Recommended Websites
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LGBT History in New York from the National Park Service
National LGBT Archives from the Center in New York
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LGBTQ History-Social Science Project Resources from UC Berkeley
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One National Gay and Lesbian Archives from USC
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The Ladder
Newspaper published by Daughters of Bilitis
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Recommended Books
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De Veaux, Alexis. Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.
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Manion, Jen. Female Husbands: A Trans History. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Marcus, Eric. Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
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Mogul, Joey L., Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock. Queer (in)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States. Boston, Mass.: Beacon, 2011.
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Rivers, Daniel Winunwe. Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States since World War II. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
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Ryan, Hugh. When Brooklyn Was Queer. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Stryker, Susan. Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2017.
LGBTQ+ Historians to Follow
Wendy Rouse
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Dr. Wendy Rouse is a professor at San Jose State University who specializes in women's gender and sexuality throughout history. Her book Public Faces, Secret Lives, documents queer women in the suffrage movement of the early 20th century.
Hugh Ryan
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Hugh Ryan is a historian located in New York City who focuses on telling queer history. He is the founding director of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, an organization that aids communities in creating local artistic and educational installations of queer history. Through his work in the Pop-Up Museum he is able to educate a younger audience throughout the United States.
Sarah Schulman
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Sarah Schulman is a writer activist and historian of the gay rights movement in New York City. In her recent novel, Let the Record Show, Schulman documents the history of ACT UP during the AIDS movement. Her novel is highly regarded and she has received the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award, along with many others.
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Susan Stryker
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Susan Stryker is a historian of gender and sexuality and has written many books on that subject. Her book Transgender History, is a must read for those who are curious about the history of transgender individuals in the United States.
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Eric Marcus
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Eric Marcus is a historian who runs the popular podcast Making Gay History. This podcast has excellent oral interviews with many LGBTQ+ icons.
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Eric Cervini
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Eric Cervini is a historian and expert in the life of Frank Kameny. He runs the popular Queer History 101 course which is
great resource for students to learn about LGBTQ+ history.
Jen Manion
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Jen Manion is a historian and the author of the popular book Female Husbands.
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