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Sexual Diversity Studies Research Guide

Start by Defining Your Topic

"What is Sexual Diversity Studies?" So began the 2002 homepage for the Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies program at University College, on the campus of the University of Toronto. More questions followed, and so they should as sexual identity is a series of questions. This page may help in the process of answering these questions, and many of the resources are to Canadian content -- research being undertaken by scholars like Barry Adam, Churchill, David S., Gerald Hunt, Gary Kinsman, Steven Maynard, David Rayside, Becki Ross, Miriam Smith and Tom Waugh among others.

Identify the main concepts in your topic, phrase them as keywords and try to think of synonyms for your keywords.

Ryerson University Library resources are emphasized. If you need help, ask at the Reference Desk, 2nd Floor, Library, or Ask a Librarian On-Line.

Get 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

Canadian Gay / Lesbian Authors (Non-Fiction)

Authors of Canadian Lesbian / Gay Work (Non-Fiction)

This section will highlight writers on lgbt works published in English, with a special emphasis on those that are available in the Ryerson University Library collection.

Adam, Barry D.

Adams, Mary Louise

Ainslie, Don see his SDS website page

Alderson, Kevin

Arnup, Katherine

Bell, Laurie

Bociurkiw, Marusya

Borris, Kenneth

Brock, Deborah R.

Cain, Roy

Champagne, Rob

Chapman, Terry L.

Chenier, Elise

Churchill, David S.

Cobb, Michael see his SDS website page

Cossman, Brenda see also her U. of T website page

Creet, Julia

Crichlow, Wesley E. A.

Demers, Guylaine

Denisoff, Dennis

Dickinson, Peter

Donoghue, Emma

Driver, Susan

Dubinsky, Karen

Duder, Cameron

Duder, Karen

Fabo, Andy

Fernie, Lynne see her York University site

FitzGerald, Maureen

Fung, Richard

Goldie, Terry

Green, Adam Isaiah see his Research website page

Greyson, John

Griffin, Pat

Guy-Bray, Stephen

Halladay, Laurel

Herman, Didi

Higgins, Ross

Higgs, David

Hunt, Gerald

Iacovetta, Franca

Jackson, Paul

Janmohamed, Zeena

Janoff, Douglas Victor

Khayatt, Didi

Kinsman, Gary

Korinek, Valerie

Lahey, Kathleen Ann

Lesk, Andrew See his Publications

Maracle, Aiyyana

Martin, Robert K.

Massaquoi, Notisha

Maynard, Steven

McLeod, Donald W.

Minton, Henry L.

Mulé, Nick

Murray, Heather

Namaste, V.K.

Nelson, Fiona

Nicol, Nancy

O'Brien, Carol-Anne

Pronger, Brian

Rayside, David

Rayter, Scott see his SDS website page

Riordon, Michael

Robinson, Margaret

Ross, Becki

Roulston, Chris

Rowe, Michael

Schwartzwald, Robert

Sears, Alan

Shogan, Debra

Silvera, Makeda

Smith, George

Smith, Miriam

Spear, Jennifer

Stein, Marc

Stone, Sharon Dale

Strange, Carolyn

Sykes, Heather see her SDS website page

Tapley, Heather

Thomlinson, Neil

Townsend, David.

Valverde, Mariana see also her SDS website page

Walcott, Rinaldo

Warner, Tom

Waugh, Thomas

Weir, Lorna see her York University site

Young, Claire

Young, Ian

Ryerson Library Book Collection

To identify books on your topic, search the Library Catalogue using the keyword option. The books in the library are located on floors 6 through 10. Reference and Reserve books are located on the 2nd floor. With a few exceptions, books are shelved according to an alphanumeric sequence of call numbers.

Most Sexual Diversity Studies books are located in the HQ 74 - HQ 77 call number range on the 7th floor.

If you do not have a specific author or title of a book, and you do not know the Library of Congress Subject Heading, search the Library Catalogue by Keyword(s) option.

Useful topics that relate to Sexual Diversity Studies:

(Note: the LIbrary of Congress subject heading Transsexuals is used instead of Transgendered.)

In general, you can find titles related to Sexual Diversity Studies in the following call number ranges:

Masculinity BF 692.5
Bisexuality HQ 74
Homosexuality HQ 75 - 76
Gay men HQ 75.7
Lesbians HQ 75.3 - 75.53
Transsexualism/Transgenderism HQ 77.7
Sex roles and gender HQ 1075
Men's studies HQ 1088 - 1090
Feminism HQ 1101 - 2030
Women's studies HQ 1100 - 2030
AIDS/HIV RC 607

Ryerson Library Audio Visual Collection

The Library has a fair number of videos, films, and audio recordings related to Sexual Diversity Studies. AV materials are located on the 5th floor, and are listed in the Library Catalogue

Use keyword to find your topic.

example: gender and videorecording

Ryerson Library Periodicals Collection

Periodicals provide the most up-to-date source of available information on your topic. The Ryerson Library provides access to a broad range of journals and periodicals in print and electronic formats.

Print Periodicals (journals, magazines) are located on the 5th floor, and are listed by title in the Library Catalogue.

The Library provides electronic access to the full-text of a large number of journals. These electronic journals, as well as our print journals, are listed in Journals by Title A-Z.

Major journal titles in Sexual Diversity Studies include:

Atlantis. HQ1180.A1 A85 Significant Canadian Content
"Atlantis has been transformed thoroughly to meet the needs of a worldwide audience of scholars in the field of Women's Studies. It is a Canadian journal "without walls," an accessible and relevant resource for feminist knowledge and the theory and practice of modern feminism, prepared to become the first choice of reference for women's studies research." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality (CJHS). HQ56 .A1 C3 Significant Canadian Content
CJHS is a quarterly peer-reviewed publication of SIECCAN, the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada. The journal publishes manuscripts from a variety of disciplines related to the study of human sexuality.

Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education Significant Canadian Content
"The Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education was created to provide a forum for scholars, professionals, and activists to discuss queer topics in education and the social sciences in the Canadian context. For the purposes of this journal, the term ‘education’ is understood broadly, to include all levels of education in every discipline. This journal is devoted to supporting and disseminating research and theory that promotes social justice for all queer people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, intersex, two-spirited and trans-identified people." (From the website; peer-reviewed, vol.1, no.1, 2004-.)

