LibGuides: Gender and Sexuality (Gay and Lesbian): Literature

Web Sites

Gay on the Range
An archive of gay paperback artwork from the 50's and 60's
Lodestar Quarterly - an online journal of GLQ literature
Each issue (2001-2006) featured a different GLBT author.
Over the Rainbow Books
Recommend reads for adults from the American Library Association
Rainbow Books
Recommend reads for children & young adults from the American Library Association
Strange Sisters
Pulp novels of the 1950s & 1960s, including cover art & introductory essay.

Books

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Before the closet : same-sex love from Beowulf to Angels in America
Call Number: Zuhl - PR179.H66 F73 1998
ISBN: 0226260917
Carry the word : a bibliography of black LGBTQ books
Call Number: Branson - Z1361.N39 F84 2007
ISBN: 0978625145
Columbia anthology of gay literature : readings from Western antiquity to the present day
Call Number: Zuhl - PN6071.H724 C65 1998
ISBN: 0231096704
Contemporary Gay American Novelists
Call Number: Zuhl - PS374.H63 C66 1993
ISBN: 0313280193
Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States
Call Number: Zuhl - Reference - PS153.L46 C65 1993
ISBN: 0313282153
Gay and lesbian literary heritage : a reader's companion to the writers and their works, from antiquity to the present
Call Number: Zuhl - PN56.H57 G365 1995
Gay detective novel : lesbian and gay main characters and themes in mystery fiction
Call Number: Zuhl - PS374.H63 M37 2004
ISBN: 0786419571
Gay Fiction Speaks : Conversations With Gay Novelists (e-book)
Call Number: Zuhl - PS374.H63 C36 2000
ISBN: 0231116950
Also available in print
Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film
Call Number: Branson - Z1231.D47 G86 2005
ISBN: 0810856816
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered literature : a genre guide
Call Number: Zuhl - Reference - PS153.G38 B67 2008
ISBN: 159158194X
Heart has its reasons : young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content, 1969-2004
Call Number: Zuhl - PS374.H63 C37 2006
ISBN: 0810850710
Lesbian and gay voices : an annotated bibliography and guide to literature for children and young adults
Call Number: Branson - Z1037 .D24 2000
ISBN: 0313311625
Monumental Anxieties: Homoerotic Desire & Feminine Influence in 19th Century U.S. Literature (e-book)
ISBN: 0813524725
Sexual Textualities: Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing (e-book)
Call Number: Zuhl - PQ7081 .F635 1997
ISBN: 0292725027
Also available in print
Strange sisters : the art of lesbian pulp fiction, 1949-1969
Call Number: Zuhl - NC973.5.U6 Z56 1999
ISBN: 0140284028
Unlimited Embrace: A Canon of Gay Fiction, 1945-1995 (e-book)
ISBN: 1558492593
Uranian worlds : a reader's guide to alternative sexuality in science fiction & fantasy
Call Number: Branson - Z6514.C5 S43 1983
Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing
Call Number: Zuhl - Reference - PN491.3 .G75 2002
ISBN: 0415159849

Awards

Book of the Year Awards
Devoted exclusively to works emanating from independent publishers.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Created in 1998 to honor works in science fiction, fantasy & horror.
Golden Crown Literary Society Awards
Established in 2005, this award recognizes only books with lesbian content.
IPPY Awards
Annual award recognizing the best independently published books.
James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council
Created in 1991, the James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores gender issues.
John Boswell Prize
For an outstanding book on LGBT history.
Lambda Literary Awards
Given annually since 1989 in a varying number of categories.
Publishing Triangle Awards
Affiliated with the Association of Lesbians and Gay Men in Publishing, the awards began in 1989 and have expanded to recognize fiction, non-fiction, poetry, debut fiction and other categories.
Ruth Benedict Prize
Acknowledges a scholarly anthropology book written about GLBT topic.
Stonewall Book Awards
The first and most enduring award for GLBT books (established 1971) and presented in three categories: Literature, Non-Fiction, and Children’s & Young Adult.