.T323.Z5 1933 Upper Level	The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas/Gertrude Stein
HQ75.8.M64 A3 1992 Upper Level	Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story/Paul Monette
HQ76.8.U5 W43 1988 Upper Level	Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community/Andrea Weiss & Greta Schiller
RC607.A26 M65 1988 Upper Level	Borrowed Time: an AIDS Memoir/Paul Monette
PS509.L47 C47 1994 Upper Level	Chloe Plus Olivia: an Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
PR6017.S5 Z498 1976 Upper Level	Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939/Christopher Isherwood
PR5818.D3 1912 Upper Level	De Profundis/Oscar Wilde
PS3569.E314 R47 2004 Upper Level	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim/David Sedaris
HQ76.25.E53 1990 Upper Level	Encyclopedia of Homosexuality/editor Wayne Dynes
UB418.G38 G37 1993 Upper Level	Gays--in or out? : The U.S. Military & Homosexuals: A Source Book
LC192.6.G38 2005 Upper Level	Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Issues in Education: Programs, Policies, and Practices/edited by James T. Sears
PN56.H57 G365 1995 Upper Level	The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and their Works, from Antiquity to the Present/edited by Claude J. Summers
PS3552.A45 G5 1956 Upper Level	Giovanni's Room: a Novel/James Baldwin
RC607.A25 H416 1996 Upper Level	Heaven's Coast: A Memoir/Mark Doty
HQ75.7.R68 1977 Upper Level	Homosexuals in History: A Study of Ambivalence in Society, Literature, and the Arts/A.L. Rowse
PS3553.U484 H68 1998 Upper Level	The Hours: A Novel/Michael Cunningham
HQ77.9.M48 2002 Upper Level	How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States/Joanne Meyerowitz
DD247.H46 K413 1957 Upper Level	The Kersten Memoirs, 1940-1945/Felix Kersten
ML410.R693 A3 2000 Upper Level	Lies: a Diary, 1986-1999/Ned Rorem
PN6071.L47 L58 2003 Upper Level	The Literature of Lesbianism: a Historical Anthology from Aristo to Stonewall/edited by Terry Castle
HQ75.7 H4313 1980 Upper Level	The Men with the Pink Triangle/Heinz Heger; translated by David Fernbach
PS3555.U4 M53 2002 Upper Level	Middlesex: A Novel/Jeffrey Eugenides
HQ76.A25M 1969 Upper Level	My Father and Myself/J.R. Ackerley
PR6073.A828 N54 2006 Upper Level	The Night Watch/Sara Waters
PS3561.R252 N6 1985 Upper Level	The Normal Heart/Larry Kramer
PS3535.I233 O6 1979 Upper Level	On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1979/Adrienne Rich
HQ76.2.U5 L68 1998	The Other Side of Silence: Men's Lives and Gay Identities: A Twentieth-Century History/John Loughery
HQ76.2.G4 P55 1986 Upper Level	The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals/Richard Plant
HQ76.8.U5 Q47 1995 Upper Level	The Question of Equality: Lesbian and Gay Politics in America Sinnce Stonewall/edited by David Deitcher; with a forward by Armistead Maupin
PS3552.R698 R8 1973 Upper Level	Rubyfruit Jungle/Rita Mae Brown
E185.97R93 A53 1997 Upper Level	Baynard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen: a Biography/Jervis Anderson
HQ75.2.M37 1997	The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People/Adam Mastoon
HQ76.8 U5 D85 1993 Upper Level	Stonewall/Martin Duberman
P56.S45 A44 1996 Upper Level	Straight News: Gays, Lesbians, and the News Media/Edward Alwood
GV708.8.G75 1998 Upper Level	Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport/Pat Griffin
RA644.A25 A523 1999 Upper Level	Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America/John-Manuel Andriote
HQ76.25.S85 1995 Upper Level	Virtually Normal: an Argument About Homosexuality/Andrew Sullivan
HQ75.6.U5 W68 1999 Upper Level	Women on the Verge: Lesbian Tales of Power and Play/edited by Susan Fox Rogers
PS591.G38 W67 2000 Upper Level	The World in Us: Lesbian and Gay Poetry of the Next Wave: An Anthology/edited by Michael Lassell and Elena Georgiou
PS3553O5798 Y4 1993 Upper Level	A Year of Rhymes/Bernard Cooper