Canadian Women's Studies = Les cahiers de la femme. HQ1181.C3 C36 Significant Canadian Content
"Canadian Woman Studies is a feminist quarterly which was founded with the goal of making current writing and research on a wide variety of feminist topics accessible to the largest possible community of women. During our twenty years of publication we have attempted to create a forum in which all of us--not only university women--can exchange our ideas, personal experiences, expertise and creativity." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Gender Issues
"Gender Issues is dedicated to publishing basic and applied research on the relationships between men and women; on similarities and differences in socialization, personality, and behavior; and on the changing aspirations, roles, and statuses of women in industrial, urban societies as well as in developing nations." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Gender, Place and Culture
"The aim of Gender, Place and Culture is to provide a forum for debate in human geography and related disciplines on theoretically-informed research concerned with gender issues. It also seeks to highlight the significance of such research for feminism and women's studies." (From the publisher's homepage.)

GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
"GLQ provides a much-needed forum for interdisciplinary discussion, it publishes scholarship, criticism, and commentary in areas as diverse as law, science studies, religion, political science, and literary studies. Its aim is to offer queer perspectives on all issues touching on sex and sexuality." (From the publisher's homepage.)

International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies
"International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies is a progressive, interdisciplinary publication devoted to the exchange of the latest knowledge and ideas under the general categories of sexuality and gender studies and every major aspect of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life. The journal publishes peer-reviewed, original articles, high-quality research papers, personal essays, interviews, round-table discussions, reviews, and poetry that address all areas of sexuality and gender studies." (From the publisher's homepage.)

International Journal of Transgenderism
"The IJT is peer reviewed, published quarterly and updated with new articles during the quarter." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy. RC558.J68
"An exciting and unique journal with an applied focus that should be required reading for practitioners of gay issues." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services. HV1449 .A1J68
"The articles are timely and organized around core issues. Valuable for both caregivers and researchers and invaluable for gay and lesbian service providers." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Journal of Gender Studies
 "The Journal of Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary journal which publishes articles relating to gender from a feminist perspective covering a wide range of subject areas including the Social and Natural Sciences, Arts and Popular Culture. Reviews of books and details of forthcoming conferences are also included." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Journal of Homosexuality. HQ75 .J68
"The only journal devoted to empirical research on homosexuality and gender identity, it focuses on the social sciences. The contributors are professionals with an open and positive outlook toward sexual variations. It is the best source for current research on homophobia and other attitudes toward sexual minorities." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Journal of the History of Sexuality. HQ12 .A1 J66
Journal of the History of Sexuality was established with the express intent of fostering scholarly debate and communication among the many individuals working in the history of sexuality.

Men and Masculinities. HQ1088.M458
"A refereed journal publishing the most recent gender studies research on men and masculinities. It presents empirical and theoretical articles that use both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, employ diverse methods and are grounded in current theoretical perspectives within gender studies, including feminism, queer theory and multiculturalism."

Sex Roles. HQ1075 .A1 S49
"Sex Roles: A Journal of Research publishes original research articles and theoretical papers concerned with the underlying processes and consequences of gender role socialization, perceptions, and attitudes." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. HQ1101 .S5
"Signs publishes articles from a wide range of disciplines in a variety of voices-articles engaging gender, race, culture, class, sexuality, and / or nation. The focus of essays ranges from cross-disciplinary theorizing and methodologies to specific disciplinary issues, framed to enter conversations of interest across disciplines." (From the publisher's homepage.)

Women's Studies International Forum. HQ1101 .W775
A multidisciplinary journal for the rapid publication of research communications and review articles in women's studies.

Other popular titles in Sexual Diversity Studies include:

The Advocate HQ75 .A49
"The national gay and lesbian newsmagazine." For more than 30 years, The Advocate (see also online) has been a leading voice for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities.

The Body Politic (1971-1987) Significant Canadian Content
Index by author and title, to selected articles, compiled by staff of the Hudler Archives (Pride Library) University of Western Ontario. TBP was the leading Canadian lesbian/gay liberation newpaper for the period.
The newspaper articles are available as full-text pdf copies in LGBT Life. Paper copies are in Ryerson's closed stacks, HQ76.8.C3 B63.

Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality Newsletter Significant Canadian Content
One of the few Canadian sites devoted to lgbt history (issues for 2002-2004).

Lambda Book Report
Online resource to a contemporary review of gay and lesbian literature.

Perceptions Significant Canadian Content
An index, compiled by Alex Spence, to the first twenty-two years of Perceptions, a Saskatchewan gay/lesbian magazine. It is an index to the first 173 issues of the periodical covering the years 1983 through 2004. A full run of the title is available at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

Other Canadian Community Newspapers and Magazine (online in pdf format):

Capital Xtra! (Ottawa) archive 2003-2004
Outlooks (Calgary)
Outwords (formerly Swerve, Winnipeg) archive 2010-
RG: Guide gai du Québec (Montreal)
Wayves (Halifax) 2005-
Xtra! (Toronto) archive 1999-2004 (Full text 2003- via LGBT Life)
Xtra West! (Vancouver) archive 2002-2004

To find articles on specific topics within journals, you should use Indexes/Databases. An excellent starting point is LGBT Life.

In 2006, Primary Source Microfilms digitized several hundred Canadian lgbt periodicals from the holdings of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. A guide to the titles and issues scanned is available from the Robarts Library, University of Toronto.

Significant Canadian Content Periodical contains significant amounts of Canadian content.

Web Access to Databases

The Library provides access to periodicals in print and electronic formats. Many of the titles are in print only. However, an expanding number are now available electronically. Journals by Title A-Z list can be used to search titles that are available electronically through the Ryerson Library. Most of these databases are restricted to Ryerson students, staff and faculty.

The following are some of the remote databases useful for research in Sexual Diversity Studies:

Academic Press via scholarsportal.info
Provides access to the full text of over 2,100 journals. See for example: AIDS and Behavior, Archives of Sexual Behavior, International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Sex Roles, Women's Studies International Forum.

Academic Search Premier
Contains citations and selected full text of journal articles from several subject areas: business, social sciences, humanities, science and education. SDS titles include: The Advocate (1995-present, fulltext 1996-present), Differences (1996-present), The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy (1998-present), The Journal of Gender Studies (fulltext 1991-present), The Journal of Homosexuality (1993-present), The Journal of Sex Research (fulltext 1990-present), The Lesbian News (1995-present; fulltext 1996-present), Signs (1990-present).

