Guides @ UF: Women's & Gender Studies: LGBTQI Resources

Featured Resources - Focus on Health

LGBT Health : meeting the needs of gender and sexual minorities
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- RA564.9.H65 L43 2018
"LGBT Health: Meeting the Needs of Gender and Sexual Minorities offers a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs. Drawing from leading scholars and practitioners of LGBT health, this holistic, centralized text synthesizes epidemiologic, medical, psychological, sociological, and public health research related to the origins of, current state of, and ways to improve LGBT health. The award-winning editors have assembled LGBT health experts who have conducted extensive research into diverse areas of LGBT health.^
LGBTQ Cultures by Michele J. Eliason, Michele J; Peggy L. Chinn
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- RA564.9.H65 L43 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Winner of the 2018 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Community/Public Health category. Drawn from real-world experience and current research, the fully updated GBTQ Cultures, 3rd Edition paves the way for healthcare professionals to provide well-informed, culturally sensitive healthcare to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients. This vital guide fills the LGBTQ awareness gaps, including replacing myths and stereotypes with facts, and measuring the effects of social stigma on health. Vital for all nursing specialties, this is the seminal guide to actively providing appropriate, culturally sensitive care to persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Care for LGBTQ patients with awareness, sensitivity, and knowledge . . .
LGBTQ Health Research by Ron Stall (Editor); Brian Dodge (Editor); José A. Bauermeister (Editor); Tonia Poteat (Editor); Chris Beyrer (Editor)
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST New Books Area (2nd Floor) -- RA564.9.H65 L43 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Over the last 30 years, the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans have become increasingly recognized, in particular for the ways in which they are distinct from those typically assessed and addressed in society. Universities and researchers are paying greater attention to LGBTQ public health issues and how they might adapt existing methods to research marginalized communities, but--until now--there has been no authoritative resource to guide their education or practice. Developed for graduate students in public health and health sciences--but perfect for anyone interested in this topic--this book will fill that gap and provide the necessary public health tools to teach about and study LGBTQ populations effectively. Divided into three sections and edited by top scholars, LGBTQ Health Research explains research methods important to descriptive epidemiology that are needed to document health disparities among LGBTQ populations. The book also examines research methods that help explain the driving forces of these disparities. Focusing on real-world experience in developing and testing interventions to mitigate health disparities in LGBTQ populations, it also breaks down issues that challenge the direct application of standard research methods with these communities, including those related to sampling, measurement, choice of theoretical variables to explain the distribution of health and illness, cultural competence in intervention design, and community participation. Promoting the creation and diffusion of effective interventions, the book takes a holistic approach to address longstanding research gaps regarding important marginalized communities. It also documents profound health disparities in many LBGTQ populations across a wide range of health conditions and explains why future development of the field must be based on inclusive science and rigorous research methods. LGBTQ Health Research is an essential textbook for any courses that deal with the intersection of marginalization, health, sexuality, and gender.
LGBTQ Mental Health by Nadine Nakamura (Editor); Carmen H. Logie (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2019
LGBTQ Mental Health: International Perspectives and Experiences expands our understanding of mental health by considering the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ communities in the Majority World. Increased globalization and migration has highlighted the need for mental health clinicians to better understand these communities' experiences and needs. This book provides an overview of LGBTQ mental health in non-Western countries or regions that have heretofore received little attention in the psychology literature. Chapters focus on the cultural, social, legal, political, and psychological experiences of various LGBTQ subpopulations in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Russia, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and sub-Saharan Africa. Contributors summarize existing research on mental health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals in these countries or regions; offer key insights that challenge culturally-specific conceptions of normative, LGBTQ mental health and behavior; and offer recommendations for further research and mental health practice with these populations.
The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health by Esther D. Rothblum (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of research on the mental health of sexual minorities-defined as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-gender attracted; as well as the mental health of gender minorities-defined as individuals who do not fully identify with their sex assigned at birth, including people who are transgender or gender non-binary. The twenty-first century has seen encouraging improvements in sampling, methods, and funding opportunities for research with sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations; nevertheless, a key purpose of this Handbook is to identify lingering gaps in research in order to motivate future scientists to expand knowledge about SGM mental health. The volume begins with a historical overview, followed by sections on mental health categories/diagnoses (such as anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, and suicide) and specific sexual and gender minority populations (including examinations of diverse ethnicities and orientations/identities). The handbook concludes with chapters on stigma, the role of resilience, and future directions for research with SGM groups. The volume is aimed at researchers conducting studies on the mental health of SGM populations, clinicians and researchers interested in psychiatric disorders that affect SGM populations, clinicians using evidence-based practice in the treatment of SGM patients/clients, students in mental health programs (clinical psychology, psychiatry, clinical social work, and psychiatric nursing), and policy makers.
The Pride Guide by Jo Langford
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
The Pride Guide is an indispensable resource written explicitly for the almost 10 percent of teenagers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or any of the unique identities that are not heterosexual/cisgender. It explores sex, dating, relationships, puberty, and both physical and online safety. The issue today is not whether or not queer youth will get sex education; the issue is how and where they will gather information and whether or not the information they gather will be applicable, reliable, or exploitative. Equipping teens and their families with knowledge and self-confidence, this book provides the best protection against the unfortunate backlash that is sometimes encountered by those who grow up queer.
Transgender: A Reference Handbook by Aaron Devor; Ardel Haefele-Thomas
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2019
Transgender: A Reference Handbook is a go-to resource about the transgender experience. The book takes contemporary as well as historic aspects into consideration. It looks at ancient indigenous cultures that honored third, fourth, and fifth gender identities as well as more contemporary ideas of what "transgender" means. Notably, it focuses not only on Western medical ideas of gender affirmation but on cultural diversity surrounding the topic. This book will primarily serve as a reference guide and jumping off point for further research for those seeking information about what it means to be transgender. While a reference book, it contains original work that may be cited in addition to the encyclopedia itself. In particular, the perspectives section of the book includes writings from some of the world's foremost trans writers, activists, artists, and historians.

