Selected LGBT Studies Websites

Encyclopedias

Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

Directories

Queer Resources Directory

Professional Organizations and Scholarly Societies

General
- Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association: An excellent site providing links to bibliographies, award winning books, and information for library professionals dedicated to serving the information needs of LGBT individuals.
- International Foundation for Gender Education
Bisexual
- Bisexual Resource Center: Provides a set of resources and a forum for counseling and educating.
Transgender
- Transgender and Non-Binary People FAQ: This is a Frequently Asked Questions resource written for people who have recently discovered that someone they know is transgender. Provides general information and responses to common reactions and questions about transgender and non-binary people.
Local
- Uniting Pride Center of Champaign County: Includes a list of resources as well as information on local events.

Higher Eduction/University Programs

Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals

Legal/Advocacy

Health/Medical

General
- National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Special Groups
- ACT UP: AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (New York)
LGBT

Special Groups & Events

Campus Pride: An “online community and resource network committed to student leaders and campus organizations that work to create a safer campus” without homophobia, etc. at educational institutions (Robert Ridinger).
COLAGE: Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
Day of Silence: “A student-led demonstration, Day of Silence is one of the more visible forms of LGBT protest on American campuses. Its goal is to challenge anti-LGBT prejudice and make schools safer for everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity” (Robert Ridinger).
Deaf Queer Resource Center: An informative and no-profit “gateway” that provides links to major organizations, and to other online resources in many different subject areas.
PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf: “Provides links to deaf-focused organizations, and documentation on alliance bylaws and chapter information.”

Media/Literature/Arts

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Queer Arts Resource: Since 1996 we’ve produced over 50 exhibitions that suggest the range, depth, and importance of queer artistic expression.

History

Resources for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History: A gateway to research collections from the University of Albany.
People With a History
LGBT History Month
Digital Transgender Archive

Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
- Sanford Berman: An Inventory of His Papers at the American Library Association Archives
Illinois
- Gerber/Hart Library (Chicago): Focus is to collect and preserve Midwest’s homosexual history. Holdings include “papers of individuals, organizations, and businesses, with particular emphasis on Chicago LGBT political and business history” (Robert Ridinger). Collection includes posters, periodicals, international newsweeklies, and histories and novels.
- Leather Archives and Museum (Chicago): Collection includes materials about the history of the leather/Levi communities throughout the world. The site discuss the museum, provides a newsletter archive, and a timeline.
National
- Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association: An excellent site providing links to bibliographies, award winning books, and information for library professionals dedicated to serving the information needs of LGBT individuals.
- The Feminist and Lesbian Periodical Collection (Special Collections and University Archives of the University of Oregon Libraries)
- Gay and Lesbian Collections AIDS/HIV Collections, New York Public Library
- LGBTQIA+ Collection, Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul)
- GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco): Collects primary sources about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history and culture.
- Human Sexuality Collection (Cornell University, NY)
- June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives: “The only archive on this side of the continent that is dedicated exclusively to preserving lesbian history” and represent all lesbians no matter their class or race.
- Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York): Robert B. Ridinger calls this grassroots archive,”the mother of all lesbian research collections in the United States.” It holds the personal papers of Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel, and others as well as lesbian paperbacks, and documents from organizations such as the Daughters of Bilitis.
- Lesbian & Gay Pulp Fiction Collection, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University (Durham, NC)
- Martin B. Duberman Papers (NYPL)
- National Transgender Library and Archives (Ann Arbor)
- ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles): Collection contains files, books, and films and videos. Collection include AIDS History Project, Performing Arts and Lesbian Legacy, and other art collections. An online catalog provides more details on holdings.
- Schlesinger Library (Cambridge, MA)
- Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies (University of Minnesota)
- Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender (CSU, Northridge)
International
- Australian Queer Archives (Melbourne)
- The ArQuives – Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives (Toronto, Canada): Previously known as the Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives; mission is to “acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada.”
- GALA Queer Archive of South Africa: The archive houses a collection of historical material of gay and lesbian people in South Africa and the surrounding countries.
- IHLIA: International Homo/Lesbian Information Center and Archives: European collection with a focus on homosexual history. Includes periodicals, diaries, travel guides, erotica, posters, and audiotapes.
- Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (Wellington)
- Québec Gay Archives (Montreal): “Collects all types of documentation relating to the gay or lesbian community of the province of Quebec.” Lists exhibitions and conferences. Both in English and French.
- Twice Blessed: The Jewish GLBT Archives Online (Toronto, Canada): This is One Institute’s core Judaica Collection started by Johnny Abush. It consists of over 7,000 artifacts such as print, film, music, audio, ephemera, etc.