Alternative Press Index (AltPressIndex)
Since 1991, this quarterly subject index includes several important gay and lesbian journals including the Advocate, GLQ, Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Journal of Homosexuality, Off Our Backs, The Women's Review of Book. The paper version (1969-1997) indexed important titles like The Body Politic, the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, and the Lambda Book Report.

CPI.Q
Contains citations from 400 Canadian journals (1988 - present) and provides full-text from 150 (1995-present).

Defining Gender (1450-1910)
Adam Matthew brings together approximately 50,000 images of original documents relating to Gender Studies.

Diversity Studies eCollection
"This collection for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community."

Elsevier via scholarsportal.info
Provides access to the full-text of 1100 journals. See for example: Women's Studies International Forum.

GLBT Life and Issues eCollection
Contains over 165,000 articles from 1980 to the present. Covers topics such as gender studies, family and marital issues, and health aspects.

ingenta
Citations from over 17,000 magazines and journals. Sexual diversity titles indexed and available at least in part include: The Advocate, The Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal, Connexions, Differences, Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Hot Wire, Hypatia, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, Journal of Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Identity, The Journal of Homosexuality, Lambda Book Report, Lesbian Ethics, Out, Out/Look, Sinister Wisdom, Spare Rib, Trouble and Strife, and Visibilities.

LEXIS/NEXIS
LEXIS/NEXIS is a full-text, online database of newspapers, magazines and journals and gives access to international sources and North American content.

LGBT Life
LGBT Life (formerly GLBT Life) includes over 50,000 records selected from Sexual Diversity Studies. Indexing and abstracts for more than 80 core periodicals. Includes full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender journals, magazines and regional newspapers, including The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, TANGENTS, Washington Blade, and many more.

Proquest Research Library
Abstracts and selected full-text and graphics from over 1800 titles. Indexing to: 10 Percent (1993-95), The Advocate (1989-present), Differences (1991- present), Feminist Studies (1989-present), Frontiers (1992-present), Gay Community News (1991-present), Genders (1992-present), Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy (1993-present), Journal of Homosexuality (1992-present), Lambda Book Report (1992-present; fulltext 1994-present), Out/Look (1988-1992), Sage (1990-present), SIECUS Reports (1991-present), Signs (1988-present).

Sexual Diversity Studies Ryerson does not subscribe to this resource.

Sociological Abstracts (Sociofile)
Produced by Sociological Abstracts, Inc., the database contains abstracts from 2,600 journals published since 1974 and enhanced bibliographic citations for dissertations added since 1986. Titles include: Gender and Society, Gender and Education, Gender Issues, Gender Place and Culture, International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Sex Roles, Womens History Review, Women's Studies International Forum, Women's Studies: An International Journal.

Print Indexes

The Print Indexes and Abstracts are located on the 2nd or 7th floor, Library. They are:

Evaluate Your Sources

The library subscriptions include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters. Peer review experts determine the quality of articles that are submitted to a journal for publication. You can find out what journals are peer reviewed by going into the electronic versions of Serials Directory or Ulrich's Periodical Directory. The full record for journals listed in the directories signifies that it is peer reviewed.

What is a Scholarly Journal? (College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, 2003 )

Evaluating Internet Resources

Cite Your Sources and Use a Standard Format for Your Bibliography

Format the citations in your bibliography using examples from sources such as the Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) standards. These are available on the Web from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) standards.

or in print in the Ryerson Library book collection

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 3rd ed. (PN147 .G444 2008)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th ed. (BF76.7 .P82 2009)

Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations 7th ed. (LB2369 .T8 2007)

To cite electronic or Internet resources in your bibliography, check Citations and Style Guides.

Internet Resources

Canadian Resources

Gay / Lesbian Bibliographies and Guides

Gay / Lesbian Directories

Gay / Lesbian Electronic Magazines/Journals

Gay / Lesbian Research Centres / Virtual Libraries

Gay / Lesbian Societies

Gay / Lesbian Community Histories

Area history for 2000's [also for the periods 1960's to 2000's]. Erie, PA : Erie Gay News, 2005. [viewed Feb. 2005]

Averill, Harold. “The Church, gays and archives.” Archivaria. 30 (Summer 1990): 85-90.

Barriault, Marcel. "Hard to dismiss: the archival value of gay male erotica and pornography." Archivaria (Special Section on Queer Archives). 68 (Winter 2010): 219-246.

Bebout, Rick. More on Church and Wellesley / Rick Bebout. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 1997. [viewed Nov. 2003] A history (1950s-1990s) of the area in Toronto now known as the gay/lesbian community focal point.

Bouthillette, Anne-Marie. "Gentrification by gay male communities: a case study of Toronto’s Cabbage Town." p.65-83. In The Margins of the City: Gay Men’s Urban Lives / edited by Stephen Whittle. Aldershot, Hants, England: Arena; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1994.

Bouthillette, Anne-Marie. "Queer and gendered housing: a tale of two neighbourhoods in Vancouver." p.213-232. In Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance / edited by G. B. Ingram, A. M. Bouthillette and Y. Retter. Seattle: Bay Press, 1997.

Bride, Kate. "'Remembering well': sexual practice as a practice of remembering." Torquere. 6 (2004): 47-65.
On the AIDS Memorial in Cawthra Park, north of the 519 Church Street Community Centre, near the junction of Church and Wellesley Streets, Toronto. Special issue on Memorializing Queers / Queering Remembrances.

A brief Canadian history of laws affecting gays and lesbians [timeline 1960s-2000s]. [Charmaine Spencer: Vancouver, 2008?] [viewed May 2009]

Brode, Patrick. The Slasher Killings: a Canadian Sex-Crime Panic, 1945-1946 / Patrick Brode. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2009. HV6535.C33 W565 2009
In 1945 Windsor, Ontario, celebrated the end of World War II and the return of its troops with parades, but the industrial city was shaken by a series of brutal stabbings, which in 1946 seem to target "sex deviants."
See review by Steven Maynard in Canadian Historical Review, September 2010.

Burgess, Marilyn. "Proudly she marches: wartime propaganda and the lesbian spectator." Cinéaction. 23 (Winter 1990-91): 22-27. PN1993 .C55

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Gay and Lesbian Emergence: Out in Canada. Toronto: CBC Archives, 2003. [viewed Nov. 2003]

CAW Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History. [Toronto]: Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), [2002-]. [viewed Jan. 2004]

Chamberland, Line. Memoires lesbiennes: le lesbianisme à Montréal entre 1950 et 1972. Montreal: Rémue Ménage, 1996.

