The Lesbian Archive

Glasgow Women’s Library

23 Landressy St,
Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 1BP, UK.

Lesbian Herstory Archive

484 14th Street
Brooklyn, New York, 11215, USA.

Historical LGBT publications

Online at Jstor

QZAP (Queer Zine Archive Project)

‘The mission of the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) is to establish a "living history" archive of past and present queer zines and to encourage current and emerging zine publishers to continue to create. In curating such a unique aspect of culture, we value a collectivist approach that respects the diversity of experiences that fall under the heading "queer.’

Bishopsgate Institute

230 Bishopsgate
London, EC2M 4QH, UK.

Museum of Youth Culture

Grown up in Britain: 100 Years of Teenage Kicks
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
1 July 2022 - 12 February 2023

The Subculture Archives

Online. ‘An educational & cultural research resource of primary sources exploring 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, and sounds that forged them. From Rave, Punk, Rockabilly to Grime.’

ONE Archives

NE Archives Foundation, the independent community partner that supports ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, the largest repository of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) materials in the world.

queeringthemap.com

‘Queering the Map is a community generated counter-mapping platform for digitally archiving LGBTQ2IA+ experience in relation to physical space.’

qspirit.net

‘The website fosters religious and artistic freedom by teaching love for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. It expands the meaning of holiness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) people of faith and allies.’

Days of Rage

‘Days of Rage is a web exhibition that enlivens historical activist posters from ONE Archives at the USC Libraries through tactile analysis and storytelling.‘

Alpennia

Blog about research into lesbian-like motifs in history and literature at the Lesbian Historic Motif Project

Dressing Dykes

Lesbian Fashion History

@dressingdykes

INSTA: Lesbian Fashion History

@lavenderlives

INSTA

@arelesbianseverywhere

INSTA: Exploring representations over the art world

@ONEarchives

TWITTER: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. 

@erik_kaars

TWITTER: Queer medievalist researching the global origins of ideas about sex & race in medieval English lit.

@h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y

Digital archive of iconic queer women as well as modern positionings like memes and online dating. 

The Celluloid Closet. 1995.

[film] Directed by R. Epstein, J. Friedman and V. Russo. Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Classics. Available at:  https://youtu.be/I-TUF_GN_r8

Wear with Pride: LGBTQ+ badges at the British Museum | Curator's Corner S2 Ep 3

The British Museum. (2017) Wear with Pride: LGBTQ+ badges at the British Museum. [online video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyA7Q51Hnc&ab_channel=TheBritishMuseum

A Brief Queer History of Zines with Dr Jonah Coman

queer disrupt (2021) A Brief Queer History of Zines with Dr Jonah Coman. [online video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCi8U4Q5eY&ab_channel=queerdisrupt

The Queer Code: Secret Languages of LGBTQ+ Art

National Galleries (2022) The Queer Code: Secret Languages of LGBTQ+ Art. [Online video] Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w447WOQZNNQ&ab_channel=nationalgalleries

Prejudice and Pride: LGBTQ heritage and its contemporary implications.

Sandell, R., Lennon, R. and Smith, M., 2018. Prejudice and Pride. Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. Available at: https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/report/Prejudice_and_Pride_LGBTQ_heritage_and_its_contemporary_implications/10207328 and https://le.ac.uk/-/media/uol/docs/research-centres/rcmg/publications/prejudice-and-pride.pdf

United Queerdom by Dan Glass

Glass, D. 2020. United Queerdom. Bloomsbury Publishing.

No Bath, But Plenty of Bubbles: An Oral History of the Gay Liberation Front, 1970-73 by Lisa Power

Power, L., 1995. No Bath, But Plenty of Bubbles: An Oral History of the Gay Liberation Front, 1970-73. London: Cassell.

The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam

Halberstam, J., 2011. The Queer Art of Failure. Durham [NC]: Duke University Press.

Stolen Sharpie Revolution

Wrekk, A. (2020) Stolen sharpie revolution. Portland, OR: Lunchroom Publishing. 

Queer London by Alim Kheraj

Kheraj, A., 2021. Queer London. ACC Art Books.

Gender by Travis Alabanza

Alabanza, T. (2021) Gender. London: Tate Publishing.

Love Between Women Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) by Bernadette J. Brooten

Brooten, B., 1996. Love between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society). University of Chicago Press.

Among Women From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Lisa Auanger

Auanger, L. and Rabinowitz, N., 2002. Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World.. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press

The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader

Abelove, H., 1993. Lesbian/Gay Studies Reader. Routledge.

Queering The Green edited by Paul Maddern

Maddern, P., 2021. Queering the Green - Post-2000 Queer Irish Poetry Book. Belfast: Lifeboat Press.

Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas by Christopher Reed.

Reed, C., 2011. Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas. New York City: OUP USA.

Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday edited by Frank Wynne.

Wynne, F., 2021. Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday. Harper.

The Time I Went On A Lesbian Cruise And It Blew Up My Entire Life

Keating, S. (2019) The Time I Went On A Lesbian Cruise And It Blew Up My Entire Life, BuzzFeed News. Available at: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/lesbian-cruise

Counsel Club: Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India’s earliest queer support groups

Maheshwari-Aplin, P. (2021) Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India's earliest queer support groups, gal-dem. Available at: https://gal-dem.com/counsel-club-archive-queer-groups-india/  

LGBTQ histories, as told through graphic design.

Gosling, E., 2017. LGBTQ histories, as told through graphic design. [online] Creative Boom. Available at: <https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/gay-uk/>

The Lesbian Pulp Fiction That Saved Lives

Frost, N. (2018) The Lesbian Pulp Fiction that saved lives, Atlas Obscura. Available at: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lesbian-pulp-fiction-ann-bannon

Stories of LGBTQ Resistance.

Glass, D. (2021) stories of lgbtq resistance, Museum of Youth Culture. Available at: https://museumofyouthculture.com/dan-glass/

AIDS, Art and Activism: Remembering Gran Fury

d'Addario, J. (2022) AIDS, art and activism: Remembering gran fury, Hyperallergic. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/42085/aids-art-activism-gran-fury/

What Is the History of UK Gay Pride?

Rafaeli, J.S. (2019) What is the history of UK gay pride?, What Is the History of UK Gay Pride? Available at: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjvawn/uk-gay-pride-history-gay-liberation-front 

Gay Liberation Front

UK.

The Queer and The Classical 

UK.

"A space for discussion, creative thinking, and provocations on everything queer and classical."