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Lesbian Activism
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- 1970s Lesbian Activism & CommunityHistoric Sites in 1970s Lesbian Activism & Community in New York City.
- Advocate: A visual history of lesbian activism from around the world: 58 images of dyke marches by Nikki Aye and Trudy RingLesbians in parades and protests.
- Lesbian Activism from 1970s to the PresentExhibits from the ephemeral archives at the Barnard Center for Research on women.
- The Lesbian Avengers and the Importance of Intersectionality in LGBTQ+ Activism by Gale AmbassadorsThe Gale Review: A blog from Gale International.
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.
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. - 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)
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.
Book Titles
Drastic dykes and accidental activists : queer women in the urban South by ISBN: 1469670577Publication Date: 2022After World War II, Atlanta and Charlotte emerged as leading urban centers in the South, redefining the region through their competing metropolitan identities. Request via Interlibrary Loan.
Global LGBTQ activism : social media, digital technologies, and protest mechanisms by ISBN: 100096387XPublication Date: 2024Focused on understanding and analyzing LGBTQ activism and protest globally. Request via Interlibrary Loan.
WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS : 35 voices on the future of lgbtq+ rights by ISBN: 9781529113310Publication Date: 2022We talk about LGBTQ+ equality. Request via Interlibrary Loan.
Theses and Dissertations
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- "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 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.