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National Coming Out Day - October 11

National Coming Out Day is October 11. "The Human Rights Campaign has resources to help you come out and live openly at home, at work, and in your community."

Below are several eBooks and print books that are available through the library.

Events and Studies in U.S. History

Cover of the Book The End of Straight Supremacy

Book cover of Fighting to Serve: Behind the Scenes in the War to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Cover of the Book Transgender History, Second Edition

Cover of the Book Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers

Cover of the Book When Did Indians Become Straight?

Cover of the Book Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America

Cover of the Book The Lesbian and Gay Movements

Book cover of Violence Against Queer People

Cover of the Book A Queer History of the United States

Cover of the Book Queer: a Graphic History

Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs

Cover of the Book James Baldwin: A Biography

Cover of the Book Somebody to Love: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

Cover of the Book Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Cover of the Book Alan Turing: the Enigma

Cover of the Book As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned

Book cover of Shattered Applause: The lives of Eva Le Gallienne

Book cover of You're Not from Around Here, Are You?: A lesbian in small-town America

Book cover of Outbound: Finding a man, sailing an ocean

Book cover of Gay is good: The life and letters of gay rights pioneer Franklin Kameny

Book cover of Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Fiction and Poetry

Book cover of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Cover Art Stone Butch Blues from website

Book cover of The City and the Pillar: A Novel

Book cover of Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Book cover of Telling Moments: Autobiographical lesbian short stories

Book cover of When I Grow up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

Book cover of Setting the Lawn on Fire: A Novel

Book cover of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Arts and Entertainment

Book cover of Somebody to Love: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

Book cover of Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes are Claiming their Rightful Place in Sports

Book cover of Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America

Book cover of Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas

Book cover of Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives

Book cover of Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

Book cover of American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis

Book cover of When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Book cover of Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century

Book cover of Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports

Popular Fiction

Book cover of The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Music

Spotify's Playlist for Pride Party, 2024

If you don't already have an account, you'll need to create one (free) and log in to play the full songs.

Links

Celebrate Pride at the Smithsonian Institution
Exhibits and events celebrating Pride Month
LGBTQ+ Rights - Access World News (RMC community)
Up-to-date news from the world related to LGBTQ+ rights. Articles, audio clips, blog posts, videos, and more.
LGBTQ History - National Museum of American History
Gender, love, sexuality, and desire are among the most complicated areas of human history. Always varied, often hidden, and never static, LGBTQ+ stories are found across NMAH collections.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month
The collections of the Library of Congress contain many books, posters, sound recordings, manuscripts and other material produced by, about and for the LGBTQ community. The contributions of this community are preserved as part of our nation’s history, and include noted artistic works, musical compositions and contemporary novels. The Library’s American collections range from the iconic poetry of Walt Whitman through the manuscripts of the founder of LGBTQ activism in Washington, D.C., Frank Kameny.
Online Exhibitions - GLBT Historical Society
Experience LGBT history through online exhibits.

Out in America - PBS

Out in America - PBS - weblink
Use this link for off-campus access.

"This critically acclaimed PBS documentary is an uplifting collection of unique, transformative stories and inspiring personal narratives told through the lens of the country's most prominent LGBT figures and pioneers, as well as many average, yet extraordinary, citizens from gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities." -- Films on Demand

The Lavender Scare - U.S. History 1950s

Lavender Scare - Films on Demand
Use this link to log in for off-campus access.

"With the United States gripped in the panic of the 1950s Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be “security risks” and vows to rid the federal government of all employees discovered to be gay or lesbian. Tens of thousands lose their jobs. But the mass firings have an unintended effect: they stir outrage in the gay community and thrust an unlikely hero into the forefront of the LGBTQ rights movement. In addition to illuminating a little-known chapter of American history, The Lavender Scare is a timely reminder of the value of vigilance and social action when civil liberties are under attack." - Academic Video Online

Stonewall Riots - June 28, 1969

Streaming Films

The films listed above are available on-campus using R-MC's wifi and off-campus using an R-MC login.

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