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Internet Resources

Web Site Title	Web Address
The Advocate, National award winning LBGT news site	http://www.advocate.com/
The Age of AIDS - PBS Series FRONTLINE	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/view/
Bialogue, Bi + Dialgoue=Bialogue, National bisexual education and advocacy organization. Their mission is to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality, address biphobia and bisexual erasure, educate the public on the facts and realities of bisexuality and to advocate for the bi community.	http://www.bialogue.org/index.html
Bisexual Resource Center, an international organization providing education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues	http://biresource.org/
Families Like Mine, Organization for daughters and sons of GLBT parents	http://www.familieslikemine.com
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgendered Round Table of The American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/ala/glbtrt/welcomeglbtround.htm
Gay and Lesbians Victory Fund, National organization committed to increasing the number of openly gay and lesbian public officials at all levels of government. The Victory Fund recruits, trains and provides qualified openly gay candidates with the financial and technical support they need to run winning campaigns. The Victory Fund is the nation's 14th largest nonconnected PAC and has a membership of over 9,000 nationwide.	http://www.victoryfund.org/home
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Online resource for promoting fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity	http://www.glaad.org/
GLBT History Month	http://www.glbthistorymonth.com
GLBT Historical Society	http://glbthistory.org
GLBT National Help Center	http://www.glnh.org/
GLBTQ, an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture	http://glbtq.com
Good As You, Using humor and irreverence rather than anger and protests, Good As You represents a new generation of GLSBT activism. Their tone is light, but their message is firm: We will not sit back and be led to a society that favors discrimination over diversity.	http://www.goodasyou.org/
Human Rights Campaign, National organization that seeks equal rights on a federal level	http://www.hrc.org/
The Internationals Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, Inc., IAL/GPC is a nonprofit organization made up of many cities producing Gay & Lesbian Pride events worldwide. The group holds an annual international conference in October to conduct corporate business, discuss future plans, political concerns, merchandising, operations, and logistics for the planning and production of a variety of Gay Pride events that are held around the globe. There are five yearly regional conferences also held, four in North America and one in Europe (European Pride Organizers Association). The International Gay Pride Theme is also chosen by the general membership in the plenary session.	http://www.interpride.org
Minnesota AIDS Project, Statewide HIV/AIDS prevention and education	http://www.mnaidsproject.org/
The NAMES Project Foundation, the mission of the NAMES Project Foundation is to use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to help bring an end to the AIDS epidemic.	http://www.aidsquilt.org/
National Center for Lesbian Rights, NCLR is a national legal resources center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy and public education. In addition, NCLR provides representation and resources to gay men, and bisexual and transgender individuals on key issues that also significantly advance lesbian rights.	http://nclrights.org/
National Gay and Lesbian Law Association (NLGLA), National association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, and affiliated lesbian and gay legal organizations. Established in 1988 and an affiliate of the American Bar Association since 1992, NLGLA sponsors year-round regional and local events throughout the United States. NLGLA has rapidly become a national voice for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenders in the legal profession.	http://www.nlgla.org/
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, National grass roots organization and think-tank	http://thetaskforce.org/
Parents, Families & Friends of LGBT Persons, National organization of allies of the GLBT community	http://www.pflag.org/
Quatrefoil Library, GLBT community library and archives	http://www.quatrefoillibrary.org/
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, National GLBT organization for the deaf.	http://www.rad.org
SoulForce, National group engaged in non-violent struggle with religious institutions to end spiritual violence against LGBT people.	http://www.soulforce.org
Two Spirit Program, Program assisting Two Spirit natives and natives with HIV/AIDS	http://www.indigenouspeoplestf.org

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Search Terms / Electronic Resources
Listed below are terms you may wish to try using while searching various print and electronic resources.

Search Terms

Electronic Resources

Gay*
Lesbian*
Homosexuality
Bisexuality
Sexuality
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Gay Rights Movement

Transsexuality
Transgender
Homophobia
Gay Pride
Gay & Lesbian Literature
Gay & Lesbian Politics
Pink Triangle
Stonewall

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Content contributed June 2007 by Danielle A. Becker.
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Last updated on 1 June 2007 by dab.