LGBTQ Community and Resources
“About | American Veterans for Equal Rights. We Are You!” n.d. American Veterans for Equal Rights. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://aver.us/about.
“APRIL 27: The First National Lesbian Conference… – 365 DAYS OF LESBIANS.” n.d. 365 Days of Lesbians. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://365daysoflesbians.tumblr.com/post/160076286542/april-27-the-first-national-lesbian-conference.
Alabama Forum. Birmingham, Alabama. 1977-2002. https://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/alabamaforum/
Bailey, Robert W. 1999. Gay Politics, Urban Politics: Identity and Economics in the Urban Setting. Power, Conflict, and Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press.
“Birmingham Shout – Bhamwiki.” 2017. Bhamwiki. February 7, 2017. https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Birmingham_Shout.
Boykin, Keith. 2003. “Black Gay Leadership Group Vanishes.” The Gully Online Magazine, August 21, 2003. http://www.thegully.com/essays/gaymundo/030821_gay_black_1963march.html.
Doyle, J.D. n.d. “Drag Artists & Female Impersonators.” Queer Music Heritage. Accessed July 3, 2018a. https://www.queermusicheritage.com/drag.html.
———. n.d. “Women’s Publications.” Houston LGBT History. Accessed July 3, 2018b. http://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/women.html.
Elsie Publishing, Inc. n.d. “Welcome | Lesbian Connection Magazine.” Lesbian Connection Magazine. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.lconline.org/about/welcome/.
“Federation of Gay Games – Home.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://gaygames.org/.
Feinberg, Leslie. 2011. “Transgender Warrior: Leslie Feinberg.” Transgender Warrior. 2011. http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/.
———. 2016. “Leslie Feinberg.” Leslie Feinberg. 2016. http://www.lesliefeinberg.net/.
GLAAD. n.d. “LGBT Life in the South | GLAAD.” LGBT Life in the South. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.glaad.org/southernstories/life.
Haggerty, George, and Bonnie Zimmerman, eds. 1999. Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hatfield, Joe Edward. 2016. “Southerners and the City: Queer Archives, Backward Temporalities, and the Emergence of AIDS.” Thesis, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University. https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1474&context=etd.
“History | SHOUT LGBTQ Film Festival.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://shoutfilmfest.com/history/.
Kucharski, Eve. 2017. “Print Thrives in the Lesbian Community.” Pride Source, June 15, 2017. https://pridesource.com/article/81823-2/.
“Lambda – Bhamwiki.” 2008. Bhamwiki. March 26, 2008. https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Lambda.
LGBT Community Center National History Archive. n.d. “Southerners Records.” The Center: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://gaycenter.org/archive_item/southerners-records/.
McAughey, Sean. 2006. “The American Dream – Camp Sister Spirit Mississippi.” The Blanket: A Journal of Protest and Dissent, February 2, 2006. http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu:81/smca0505064g.html.
Oswald, Ramona Faith, ed. 2003. Lesbian Rites: Symbolic Acts and the Power of Community. New York: Harrington Park Press.
Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project (Minn.), ed. 2010. Queer Twin Cities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Smothers, Ronald. 1991. “3,000 Lesbians Meet in Atlanta to Set Own Agenda.” The New York Times, April 28, 1991, National edition. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/28/us/3000-lesbians-meet-in-atlanta-to-set-own-agenda.html.
“The Lesbian Herstory Archives.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/index.html.
Zimmerman, Bonnie, ed. 2000. Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, v. 1. New York: Garland Pub.
Tuscaloosa and The University of Alabama
“Background | LGBTHistoryMonth.Com.” n.d. LGBT History Month. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://lgbthistorymonth.com/background.
“Biography – Robyn Ochs.” n.d. RobynOchs.Com. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://robynochs.com/biography/.
“Day of Silence | GLSEN.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.glsen.org/day-silence.
Dobkins, Alix. n.d. “Welcome to Alix Dobkin’s Website.” AlixDobkin.Com. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.alixdobkin.com/.
Haggerty, George, and Bonnie Zimmerman, eds. 1999. Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. New York, NY: Routledge.
Jones, Adam. 2008. “Display Celebrates History of Gay Student Group.” Tuscaloosa News, February 12, 2008.
Kaczynski, Andrew. 2016. “Jeff Sessions Fought as Alabama Attorney General to Keep an LGBT Conference from Meeting on a Public Campus – CNNPolitics.” CNN Politics. December 2, 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/politics/kfile-jeff-sessions-lgbt-conference/index.html.