Chamberland, Line. "Remembering lesbian bars: Montreal, 1955-1975." Journal of Homosexuality. 25(3) (1993): 231-269. HQ75 .J68
Reprinted in Gay Studies from the French Cultures: Voices from France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, and the Netherlands. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 1993.

Chapman, Terry. "'An Oscar Wilde type': 'the abominable crime of buggery' in Western Canada, 1890-1920." Criminal Justice History. 4(1983): 97-118.

Chapman, Terry. "Male homosexuality: legal restraints and social attitudes in western Canada, 1890-1920." p.267-292. In Law and Justice in a New Land: Essays in Western Canadian Legal History / edited by Louis A. Knafla. Calgary: Carswell, 1986.

Chapman, Terry L. "Sex crimes in the West, 1890-1920." Alberta History. 35(4): 6-21, 1987.

Chapman, Terry. "Sex crimes in Western Canada, 1890-1920." PhD dissertation, University of Alberta, 1984.

Churchill, David. "Mother Goose's map: tabloid geographies and gay male experience in 1950s Toronto." Journal of Urban History. 30(6) (September 2004): 826-852.

Corriveau, Patrice. Judging Homosexuals: a History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France / Patrice Corriveau ; translated by Käthe Roth ; with a foreword by Barry Adam. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011. HQ76.3.C3 C6713 2011

Crichlow, Wesley E.A. "History, (re)memory, testimony, and biomythography: charting a buller man's Trinidadian past." p.101-131. In Our Caribbean: a Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles / edited and with an introduction by Thomas Glave. Durham : Duke University Press, 2008. PN849.C32 O87 2008

Dick, Lyle. "The 1942 same-sex trials in Edmonton: on the state’s repression of sexual minorities, archives, and human rights in Canada." Archivaria (Special Section on Queer Archives). 68 (Winter 2010): 183-217.

Dick, Lyle. "Same-sex intersections of the Prairie settlement era: the 1895 case of Regina's 'Oscar Wilde'." Histoire sociale/Social history. 42(1) (September 2009): 107-145. "A case involving three men charged with gross indecency in Regina in 1895 serves to illustrate aspects of male same-sex experience in Western Canada's settlement era."

Dick, Lyle; Frohwerk, Ron. "State repression of sexual minorities." Canadian Dimension. 43(4) (July/August 2009): 38-39. A placement of a notice in the personals of the Edmonton Journal, in 1941, led to the arrests and 1942 convictions of several men. "The investigators' method was simple — coerce each person being interrogated to confess and turn in their friends."

Duder, Cameron. Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65. Cameron Duder / Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010. HQ75.6.C3 D82 2010.
Two groups of women are discussed: Canadian upper to middle class professionals from the early 20th century and lower to middle class women in the post WWII period. These include Constance Grey Swartz (BC) and partners Frieda Fraser and Edith Bickerton Williams (Ontario).
See review below by Kate Zieman.

Duder, Cameron. “‘Two middle-aged and very good looking females that spend all their week-ends together’: female professors and same-sex relationships in Canada, 1910-1950." p.332-350? In Historical Identities: The Professoriate in Canada / edited Paul J. Stortz and Lisa Panayodotis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. Also on Frieda Fraser (professor of microbiology at the University of Toronto, 1936-1965) and Edith Bickerton Williams.

Duder, Karen. "Public acts and private languages: bisexuality and the multiple discourses of Constance Grey Swartz." BC Studies. 136 (Winter 2002/2003): 3-23.
Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality 2004 prize for best article.
Canadian Historical Association 2004 best article on the history of sexuality in Canada history prize.

Duder, Karen. “‘That repulsive abnormal creature I read of in that book’: lesbians and families in Ontario, 1920-1965." p.260-283. In Ontario Since Confederation: A Reader / edited by Edgar-André Montigny and Lori Chambers Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. FC3061 .O568 2000
On the lives of Frieda Fraser and Edith Bickerton Williams, but the book, mentioned by a friend of Frieda's mother, is not identified. Perhaps it was Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness (1928).

Egan Jim. Challenging the Conspiracy of Silence: My Life as a Canadian Gay Activist / Jim Egan ; compiled and edited by Donald W. McLeod. Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 1998. HQ75.8.E32 A3 1998

Ferguson, Sue. "Tale of a witch hunt: in the 1960s, Ottawa targeted gays and lesbians as the enemy within." Maclean's Magazine. June 25, 2001. On Herbert Sutcliffe and his Canadian military experience.

Filax, Gloria. "Producing homophobia in Alberta, Canada in the 1990s." Journal of Historical Sociology. 17(1) (March 2004): 87-120.
Coverage of sexual minority issues from the weekly magazine Alberta Report, though meant to be negative, kept the issues highly visible. These included a 1992 performance, True Inversions, at the Walter Phillips Gallery (part of the Banff Centre for the Arts) , k.d. lang's anti-beef campaign, the firing of Delwin Vriend and an oral history project by the Red Deer and District Museum.

Flaunting It! A Decade of Gay Journalism from the Body Politic, an Anthology / edited by Edward Jackson and Stan Persky. Vancouver: New Star Books, 1982. HQ76.8.C2 F43 See chronology.

Gammel, Irene. "Staging personalities in modernism and realism." p.247-271. In The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature / edited by Coral Ann Howells and Eva-Marie Kröller. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. PS8071.5 .C36 2009
Also on John Glassco (1909-1981) in Paris, and his friendship with Graeme Taylor and Robert McAlmon. Glassco's Memoirs of Montparnass was perhaps written during the 1960s, not partly in 1928: "Glassco too was driven by the beautiful lie..." p.271.

Gay Halifax History Project
The beginning of an encyclopedia on lgbt history of the city. [viewed Nov. 21, 2005]

Gay/Lesbian Related Events - Historical Time Line [Key West, FL]: Gay/Lesbian International News Network (GLINN), 2005. Mostly American content but some Canadian references, see Jane Rule, Two Magazine and ASK Newsletter in 1964. [viewed Apr. 22, 2005]

Gay Liberation in Canada: A Socialist Perspective
Gay Liberation in Canada: A Socialist Perspective was originally published in 1977 by Vanguard Publications, the publishing arm of the League for Socialist Action. South Branch Publishing provides access to documents written by Chris Bearchell, Thérèse Faubert, Duncan McLean, John Riddell, and Stuart Russell. [viewed Jul. 10, 2007]

Gender and History in Canada / edited by Joy Parr and Mark Rosenfeld. Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., 1996. HQ1075.5.C2 G455 1996

Gentile, Patrizia. "Capital queers: social memory and queer place(s) in Cold War Ottawa." p.187-214. In Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada / edited by James Opp and John C. Walsh. Vancouver: University of British Columbia (UBC) Press, 2010. 330 p. GF511 .P53 2010
Included is a map of popular queer spaces in Ottawa, 1960s-70s, a photograph of the Chez Henri Hotel (Hull, Quebec) and a section "Single women and lesbian space."

