Research Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies

January 17, 2013 | Katherine

Getting Started

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies (LGBTQ) is a large and often interdisciplinary field that is well-represented in the Toronto Public Library’s collections. Research collections are housed at the Toronto Reference Library in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, and at the North York Central Library in the Society and Recreation Department. Books that cross into areas such as art and literature, are generally housed in the Arts and Literature departments of these libraries. Yorkville Library houses TPL’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Collection, which concentrates on popular books and DVD’s as well as select scholarly titles.

Searching the Library Website

Suggested Subject Headings and Keywords

Many terms in this list can be combined with geographic locations (e.g. Gay liberation movement Canada), as well as with other subjects (e.g. Homosexuality law and legislation United States). You can use the filters that appear on the left of the results screen to further limit your search results by Type (e.g. Books, Movies and Videos), Language, Age Level, Library Branch, and Subject.

Suggested Titles

Canada

About Canada:queer rights

Queerly Canadian : an introductory reader in sexuality studies

Faith, politics and sexual diversity in Canada and the United States

The Canadian war on queers : national security as sexual regulation

Queer inclusions, continental divisions : public recognition of sexual diversity in Canada and the United States

Political institutions and lesbian and gay rights in the United States and Canada

Lesbian and gay rights in Canada : social movements and equality-seeking, 1971-1995

International

Gay Lives

Flaming souls: homosexuality, homophobia, and social change in Barbados

Queer indigenous studies: critical interventions in theory, politics and literature

Combating discrimination grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity: Council of Europe standards-Council of Europe

From disgust to humanity: sexual orientation and constitutional law

Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT issues worldwide (3vols)

Stonewall : the riots that sparked the gay revolution

Sexuality and human rights : a global overview - International Bar Association. Conference (2000 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Queer Theory

Mad for Foucault: rethinking the foundations of queer theory

Deviations : a Gayle Rubin reader

If memory serves : gay men, AIDS, and the promise of the queer past

Thinking queerly : race, sex, gender, and the ethics of identity

Sexuality, nationality, indigeneity

Arts

Soldiers, rebels, and drifters : gay representation in Israeli cinema

Laramie project : ten years later

Cinematic queerness : gay and lesbian hypervisibility in contemporary Francophone feature films

Out at the movies : a history of gay cinema

Literature

The queer uncanny : new perspectives on the gothic

The Cambridge companion to gay and lesbian writing

After sex? : on writing since queer theory

Queer universes : sexualities in science fiction

Suggested Magazines and Journals

The following titles are currently received in print format. Check branch holdings for availability. A keyword search for “homosexuality periodicals” in the catalogue will also show periodical titles which are available electronically, through databases shown below under “Online Library Resources”.

GLQ : a journal of lesbian and gay studies

Journal of Homosexuality

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