Selected Archives, Organizations and Resources

LGBTQ+ Affairs Office @UF and its history and the Tamara Cohen LGBTQ Resource Library
LGBT Library @UF A listing of books available at the University of Florida Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Please check with the LGBTQ Affairs Office on check-out procedures.
ACT UP Oral History Project Interviews from surviving men and women of the Aids Coalition to Unleash Power, New York
AdRespect.org
Asexuality Visibility & Education Network
Digital Transgender Archive provides an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world
Equality Florida Florida’s only statewide human rights organization working on behalf of Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens
GLAAD Media Reference Guide - Transgender - Glossary of Terms
GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) maps the quantity, quality and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters in films released by eight major motion picture studios
GLBT Historical Society
Human Rights Campaign (HRC): The largest national lesbian and gay political organization in the United States, offering up-to-date information on lesbian and gay equal rights issues
Intersex Society of North America
Invisible Histories Project; Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia - Keeping Southern LGBTQ History Alive
Kinsey Institute Collections: Homosexuality, polyamory, transgender in Asia, erotica
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund: Info from the nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Commons
Lesbian Herstory Archives
LGBT Religious Archives Network
LGBTQ Heritage: National Park Service
LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary
LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Library of Congress Resource Guide
Making Gay History: The Podcast Features interviews with figures from the LGBTQ civil rights movement.
Making Queer History Also includes a podcast
National Black Justice Coalition: A civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
National Center for Transgender Equality
Notches (re)marks on the history of sexuality
NQAPIA National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, a federation of LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander organizations
One: National Gay & Lesbian Archives and One Archives at USC Libraries
OutHistory.org Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer History by the LGBTQ Community: Fight Against Forgetting.
Pride Community Center of North Central Florida and local community resources
Queer Zine Archive Project
Sexing History Podcast
Stonewall National Museum & Archives Located in Fort Lauderdale, the Museum's mission is to chronicle gay history, one book and artifact at a time
Trans Advocate
Trans Student Educational Resources
Transgender Archives University of Victory, British Columbia, Canada
Trans Language Primer
UF Association of LGBTQ+ Alumni
Wearing Gay History A Digital Archive of Historical LGBT T-Shirts
Williams Institute UCLA School of Law

Blogs, Newspapers, Studies, and Talks

5 Facts About Same-Sex Marriage (Pew Research Center)

BackStory: The Language of Transgender History and Visibility

Huffington Post Queer Voices

Queer as Food: Food and Wine's series exploring the role of food in LGBTQ+ communities

Ted Talk: iO Tillett Wright: Fifty Shades of Gay

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Resources

Selected Print Reference Works:
(Unless noted otherwise, reference materials in the Humanities & Social Sciences Reference collection are located on the third floor of Library West.)

A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement, Library West, Reference HQ 76.5 .M94 2009
Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books. Library West, Reference: Z 1361 .N39 F84 2007
Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global Hisory of Gay and Lesbian Experience. Library West, Reference: HQ 76.4 .D5313 2008
Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture. Library West, Reference: HQ 75.13 .P76 2008
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Litertaure of the United States. Library West, Reference: PS 153 S39 E53 2009
Gender: Sources, Perspectives and Methodologies, 1st Floor HQ 1075.G46658 2016
Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature. Library West, Reference: PN 491.3 .M55 2006
Queers in History: the Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders Library West, Reference: HQ 75.13 .S74 2009
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. Library West, Reference: HQ 76.96 .R66 2006

Databases:

GenderWatch This is a database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.

LGBT Life with Full Text Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) with Full Text) Online. Indexes the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues, including the most important and historically significant GLBT journals, magazines, regional newspapers, and monographs. GLBT Life was created with the assistance of the One National Gay & Lesbian Archives, which holds a very significant collection of archival and present content in the area of GLBT studies.

Selected Online Reference Resources

Other Works
Search the University of Florida Libraries' Catalog using the following as subject headings and/or keywords:

Bisexuality
Bisexuals
Gay Liberation Movement
Gay Men
Gays
Homosexuality
Homosexuals
Lesbians
Lesbianism
Transsexuals

LGBTQIA Newspapers

LGBTQIA Collection

"The University of Florida’s Digital LGBTQIA+ Collection consists of varied materials including bulletins, journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers, photographs and assorted ephemera published by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA) organizations supporting the State of Florida’s LGBTQIA+ community.

Resources in this collection represent a wide-ranging assortment of issues and happenings including neighborhood spaces and assistance programs, political activism and artistic, cultural and educational events. The goal of this collection is to present a diverse assortment of materials and voices from Florida’s LGBTQIA+ population.

This ever expanding project is dedicated to offering the most accurate expression of the state’s LGBTQIA+ community possible."

Reveal Digital Independent Voices LGBT press titles

Library of Congress Historic LGBTQIA+ Periodicals Available Online

Alabama Forum
One of the longest-running news sources for the LBGTQ community in the state of Alabama. This digital collection consists of 245 issues, published from 1981 to 2002 and totaling more than 4,500 pages.
Dallas Voice
Dallas Voice: published since 1984 and is the first newspaper to represent and serve the Dallas, Texas, LGBT community.
Out in the Mountains
Out in the Mountains was the only LGBT focused newspaper in Vermont from early 1986 to January of 2007 when the last issue was released.