Gentile, Patrizia. "Resisted access? National security, the Access to Information Act, and queer(ing) archives." Archivaria (Special Section on Queer Archives). 68 (Winter 2010): 141-158.

Gidney, Catherine. "Under the president's gaze: sexuality and morality at a Canadian university during the Second World War." Canadian Historical Review. 82(1) (2001): 36-54.

Girard, Philip. "From subversion to liberation: homosexuals and the Immigration Act, 1952-1977." Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 2(3) (1987): 3?

Girard, Philip. "Sexual orientation as a human rights issue in Canada, 1969-1985." Dalhousie Law Journal. 10 (1986): 267?

Goldie, Terry. Queer Nation? Eleventh Annual Robarts Lecture, 4 March 1997, York University, Toronto, Ontario. 24 p.

Grube, John. "No more shit: the struggle for democratic gay space in Toronto." In Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance / edited by G. B. Ingram, A. M. Bouthillette and Y. Retter. Seattle: Bay Press, 1997. 530 p.
Includes a history of gay public presence in Toronto, particularly along Yonge Street, with much on the bathhouse raids of February 5, 1981.

Halladay, Laurel. "A lovely war: male to female cross-dressing and Canadian military entertainment in World War II." Journal of Homosexuality. 46(3/4) (2004): 19-34. HQ75 .J68

Halsall, Paul. People with a History: an online guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* history / Paul Halsall. [New York]: Paul Halsall, 1997-1998. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Herman, Didi. Rights of Passage: Struggles for Lesbian and Gay Legal Equality / Didi Herman. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1994. HQ76.8.C2 H47 1994

The hidden history of the Berkeley campus (Gay Bears). Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, University Archives, 2002. [viewed Nov. 2003]
The site recovers the history of sexual minorities at the University of California, Berkeley.

Higgins, Ross. "A sense of belonging: pre-liberation space, symbolics and leadership in gay Montreal." PhD. dissertation, McGill University, 1997.

Higgins, Ross. De la clandestinité à l'affirmation: pour une histoire de la communauté gaie montréalaise / Ross Higgins. Montreal: Comeau & Nadeau, 2000. (From his dissertation)

Higgins, Ross and Line Chamberland. "Mixed messages: lesbians, gay men and the yellow press in Quebec and Ontario during the 1950s and 1960s." p.422-431. In The Challenge of Modernity: a Reader on Post-Confederation Canada / edited by Ian McKay. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1992. FC85 .C53 1992

History of the gay liberation movement in Canada (1970s and 1980s). London, ON: Hudler Archives (Pride Library), University of Western Ontario, [2002]. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Iacovetta, Franca. "The sexual politics of moral citizenship: containing 'dangerous' foreign men in Cold War Canada, 1950s-1960s." Histoire sociale/Social History. 33(66) (November 2000): 361-389. HN1 .H57
Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality 2002 prize for best article.

Ingram, G. Brent. "Returning to the scene of the crime: uses of trial dossiers on consensual male homosexuality for urban research, with examples from twentieth-century British Columbia." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 10(1) (2003): 77-110.
Igram uses cases from the BC Attorney General's Office for the years 1909 to 1967. He notes the dangers of using these sources, as well as supposed racism as South Asians appear in the majority of early records.

Ingram, Brent. "Spreading the word: an incomplete history of west coast queer print media." Xtra West. 132(September 3, 1998): 13,16.

Irving, Allan. "Eyes of excess: the darkness and the fire at the centre of growing up male in Toronto in the 1950s and 1960s. p.167-180, In Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men. Edited by Ken Moffatt. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2012. BF692.5 .T76 2012

Johnston, Dawn Elizabeth. "Sites of resistance, sites of strength: the construction and experience of queer space in Calgary." MA thesis, University of Calgary, 1999.

Kinsman, Gary. The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities / Gary Kinsman. 2nd ed., rev. Montréal: Black Rose Books, 1996. HQ18.C2 K56

Korinek, Valerie. "Activism = public education: the history of public discourses of homosexuality in Saskatchewan 1971-93." p.109-137. In "I Could Not Speak My Heart": Education and Social Justice for Gay and Lesbian Youth / edited by James McNinch and Mary Cronin. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2004.

Korinek, Valerie. "'The most openly gay person for at least a thousand miles': Doug Wilson and the politicization of a province, 1975-1983." Canadian Historical Review. 84(4) (Dec. 2003): 517-550. FC1 .C355

Korinek, Valerie. "A Queer-eye view of the prairies: reorienting Western Canadian histories." p.278-296. In The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region / edited by Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna. Edmonton: AU Press, 2010. 435 p. FC3206 .W475 2008

Lee, John Alan. Love's gay fool: autobiography of John Alan Lee. [Toronto: John Alan Lee, 2003]. Much on his life from 1964 to 2004. [viewed May 2004]

Lehman, Mark. "The Church-Wellesley area: community, unity and neighbourhood." [Toronto: Mark Lehman, 1994]. Paper for a University of Toronto course, copy in the accessions of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

LGBT Demographics. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Public Library, Gay and Lesbian Center, 1999. [viewed Apr. 2010]

LGBTQ history dissertations [Los Angeles]: Committee on Lesbian and Gay History, [2003]. [viewed Sep. 2007]

Lucas, Noelle. "Womanspace: building a lesbian community in Edmonton, Alberta, 1970-1990." MA thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 2002.

Luce, Jacquelyne. Beyond Expectation: Lesbian/Bi/Queer Women and Assisted Conception. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. HQ75.53 .L83 2010. Interview with eighty-two women during the late 1990s in British Columbia.

MacDougall, Bruce. Queer Judgments: Homosexuality, Expression and the Courts in Canada / Bruce MacDougall. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. KE4399 .M32 2000
See review by Julie Lloyd in Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association. 4/5 (2002-2003): 229-232.