Richardson, Sandee. 1992. “Seen and Heard’s ‘kiss-off’ Draws Supporters, Protesters.” The Crimson White, February 17, 1992.
Seager, Ilana. 2011. “Celebrate LGBT History Month.” October 3, 2011. https://www.glaad.org/blog/celebrate-lgbt-history-month.
“Terry Baum.” n.d. Lilith Women’s Theater. www.liliththeatersanfrancisco.com/terry-baum-1.html.
The Associated Press. 1992. “Alabama Denies Aid to Gay Student Groups.” The New York Times, May 16, 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/16/us/alabama-denies-aid-to-gay-student-groups.html.
The University of Alabama. n.d. The Crimson White. Vol. Bound Volume: August 30, 1982-August 4, 1983.
———. n.d. The Crimson White. Vol. Bound Volume: August 29, 1983-August 25, 1984.
AIDS Awareness
“A Timeline of HIV and AIDS | HIV.Gov.” n.d. HIV.Gov. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-aids-timeline.
Cobb, Mark Hughes. 2018. “Tuscaloosa’s Mardi Gras Ball Marks 25th Year – News.” Tuscaloosa News. February 8, 2018. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20180208/tuscaloosas-mardi-gras-ball-marks-25th-year.
“Five Horizons Health Services.” n.d. Five Horizons Health Services. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.fivehorizons.org/.
GLAAD. n.d. “GLAAD Southern Stories: A Guide for Reporting on LGBT People in Alabama.” GLAAD. http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/LGBTPeopleInAlabama_0.pdf.
Peters, Nathan. 2015. “EWU Condomania Presents Safe Sexual Health Activities.” The Easterner. February 21, 2015. https://easterneronline.com/35131/eagle-life/ewu-condomania-presents-safe-sexual-health-activities/.
“Rich’s.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.mygayhouston.com/listings/richs/28703/.
“Rich’s Houston – 2018 All You Need to Know Before You Go (with Photos) – TripAdvisor.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g56003-d605543-Reviews-Rich_s_Houston-Houston_Texas.html.
“Rich’s Houston – Home | Facebook.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.facebook.com/richshouston/.
Shilts, Randy. 1987. And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Stulberg, Lisa M. 2018. LGBTQ Social Movements. Social Movements. Medord, MA: Polity Press.
“The NAMES Project Foundation – The Names Project.” n.d. The NAMES Project Foundation. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.aidsquilt.org/about/the-names-project-foundation.
“Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.” n.d. CharlesBusch.Com. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.charlesbusch.com/Vampire%20Lesbians%20of%20Sodom.htm.
Billy Jack Gaither
Sam Baltrusis, “Scotty Weaver’s Story,” Independent News Archives, August 19, 2004, https://inarchives.wordpress.com/2004/08/19/scotty-weavers-story/.
“Day of Silence | GLSEN.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.glsen.org/day-silence.
Firestone, David. 1999. “Murder Reveals Double Life Of Being Gay in Rural South.” The New York Times, March 6, 1999, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/06/us/murder-reveals-double-life-of-being-gay-in-rural-south.html.
Gray, Jeremy. 2013. “Nominees Sought for Award Honoring Billy Jack Gaither, Man Brutally Murdered Because He Was Gay | AL.Com.” AL.Com. December 3, 2013. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/12/nominees_sought_for_award_hono.html.
“Hate Crime Statistics Act – Hate Crimes.” n.d. USLegal.Com. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://hatecrimes.uslegal.com/hate-crime-statistics-act/.
“Hate Crimes Timeline | Human Rights Campaign.” n.d. Accessed July 3, 2018a. https://www.hrc.org/resources/hate-crimes-timeline#1990.
———. “Hate Crimes Timeline | Human Rights Campaign.” n.d. Human Rights Campaign. Accessed July 3, 2018b. https://www.hrc.org/resources/hate-crimes-timeline#1990.
“Man Pleads Guilty to Capital Murder of Gay Teenager.” TuscaloosaNews.com. May 2, 2007. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20070502/News/606109263/TL/.
Newsweek Staff. 1999. “A Quiet Man’s Tragic Rendezvous With Hate.” Newsweek. March 14, 1999. http://www.newsweek.com/quiet-mans-tragic-rendezvous-hate-163786.
