Lesbian Studies: Home

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Archival Collections / Conferences

• Archival collections in the U.S. and abroad
• Conferences, festivals, and events
• Organizations

Audio Visuals

• Film and video titles, and web series

Books, Journals, & Databases

• Book and journal titles, articles, and bibliographies

Comic Books, Strips, & Cartoons

• Lesbian comics drawn by women

Current News Sources

• The Term: lesbian news
• Publication titles
• Lesbian journalists & broadcasters

Early Lesbian Books

• Early titles from different countries, ethnicities, and races

Full-length Movies, Free, Online

• Movies on YouTube & other sites

Gay Liberation Front @ U of KY

• GLF founded in NYC, 1969
• Gay student organizations at U of KY
• GLF at U of KY - Almost

Government Sources / Grants

• U.S. Government publications on the web
• National and international government websites
• National LGBT Bar Association
• Grants

I D E N T I T Y

• Databases and article citations
• Book titles
• Academic websites - sources

Lesbian Oral History Interviews

• Collections
• Individuals

Lesbian Radio & Podcasts

• History
• Online Radio & Podcasts
• Book titles

Marketing and Products

• Book titles and articles, and products

Music & Musicians

• Books and journal titles
• Databases, documentaries & films
• Sound recordings

Research and Study

 of

Lesbians

This guide has been created to highlight the research and study of lesbians. 

• Lesbian studies is an interdisciplinary field so relevant materials will be found within a wide range of subject sources.

• More contemporary sources will present the term "lesbian" in combination with gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, or LGBTQ. 

• Older scholarly resources may refer to lesbians as homosexuals, homosexual women, queer women, or gay women.

Lesbian - a woman whose emotional, sexual, and romantic orientations are toward women.  The present use of the term was first expressed during the latter half of the 1800s.

Older Lesbians

• Books, organizations, videos

Politics & Social Movements

• Databases and article citations
• Book titles
• Websites, theses and dissertations

Recent Research Findings

• Lesbian Focused Research
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
• There is much more

Sources: Bi-sexual, Gay Male, Queer, Transgendered

• Book and journal titles, research, archival materials
• Government resources, comic books and cartoons
• Bibliographies, audio visuals

Thesis and Dissertation Research

• Locating titles in the catalog and databases

UK Special Collections / KY Organizations

• Collections with lesbian content
• Kentucky LGBTQ organizations and research guides

Vintage Images

• Finding Collections
• Online Collections
• Book Titles

Virtual Exhibit- University of Kentucky

• 2015 Black History Month Exhibit - KY LGBTQ* History