Magazines serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and related communities have been one of the principal sources of documentation on LGBTQ+ cultures, lives and events.
Highlights of Collection 1
- The Advocate – the oldest surviving continuously published U.S. title of its type, The Advocate is the periodical of record for information about the LGBT+ community and spans the history of the gay rights movement. The publication’s entire archive is available digitally for the first time.
- Gay Times – a monthly magazine which remains the oldest still-published U.K. LGBT+ serial – and its predecessor, Gay News. These publications offer an eclectic mix of content spanning news, campaigns, interviews, features, style, music and film.
- The Pink Paper – the U.K.’s only weekly paper devoted to gay and lesbian interests in 1987, when it was founded. The Pink Paper was a leading campaigning publication on issues such equalizing the age of consent and fighting HIV/AIDS.
- Transgender Tapestry – this pioneering magazine was the most widely circulated serial devoted to transgender issues.
- Man and Society – the official magazine of the Albany Trust, the reforming and counseling organization for sexual minorities, Man and Society is an authoritative gay interest publication dating back to the 1960s.
Highlights of Collection 2 (New!)
- Anything that Moves – published in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1990 to 2001, this internationally distributed magazine was aimed at a bisexual readership.
- BLK - this magazine was launched in Los Angeles in 1988 in response to a recognized need to provide better news and information for black LGBTQ+ individuals and communities.
- Gaysweek – founded in 1977 and published weekly in New York City, Gaysweek was a rare example of a weekly lesbian and gay newspaper. It was originally an 8-page tabloid consisting of a calendar of events and classified advertisements and was distributed freely to bars, gay organizations and businesses. It was expanded to a 24-page publication offering local and national news relevant to the gay community.
- Matrices – an influential newsletter that connected academic research activity in lesbian studies with community research.
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