Sprinkle, Stephen V. 2011. Unfinished Lives: Reviving the Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Victims. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
The Associated Press. 2004. “Gay Teen Beaten, Cut, Strangled, Set on Fire – News – Tuscaloosa News – Tuscaloosa, AL.” Tuscaloosanews.Com. July 28, 2004. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20040728/News/606113666/TL/.
———. 2018. “Vigil Held for Hate Crime Victims | Alabama News | US News.” March 17, 2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2018-03-17/vigil-held-for-hate-crime-victims.
“The Life And Death Of Billy Jack Gaither | Assault On Gay America | FRONTLINE | PBS.” n.d. PBS.Org. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/billyjack/.
The New York Times. 1999. “Billy Jack Gaither’s Life and Death,” March 9, 1999, sec. Opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/09/opinion/billy-jack-gaither-s-life-and-death.html.
Andy Towle, “Third Sentence Issued in Alabama Murder of Scotty Joe Weaver,” Towleroad, September 14, 2007, http://www.towleroad.com/2007/09/third-and-final/.
Activism
“A Brief History.” n.d. The Lesbian Avengers. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.lesbianavengers.com/about/history.shtml.
Bray, Robert, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.) Policy Institute. 1995. To Have and To Hold: Organizing for Our Right to Marry. Edited by Beth Barrett. Washington D.C.: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
D’Emilio, John. 2016. “The 1987 March on Washington Committee: The Chicago Chapter.” In the Archives (blog). December 21, 2016. http://outhistory.org/blog/in-the-archives-the-1987-march-on-washington-committee-the-chicago-chapter/.
“Guide to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Records, 1973-2008.” n.d. Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collections. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07301.html.
“HRC Story | About Us.” n.d. Human Rights Campaign. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.hrc.org/hrc-story.
Lambda Legal. 2015. “Lambda Legal’s Camilla Taylor Inducted Into Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.” Lambda Legal Blog (blog). November 11, 2015.
“Mission & History.” n.d. National LGBTQ Task Force. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://www.thetaskforce.org/about/mission-history.html.
“National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.” n.d. Histories of the National Mall. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://mallhistory.org/items/show/286.
“Petric Smith.” n.d. Bhamwiki. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Petric_Smith.
Stulberg, Lisa M. 2018. LGBTQ Social Movements. Social Movements. Medord, MA: Polity Press.
“The History of Coming Out.” n.d. The Human Rights Campaign. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://edubirdie.org/articles/the-history-of-coming-out.
Williams, Lena. 1987. “200,000 March in Capital to Seek Gay Rights and Money for AIDS.” The New York Times, October 12, 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/12/us/200000-march-in-capital-to-seek-gay-rights-and-money-for-aids.html.
Pride
“ABOUT US.” n.d. Mobilealabamapride. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.mobpride.org/about_us.
“Central Alabama Pride.” 2012. The Closet Professor. June 4, 2012. https://closetprofessor.com/2012/06/04/central-alabama-pride/.
Cobb, J Matthew. 2016. “What Birmingham Pride Looked Like In Its Early Days.” Equinox Birmingham. June 25, 2016. http://equinoxbham.tumblr.com/post/146480937648/what-birmingham-pride-looked-like-in-its-early.
Faderman, Lillian. 2015. The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York: Simon & Schuster.
“History.” n.d. Atlanta Pride. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://atlantapride.org/history/.
McNease, Mark. 2015. “From the Interview Archives: Robin Tyler, Activist, Author, Comedian.” LGBTSr. December 23, 2015. http://www.lgbtsr.org/2015/12/23/from-the-interview-archives-robin-tyler-activist-author-comedian/.
“Out in Atlanta: Atlanta’s Gay and Lesbian Communities Since Stonewall: A Chronology, 1969-2012 · Wesley Chenault: Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009.” n.d. Outhistory.Org. Accessed July 3, 2018. http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/atlanta-since-stonewall/out_in_atlanta.
“Pride History.” n.d. Central Alabama Pride. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.centralalabamapride.org/history.
“Robin Tyler.” n.d. HuffPost. Accessed July 3, 2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/robin-tyler.
Sargeant, Fred. 2010. “1970: A First-Person Account of the First Gay Pride March.” The Village Voice, June 22, 2010. https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/06/22/1970-a-first-person-account-of-the-first-gay-pride-march/.
Stein, Perry. 2017. “Pride’s Raucous Parades Began as Suit-and-Tie Protests Called the ‘Annual Reminder.’” The Washington Post, June 10, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/11/from-restrained-to-radical-to-raucous-a-history-of-pride-celebrations-in-the-u-s/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cd2cb4ea4dde.