Queer & LGBTQIA+ Studies

It is important to get background information on the topic you wish to research, no matter how well acquainted with the topic you may be!  Here are some suggestions to get the all important theories, data, and general overlook on the important issues that affect the LGBTQIA community.

The searchbox below links you to hundreds of online encyclopedias and also connects to still more databases with yet more essays and quick reference material:

• Sex and Gender: A Reference Handbook (2017)
• Transgender: A Reference Handbook (2019)
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide (2010)
• Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia (2007)

The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory. ebook, 2009

The Dictionary of Homophobia: a Global history of Gay & Lesbian Experience. ebook, 2008.

Diverse Sexuality and Schools: A Reference Handbook. (Ref. 371.82 C157)  2003.

• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
• Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Source

Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality.  ebook, 2009.

Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia.  ebook, 2000.

LGBTQ America Today : An Encyclopedia. (Ref 306.76 H316)  2009.

Same-sex Marriage : A Reference Handbook. ebook 2010.