Maynard, Steven. "'Horrible temptations': sex, men, and working class male youth in urban Ontario, 1890-1935." Canadian Historical Review. 78 (June 1997): 191-235. FC1 .C355

Maynard, Steven. "On the case of the case: the emergence of the homosexual as a case history in early-twentieth-century Ontario." In On the Case: Explorations in Social History / edited by Franca Iacovetta and Wendy Mitchinson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Maynard, Steven. "Through a hole in the lavatory wall: homosexual subcultures, police surveillance, and the dialectics of discovery, Toronto, 1890-1930." p.165-184. In Gender and History in Canada / edited by Joy Parr and Mark Rosenfeld. Toronto : Copp Clark Ltd., 1996. HQ1075.5.C2 G455 1996

McCaskell, Tim. "The bath raids and gay politics." p.169-188. In Social Movements/Social Change: the Politics and Practice of Organizing / edited by Frank Cunningham, et al. Toronto: Between the Lines, 1988. HN107 .S626 1988. Included in the chapter are comments by George Smith (chair of the Right to Privacy Committee), Gary Kinsman (member of RTPC's Public Action Committee) and Chris Bearchell (a lesbian activist).

McDiarmid, Marney. "From mouth to mouth: an oral history of lesbians and gays in Kingston from World War II to 1980." MA thesis, Queen's University, 1999.

McLeod, Donald W. A Brief History of GAY, Canada's First Gay Tabloid, 1964-1966 / Donald W. McLeod. Toronto: Homewood Books, 2003. HQ76.95.C3 M35 2003

McLeod, Donald W. Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology, 1964-1975 / Donald W. McLeod. Toronto: ECW Press/Homewood Books, 1996.
Also available online in PDF format via the T-Space at University of Toronto Libraries.

Miller, Alan V. "'Please don't blame dear Jack': Edgar Christian's last letters." Toronto: Alan V. Miller, 2003. [viewed June 2003]

Nash, Catherine Jean. "Contesting identity: politics of gays and lesbians in Toronto in the 1970s."  Gender, Place and Culture. 12(1) (Mar. 2005): 113-135.

Nash, Melanie. "Homosexuality in Canada: A Deviant Practice?" [Nanaimo, B.C.]: Melanie Nash, 2003. Malaspina University-College, Criminology 204 paper, 15 p. [viewed June 2004]

Nicholson, Michael. "Queer history of St. Michael's College." Addendum by Bernie Fitzpatrick. [Toronto: Michael Nicholson, 2004]. [viewed May 2005]
A brief history of lesbians/gay men at the University of St. Michael's College (University of Toronto) over the past twenty-five years.

Norton, Rictor. Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History / Rictor Norton. [London]. [viewed Nov. 2003]

The Oberlin College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Community History Project. Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College Archives, 2006. Great content from the interwar period, WWII vets, interviews and comments on life in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Michael Lynch, and his life in Oberlin and later Toronto, is also highlighted. [viewed Jul. 2006]

Out and Aging: Our Stories / edited by Barbara Zarzosa. Windsor: 50+ Proud, Windsor Pride Community, 2010. 146 p.
Includes Windsor LGBTT history timeline, 1972-2001, p.143-146.

Out of the past: 400 years of lesbian and gay history. [Arlington, VA]: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Television, 2004. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Passions uncovered: gay, lesbian and transgender pulps. Curated by Neil Richards. Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan Library, 2006. [viewed September 2006]

Perdue, Anne. "Out and proud: how students, faculty, staff and alumni brought queer activism to the University of Toronto and changed the campus forever." University of Toronto Magazine. Summer 2009. [viewed June 2009]
It is worth the time reading the comments to see what progress has been made over 40 years.

Pride Toronto – history. Toronto: Pride Toronto, 2010?- A Toronto time line from 1969 to the present.

Queer U of T: an annotated history. A time-line of lgbt organizing at the University of Toronto. [Toronto]: lgbtout in History, [2009-] [viewed November 2009]

Rainbow History Project. Washington, DC: Rainbow History Project, See the section: Tours (walking and otherwise) of Historic DC GLBT Sites. Excellent brochures if planning similar Canadian tours. [viewed March 2006]

Rankin, L. Pauline. "Sexualities and national identities: re-imagining queer nationalism." Journal of Canadian Studies. 35(2) (Summer 2000): 176-196.

Rawson, K.J. "Accessing transgender // desiring queer(er?) archival logics." Archivaria (Special Section on Queer Archives). 68 (Winter 2010): 123-140.

Rayside, David. On the Fringe: Gays and Lesbians in Politics / David Rayside. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. HQ76.8 .R39 1998

Renwick, Claire. "The Montreal Sailors' Institute and the homosexual sailor: a model for moral reform in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." Montreal: Department of Art History, Concordia University, 2010. From Montreal as Palimpsest III: the Dialectics of Montreal's Public Spaces.

Richards, Neil. All frocked up: glimpses of cross-dressing in Saskatchewan / Neil Richards. Saskatoon, SK: Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists; University of Saskatchewan, 2003. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Richards, Neil. Celebrating a History of Diversity: Lesbian and Gay Life in Saskatchewan, 1971-2005. Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan, 2005. The site compliments a 90-page booklet published by the Avenue Community Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. [viewed Nov. 2005]

Robertson, Mark. "AIDS coverage in the Body Politic, 1981-1987: an annotated bibliography." American Review of Canadian Studies. 32(3) (Autumn 2002): 415-431. See Abstract.

Riordon, Michael. "No life like it! Investigating gay military history? Look for the suicide records." Xtra! (Toronto) July 13, 2000.
On Paul Jackson’s research into Canadian military history during WWII.

Robinson, Daniel J.; Kimmel, David. "The queer career of homosexual security vetting in Cold War Canada." Canadian Historical Review. 75(3) (1994): 319-345. FC1 .C355

Ross, Becki. The House that Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation / Becki L. Ross. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. HQ75.6.C3 R6 1995

Saravanamuthu, Vijay "Coming out." Our Schools, Our Selves (Toronto). 18(2) (Winter 2009): 31-33. Vijay Saravanamuthu is an Outreach Coordinator for the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP).

