LGBT History Books

New and Published Books

1. Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement

   By Marc Stein

   Series: American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century

   Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a new narrative history of U.S. gay and lesbian activism, drawing on primary research in the field and the best scholarship on the history of the gay and lesbian movement. Focusing on four decades of social, cultural, and political change in the...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Transgender Migrations

   The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition

   Edited by Trystan Cotten

   Series: New Directions in American History

   Transgender Migrations brings together a top-notch collection of emerging and established scholars to examine the way that the term "migration" can be used not only to look at the way trans bodies migrate from one gender to the (an?) other, but the way that trans people migrate in the larger...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
3. The History of Sexuality in Europe

   A Sourcebook and Reader

   Edited by Anna Clark

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   The History of Sexuality in Europe: A Sourcebook and Reader is a dynamic introduction to the latest debates in the history of Sexuality in Europe. It begins with an introduction, "The Magnetic Poetry Kit of Sex," that surveys the field of sexuality and introduces the new concept of sexual grammar....

   Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
4. Edwin and John

   A Personal History of the American South

   By James Sears

   In Edwin and John: A Personal History of the American South, award-winning author James T. Sears interweaves diaries, letters and poems to craft an innovative first-person narrative history that details the hard realities of growing up gay in the South during the early decades of the...

   Published March 12th 2009 by Routledge
5. Sexuality in World History

   By Peter N. Stearns

   Series: Themes in World History

   'Expansive and accessible, Peter Stearns' Sexuality in World History offers a much needed introduction to histories of sexuality from a global perspective.' – Mary Spongberg- Head of Department of Modern History, Macquarie University, USA This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how...

   Published February 15th 2009 by Routledge
6. Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty

   Boys Were Their Gods

   By Andrew Lear, Eva Cantarella

   This lavishly illustrated book brings together, for the first time, all of the different ways in which vase-painting portrays or refers to pederasty, from scenes of courtship, foreplay, and sex, to scenes of Zeus with his boy-love Ganymede, to painted inscriptions praising the beauty of boys. ...

   Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge
7. Legacies of Love

   A Heritage of Queer Bonding

   By Winston Wilde

   Legacies of Love: A Heritage of Queer Bonding presents a fascinating study of human relationships through the remarkable love stories of famous gays and lesbians around the world and throughout history. Winston Wilde, sexologist and psychotherapist author, examines human bonding...

   Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge
8. Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer

   “Have You Heard My Message?”

   By J. Louis Campbell III

   One of the founders of the gay and lesbian liberation movement, Jack Nichols was a warrior for gay equality. Recounting his life and work, Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: “Have You Heard My Message?” skillfully weaves the story of a man, a movement, and a moment that shaped gay and lesbian history. This...

   Published September 9th 2007 by Routledge