Women On the Move
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Databases
Below is a list of databases with a sample of the citations to full-text articles about lesbian politics, politicians, and social movements. All available at the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- EBSCOhostUnderwood, Alice E. M. "The Politics of Pride." Harvard International Review, Spring 2011, Vol. 33 Issue 1, pp. 42-46.
Averett, Paige. "I would do it again": Past and present experiences of older lesbians. Journal of Women and Aging, May-Jun 2020, 32 (3). 314-328.
- Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in AmericaBranch, Anthony D. "Mattachine Society." Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. Ed. David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Vol. 2. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1998. p. 571.
- JSTORKarlen, Arno. "The New lesbian politics & the decline of social science." Salmagundi, No.58/59 (Fall 1982-Winter 1983), pp. 300-307.
Altiok, Özlem. “From the Streets to Social Policy: How to End Gender-Based Violence against Women.” Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, edited by Glenn W. Muschert et al., 1st ed., Bristol University Press, 2022, pp. 23–36. - Nexis UniSappenfield, Mark. "Houston mayor race shows progress - and limits - of gay rights; Annise Parker, who is openly gay, was elected mayor of Houston Saturday. It makes Houston the largest US city to elect a gay or lesbian mayor." The Christian Science Monitor, December 13, 2009.
'We're seeing a relaunch of an old story': Exploring the movement to ban books with LGBTQ characters. Sep 22, 2022; Analysis by Brandon Tensley; CNN CNN Wire - Sociological AbstractsPark-Kim, Soo Jin; Lee-Kim, Soo Youn; Kwon-Lee, Eun Jung. "The Lesbian Rights Movement and Feminism in South Korea." Journal of Lesbian Studies, 10. 3-4 (Jan 2, 2006), pp. 161-190.
“Somos contra la ‘queer-ificacíon’”/“We reject the queer-ification of lesbianism”: lesbian political identity and anti-queer politics among Mexican lesbians and queer Chicanas-Latinas
Macias, Stacy I. Journal of Lesbian Studies; Abingdon Vol. 26, Iss. 1, (Jul 2021) - Women's Liberation Movement Print CultureDAR II (Dyke for the Second American Revolution)
Minutes from February 6, 1975. - Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000How Did the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977 Shape a Feminist Agenda for the Future?, Documents selected and interpreted by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin with research assistance by Sandra Henderson. (Binghamton, NY: State University of New York at Binghamton, 2004).
Book Titles
- InfoKat Discovery This link opens in a new windowInfoKat Discovery allows you to quickly search multiple UK library resources simultaneously, including books, journal articles, dissertations, government documents, archives and special collections, images, maps, videos, music and open access content. InfoKat Discovery does NOT include all of the journal articles available through our databases.
The lesbian South : southern feminists, the women in print movement, and the queer literary canon by Call Number: PS153.L46 H37 2018ISBN: 9781469643366Publication Date: 2018In The lesbian South, Jamie Harker explores the literature of lesbian-feminist writers, feminist print culture, presses, and bookstores in the post-1960s American South.
Queer intercultural communication : the intersectional politics of belonging in and across differences by ISBN: 1538121417Publication Date: 2020The field of intercultural communication in U.S. academia has long struggled to disrupt the normative needs that necessitate its inquiry in the first place. This edited collection powerfully illuminates how and why (trans) queer (of color) critiques matter for the studies of intercultural communication. Request via Interlibrary Loan.
Queer rebellion in the novels of Michelle Cliff : intersectionality and sexual modernity by ISBN: 9781443893435Publication Date: 2017This book explores Jamaican-American author Michelle Cliff's (1946-2016) literary rebellion against the colonial, gendered and racist norms of Western Modernity. [Ebook available at UK.]
Open Access Articles Online
- Feminism & Psychology - Sage Open Access Journal ArticleA history of lesbian politics and the psy professions. Spandler, Helen ; Carr, Sarah; Marecek, Jeanne ; Lafrance, Michelle N
Feminism & psychology, 2021, Vol.31 (1), p.119-139 - Sex, Loyalty, and Revolution. - JSTOR Open Access Journal ArticleRust, Paula C. Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics: Sex, Loyalty, and Revolution. NYU Press, 1995.
- Frontiers in Political Science - frontiers Open Access ArticleEveritt J and Horvath L (2021) Public Attitudes and Private Prejudices: Assessing Voters’ Willingness to Vote for Out Lesbian and Gay Candidates. Front. Polit. Sci. 3:662095.
Websites
- History of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Social Movements by Bonnie J. Morris, PhDOn June 12, 2016, the popular gay dance club Pulse in Orlando was the site of a mass shooting by one assailant.... The immediate, caring response by...demonstrates the enormous shift toward acceptance and public support for the LGBT community. ~APA website
- The Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) Pioneer Histories Project [DATABASE]The activists of the Second Wave feminist movement literally changed the world. From 1965 – 1982, thousands of women (and men) took actions that made our country more equitable for women. Some of their stories are well known. Many of their stories have never been told. The VFA Pioneer Histories Project is the personal history of the Second Wave women’s movement – one story at a time.
Theses and Dissertations
See more at the "Thesis and Dissertation Research" tab on this guide.
- "When We Go to Deal with City Hall, We Put on a Shirt and Tie": Gay Rights Movement Done the Dallas Way, 1965-2003 by Karen S. WislyPh. D. dissertation at University of North Texas, 2018
- Blurring the Spectrum: Exploring Queer Conservatism by Austin P. MejdrichMasters Theses at Eastern Illinois University, 2018
- Circle City Strife: gay and lesbian activism during the Hudnut Era by Samuel Evan OpsahlMasters of Art at Indiana University, 2020
- The Cultural Consequences of Social Movements: The LGBT Movement and the Transformation of Discourse About Homosexuality in Mainstream Newspapers by Thomas Alan ElliottPh.D. (thesis). University of California Irvine. 2015.
- Disrupting An(Other): Sexuality as Political Resistance by Emma C. DowneyMasters Theses at Bucknell University, 2020
- Freedom Indivisible: Gays and Lesbians in the African American Civil Rights Movement by Jared E. LeightonPh.D. dissertation at University of Nebraska, 2013
- The Personal Is Historical: the Impact of Lesbian Identity on the Sonoma County Women's Movement and Beyond, by Emilie E. RoyPh.D (Thesis), Department of History, Sonoma State University, 2009
- The Plague Wars: Encounters Between Gay and Lesbian Activism and the Christian Right in the Age of AIDS, by Ashley Ruth LiermanThesis (Ph.D.)--Drew University, 2009
- The Relationship Between LGBTQ+ Representation on the Political and Theatrical Stages by Brett V. RiesHonors Thesis. University of South Dakota. Spring 2020.
- The Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination of the LGBT Community. A Comparison Between the United States and Kenya by Michelle NyaguthiBachelor thesis at Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2017 [Request via Interlibrary Loan or Purchase Online]
- ‘I identify with fighters': The South and Southern Identity in Lesbian Feminist Activism in the 1970s by Hillary Rae AndersonPh.D. (thesis). Texas A&M University. 2018.