Sarsh, Bart. “'Disgusting' noises, and 'dangerous' spaces: tabloids, sexualities, and discourses of perversion, Toronto, 1950-1962." Master of Arts research paper. Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, August 2005. Archived on the website of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

Schultz, Ryan. Rainbow lives / Ryan Schultz. [Winnipeg: Ryan Schultz, 2003]. Online exhibit of over 3,300 names with significant Canadian content. [viewed Nov. 2003; reformatted in 2004]

Sears Alan. The Opening and Commodification of Gay Space: Queer in a Lean World / Alan Sears. Detroit, MI: Against the Current, 2000. [viewed Oct. 2006]

Setliff, Eric. "Sex fiends or swish kids?: gay men in Hush Free Press, 1946-1956." p.158-178. In Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada / edited by Kathryn McPherson, Ceclia Morgan, and Nancy M. Forestell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1999. HQ1075.5.C3 G46 1999

Silversides, Ann. AIDS Activist: Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community / Ann Silversides. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2003.
See interview with Peter Steven, Between the Lines, 2003.
See excerpts: "'Astirrin' and akickin' Michael Lynch: A Toronto activist brings home the drugs." Xtra! (Toronto), June 26, 2003

Smith, Miriam. Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality-Seeking, 1971-1995 / Miriam Smith. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. HQ76.8.C3 S64 1999

Southern California's LGBT history. [Los Angeles, CA]: ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Campus Resource Center, ULCA, [2005]. Includes American and Californian timelines for decades 1940-2000. [viewed July 2005]

Spence, Alex. Gay Canada: a Bibliography and Videography, 1984-2008. Revised and expanded. Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan Library, Special Collections, 2009. See History section. [viewed September 2009]

Spence, Alex. Perceptions: the Gay and Lesbian Newsmagazine of the Prairies. Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan, 2005. An index to the first 173 issues of the periodical covering the years 1983 through 2004. [viewed September 2006]

Sporting life: GLBT athletics and cultural change from the 1960s to today. San Francisco: GLBT Historical Society, 2005. [viewed September 2006] A display mounted by the GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco.

Stand Together. Directed by Nancy Nichol. [Toronto: York University], 2003. The documentary focuses on the campaign to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code led by the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario (later renamed the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario).
Journal of Social and Political Thought, Summer 2003. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Stein, Marc. "Crossing the border to memory: in search of Clive Michael Boutilier (1933-2003)." Torquere. 6 (2004): 91-115.
In 1968 Boutilier was deported from the United States, 18 months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 1952 U.S. law that provided the exclusion and deportation of aliens "afflicted with psychopathic personality," which was applied to Boutilier's homosexuality.

Stein, Marc. Sexual Injustice: Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe / Marc Stein. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010. 364 p. See ch.4 "Boutilier's defenders" and ch. 5 "Boutiler's Defense.

Strange, Carolyn; Loo, Tina. "From hewers of wood to producers of pulp: true crime in Canadian pulp magazines of the 1940s." Journal of Canadian Studies. 37(2) (Summer 2002): 11-32. In 1940 the Canadian government prohibited the importation of pulp magazines, concerned about their graphic "detective, sex, western, and alleged true or confession stories."

Stubblejumper Movie. Directed by David Geiss. Regina, SK: da vid films, 2008. 48-minute biographical docudrama on the life of Doug Wilson.

The Sunset of Bon Echo. Published from March 1916 until May 1920 by Flora MacDonald Denison (1867-1921) and other Whitmanites in Ontario. Of interest because of Horace Traubel's (Whitman's executor/biographer) death there and recent biographies mentioning his same-sex affections (Gary Schmidgall 2001).

Taft, Michael. “Men in women’s clothes: theatrical transvestites on the Canadian Prairie.” p.131-138. In Undisciplined Women: Tradition and Culture in Canada / edited by Pauline Greenhill. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997. HQ1453 .U53 1997

Tallentire, Jenéa; Mayard, Steven. Bibliography on the History of Sexuality in Canada / Jenéa Tallentire. [Vancouver]: Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality, 2004. [viewed Feb. 2004]

Timeline of LGBT history in Canada. [United States: Wikipedia, 200-]. A very spotty resource, that jumps from 1810 to 1964, where Donald McLeod's work takes over.

Townsend, David. "The 'blood libel' and the spectator's eye in Norwich and Toronto." Torquere. 1 (1999): 1-24. A comparison is made between the murder of children in medieval Norwich and the 1977 Emanuel Jaques murder in Toronto.

Tremblay, Pierre. Community attributes and problems. [Calgary: Pierre Tremblay, 2009-] [viewed Apr. 2005] A wealth of information on lgbt youth suicide, with a focus on men.

Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men / edited by Ken Moffatt. Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2012. BF692.5 .T76 2012
See: "Eyes of Excess: the darkness and the fire at the centre of growing ? up male in Toronto in the 1950s and 1960s."

Vacante, Jeffery. "Writing the history of sexuality and "national" history in Quebec." Journal of Canadian Studies. 39(2) (Spring 2005): 31-55.

Valverde, Mariana; Cirak, Miomir. "Governing bodies, creating gay spaces: policing and security issues in ‘gay’ downtown Toronto." British Journal of Criminology. 43(1) (2002): 102-121. See section of Pride Day policing.

Vassal, Anne. Gay and Lesbian Issues and HIV/AIDS: A Discussion Paper / by Anne Vassal, John Fisher, Ralf Jürgens, Robert Hughes. Montreal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network & Canadian AIDS Society, July 1997. Includes history and hate crimes sections. [viewed Sep. 2006]

Victories and defeats: a gay and lesbian chronology 1964-1982. Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 2005. [viewed Jan. 2004]

Warner, Tom. Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada / Tom Warner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. HQ76.8.C3 W37 2002 UT Press synopsis
See review by Christopher Lorey in Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association. 4/5 (2002-2003): 216-218.

We raise our voices: gay and lesbian pride and politics. Boston: Northeastern University Libraries, 2003. [viewed Nov. 2003]

Wier, Lorna. "Cosmic consciousness and the love of comrades: contacts between R.M. Bucke and Edward Carpenter." Journal of Canadian Studies. 30(2) (Summer 1995): 39-57.
Bucke ran the insane asylum in London, Ontario and wrote the first biography of Walt Whitman, who visited London in 1882.

Wetzel, Pamela. Mount Saint Vincent University, lesbian pulp fiction collection / Pamela Wetze. Halifax, NS: English Department, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1998. [viewed Nov. 2003]
"Mount Saint Vincent University's rare books collection includes the largest holding of lesbian pulp fiction of any university in North America."

