Sexual Diversity Studies Research Guide

Background Information

Consider key words that will assist you in locating material on your topic. For background information on your subject, you might first want to consult reference books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, located on the 2nd Floor, Reference. Skim the index and table of contents of any book mentioned in class. Look at class notes and text for ideas that catch your imagination and ask questions about the meaning and value of your subject. Search the Library catalogue for key terms that relate to your search. Some useful reference works for Sexual Diversity Studies in the Ryerson catalogue are:

And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families HQ75.53 .A53 2009
Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change HQ560 .C35 2000
Challenging the Conspiracy of Silence: My Life as a Canadian Gay Activist HQ75.8.E32 A3 1998
Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia HQ75 .H63 1998
Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America HQ76.3.U5 M56 2002
Epistemology of the Closet PS374.H63 S42 1990
Gay American History HQ76.3.U5 K371985
Gay Canada: A Bibliography and Videography, 1984-2000 Z7164.H74 S64 2001
Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia HQ75.13 .G37 2000
Gay L.A.: a history of sexual outlaws, power politics, and lipstick lesbians HQ76.3.L7 F33 2006
Gender and History in Canada HQ1075.5.C2 G455 1996
Gender in Canada HQ1075.5.C3 N44 1999
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity HQ1154 .B88 1990
Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada HQ1075.5.C3 G46 1999
Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past HQ76.25.H421989
The History of Sexuality vol.1-3 HQ12 .F6813 1988
The Invention of Heterosexuality HQ23.K3151995
Laboring for Rights: Unions and Sexual Diversity Across Nations HD6285 .L33 1999
Lesbian Histories and Cultures: an Encyclopedia HQ75.5 .L439 2000
The Man Who Would be Queen: The Science and Psychology of Gender-bending and Transsexualism HQ76.2.U5 B35 2003
Queer Airwaves: The Story of Gay and Lesbian Broadcasting PN1990.9.H64 Q44 2001
The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater ML100 .Q44 2004
Queer Judgments: Homosexuality, Expression and the Courts in Canada KE4399.M32 2000
Queer Theories HQ75.15 .H35 2003
Queer Theory and Communication: From Disciplining Queers to Queering the Discipline(s) HQ76.25 .Q384 2003
Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer HQ76.25 .W55 2004
Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies HQ75.15 .P56 2006
Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies HQ75.15 .R43 2000
Understanding Human Sexuality HQ12 .H92 2004
Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing PN451 .W545 2002