New database: LGBT Thought and Culture

As of 2021 our library has a subscription to the database: LGBT Thought and Culture. The online resource offers books, periodicals, and archival materials on LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. 

ACCESS DATABASE

Content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Magnus Hirschfeld and Harry Benjamin collections from the Kinsey Institute, periodicals such as En la Vida and BLACKlines. 

There is a special section on History. Areas of focus include:

• Trade and Exploration
• The American Revolutionary Era
• The American Civil War
• Imperialism and Colonialism
• World War I
• The Jazz Age
• The Post-World War II Era
• The Sixties
• Women’s History
• Black History
• International Newsreels

Searching the collecting can be done via browsing topics or with keywords.