LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Allies, Nonbinary/Genderqueer +) Resources and Research
Finding books (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays), movies, news, magazines, literary journals and more for LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/ally and more!) interests and research
Definitions
Lesbian: Refers to women who are romantically/sexually attracted to women. "Same gender loving woman" is sometimes used in the African-American community.
From "Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation" chapter (p.84) in Our Bodies, Ourselves, 2011 ed.
Also WLW=woman loving woman.
Featured articles
- The Renegades (4/13/2020, NY Times Interactive Feature)Queer culture and the arts would be much poorer without the presence and contribution of butch and stud lesbians, whose identity is both its own aesthetic and a defiant repudiation of the male gaze.
- 📢 Special Issue on Anne Lister. Journal of Lesbian Studies, Volume 26, Issue 4 (2022)As of 12/26/22, this special issue is freely available for download at the publisher's site! Download by article (Download PDFs) or the entire issue (Download Issue) by using the menu at the top of the table of contents.
- The Life and Loves of Anne Lister (BBC article, 5/3/2019)
The story of 19th-century Anne Lister and her love affairs with women, all recorded in her coded diaries. We own them at call number: HQ75.4.L57 A3 1992 and HQ75.4.L57 A3 1992b, along with other books . Search "Anne Lister" as a subject in the databases for more on her, too! - Who Was the Inspirational Anne Lister? (BBC, April 2022))Informational promo for Gentleman Jack Season 2, which also discusses representation.
Gentleman Jack : a biography of Anne Lister, regency landowner, seducer and secret diarist by
"Anne Lister was a wealthy Yorkshire heiress, a world traveller and a lesbian in an era when it was difficult simply to be female. She wrote her diary in code derived from Ancient Greek, including details of her liaisons with women. Liberated by her money, she remained unmarried, opened a colliery and chose to dress in men's clothes. Some locals referred to her as Gentleman Jack and sent her poison pen letters, but this did not dissuade her from living mostly as she pleased. On inheriting Shibden Hall, Anne chose to travel abroad, before returning to Halifax and courting Ann Walker, another wealthy heiress twelve years her junior. They renovated Shibden Hall together and considered themselves married, to the horror of Walker's relatives. On a trip to Georgia, Lister caught a fever and died. Walker was subsequently shut up in the same lunatic asylum as Eliza, one of Lister's earlier conquests. The biography combines excerpts of Lister's own diaries with Angela Steidele's erudite and lively commentary."
Call Number: HQ75.4.L57 S7413 2018 (Moore Stacks)ISBN: 1788160983
Featured Titles
Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women by Call Number: HQ75.6.U5 M66 2011 (Moore Library-Stacks)ISBN: 9780520269521
Sapphistries : a global history of love between women by Call Number: HQ75.5 .R87 2009 (Moore Library-Stacks)ISBN: 0814776442
The literature of lesbianism : a historical anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall by Call Number: PN6071.L47 L58 2003 (Moore Library-Stacks)ISBN: 0231125100Publication Date: 2003
- More books and videos like this!Searches for variations of the word "lesbian" as SUBJECT.
Resources
- AfterEllen.comNews, videos, and reviews on lesbian and bisexual women. Popular culture.
- Lesbian Poetry Archive"This electronic archive is conceived as a place to digitally preserve lesbian poetry and its ephemera and present them to not only scholars, but also poets and general readers. "
- BuskFilms: Queerly Original (No longer updated?)BuskFilms is a video-on-demand site showcasing the best in independent queer film. Currently focusing on lesbian-themed films, BuskFilms plans to incorporate more gay male and transgendered films in the future.
- Autostraddle — News, Entertainment, Opinion, and Girl-on-Girl Culture"An intelligent, hilarious & provocative voice and a progressively feminist online community for a new generation of kickass lesbian, bisexual & otherwise inclined ladies (and their friends)."
- NCLR: National Center for Lesbian RightsThe audacity to fight for justice. The perseverance to win.
- Anne Lister, Lesbian DiaristAnne Lister (1791–1840), now known as ‘the first modern lesbian,’ was a wealthy, independent landowner from Shibden Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire [England]. Website by scholar Helena Whitbread. Check out her books and books about Anne Lister in our library
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Search the library catalog...
Use the terms below to search Rider University Libraries and the Mercer County Library for titles.
Rider University students, faculty, and staff may borrow materials from the Mercer County Library system. Click here to learn more!
The links below of sample subject headings are to the Rider University Libraries catalog.
- LesbiansThere are many narrower subtopics for lesbians. For example, "African American lesbians," "Lesbian swimmers," and "Lesbians--Identity."
- List of LGBTQI Subject HeadingsA great list compiled by a Yale librarian. Use it to brainstorm and to help with your searching!