Based on observations and interviews with sixty Southern drag kings, this study reveals how they are challenging the region's gender norms while creating a unique community with its own distinctive Southern flair.
What is Ballroom? It is an underground subculture founded over a century ago by LGBTQ African American and Latino men and women of Harlem.
Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories.
[...] a[n] account of the life of Gaétan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed--and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak.
America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily.
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught... But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told.
This guide provides brief lists of books, databases, and other resources centered around LGBTQ+ history, with a special focus on drag performance.
The Columbus State Library has a bunch of new LGBTQ+ books in fiction and nonfiction.
At the library, we also provide journals and databases that can be used for research. This page also has campus resources for staff and students.
Ohio has some pretty incredible LGBTQ+ history. Check out some cool stories and artefacts from Ohio (and beyond!).
If you need any extra help with using the library and its services, this tab has tips and contact information for people who can help.
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