Young, Ian. The paperback explosion: how gay paperbacks changed America / Ian Young. Toronto: Ian Young Books, [2006] [viewed Feb. 2007]

Zieman, Kate. Book review – Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900–65. Queeries: For Queer Women and Other Likeminded Folks. Sep. 28, 2011. Review of book by Cameron Duder. [viewed Oct. 7, 2011]

Zieman, Kate. The Dyke March – looking back: these boots were made for walking. Queeries: For Queer Women and Other Likeminded Folks. June 30, 2011. On the history of Toronto's Dyke March which started in 1981. [viewed Oct. 7, 2011]

Zieman, Kate. Remembering Siren magazine: irresistibly tempting for lesbians. Queeries: For Queer Women and Other Likeminded Folks. June 10, 2011. "During its eight-year run [1995-2004], Siren magazine chronicled the events and issues affecting the lives of Canadian queer women with humour, intelligence and insight." [viewed Oct. 7, 2011]

Zorzi, Peter. Queer catharsis. [Perth, ON]: Peter Zorzi, [2011]. Peter's history of Toronto Area Gays (TAG), later Toronto Area Gays & Lesbians (TAGL), 1975-2008. Also included are wonderful period photographs.

Sexuality Resources (Non-Fiction)

This section will highlight relevant works published in English, with a special emphasis on those that are available in the Ryerson University Library collection.

Borris, Kenneth. Same-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance : A Sourcebook of Texts, 1470-1650 / edited by Kenneth Borris. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Cain, Roy. "Disclosure and secrecy among gay men in the United States and Canada: a shift in views." Journal of the History of Sexuality 2(1): 25- 45, 1991.

Cavanagh, Sheila L. Queering bathrooms: gender, sexuality, and the hygienic imagination. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2010. GT476 .C39 2010

Champagne, Rob. Jim Egan: Canada's Pioneer Gay Activist / compiled and introduced by Robert Champagne. Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network, 1987.

Crichlow, Wesley E. A. Buller Men and Batty Bwoys: Hidden Men in Toronto and Halifax Black Communities / Wesley E. Crichlow. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. HQ76.2.C3 C75 2004 UT Press synopsis

Demers, Guylaine. "Homophobia in sport: fact of life, taboo subject." p.73-96. In Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches. Edited by Sheila Robertson. Edmonton, Alta.: University of Alberta Press, 2010. GV709.14 .T35 2010

Dickinson, Peter. Here is Queer: Nationalisms, Sexualities, and the Literatures of Canada / Peter Dickinson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
See review by B.J. Wray in Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association. 3 (2001): 181-187.

Donoghue, Emma. Passions Between Women / Emma Donoghue. New York: HarperPerennial, 1996, 1993.

Dytyniak, Mary. Guys just don't kiss like that / Mary Dytyniak. Toronto : Life Rattle Press, 2010. HQ75.4.D98 A3 2010. A Canadian lesbian coming-out, biographical book.

Folland, Tom. "Deregulating identity: video and AIDS activism." p.227-237. In Mirror machine: video and identity. Edited by Janine Marchessault. Toronto: YYZ Books, 1995. 239 p. N6545.5.V53 M57 1995

Freeman, Barbara M. "From no go to no logo: lesbian lives and rights in Chatelaine." Canadian Journal of Communication. 31(4) (2006): 815-841. The article continues the investigation begun by Valerie Korinek (i.e., the 1950s to 1960s) to include articles published between 1966 to 2004.

Grace, Andre P.; Wells, Kristopher. "Getting an education in Edmonton, Alberta: the case of queer youth." Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association. 3 (2001): 137-145. The authors comment on the work of the Alberta Teachers' Association and Edmonton's Youth Understanding Youth (YUY).

Guy-Bray, Stephen. "'We two boys together clinging': The Earl of Surrey and the Duke of Richmond." English Studies in Canada. 21(2) (1995): 138-150 PE1065.A1 E64

Haskell, Rebecca; Burtch, Brian. Get that Freak: Homophobia and Transphobia in High Schools / Rebecca Haskell and Brian Burtch. Halifax : Fernwood Pub., 2010. 126 p. LB3013.34.C3 H38 2010

Higgs, David. Queer Sites: Gay Urban Histories Since 1600. Edited by David Higgs. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.

Herman, Didi. "Getting the family right: legislating heterosexuality in Britain, 1986-1991." By Davina Cooper and Didi Herman. Canadian Journal of Family Law. 10 (1991): 41-78.

Ireland, Kristin. "Sex reassignment surgery in Ontario." p.313-319. In New World Coming: the Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness. Edited by Karen Dubinsky ... [et al.]. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2009. 515 p. D848 .N485 2009

Janoff, Douglas Victor. Pink Blood: Homophobic Violence in Canada / Douglas Victor Janoff. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. HV6250.4.H66 J36 2005

Langstaff, Amy. "A twenty-year survey of Canadian attitudes towards homosexuality and gay rights." p. 49-66. In Faith, politics, and sexual diversity in Canada and the United States / edited by David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011. HQ76.3.C3 F34 2011

Lehman, Mark Warren. At the end of the rainbow: a report on gay male domestic violence and abuse. [St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, 1997]. Written by Lehman and available online through several websites.

Maracle, Aiyyana. "A journey in gender." Torquere. 2 (2000): 36-57. Written from "an Indigenous sense of gender."

Moffatt, Ken. "Dancing without a floor: the artists' politic of queer club space." Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education. 2(1) (2006): [19 p.]. Mostly on Will Munro (1975-2010) and his Toronto Vazaleen events.

Mulé, Nick. "Equality's limitations, liberation's challenges: considerations for queer movement strategizing." Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education. 2(1) (2006): [42 p.]

O’Brien, Carol-Anne; Weir, Lorna. "Lesbians and gay men inside and outside families." p.111-140. In Reconstructing Canadian Families. Edited by Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell. Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1995.

Pearce, Jeff. How to make love in a canoe: sex in Canada. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing, 2010. HQ18.C2 P43 2010

Pierceson, Jason. "Deconstructing the backlash: same-sex marriage litigation and social change in the United States and Canada." In Same-Sex Marriage in the Americas: Policy Innovation for Same-Sex Relationships / edited by Jason Pierceson, Adriana Piatti-Crocker, and Shawn Schulenberg. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010.

Rahman, Momin; Hussain, Amir. "Muslims and sexual diversity in North America." p. 255-274. In Faith, politics, and sexual diversity in Canada and the United States / edited by David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011. HQ76.3.C3 F34 2011

Sears, Alan. "'Queer in a lean world." Against the Current. 89 (November-December 2000): 5 p.

Shogan, Debra; Davidson, Judy. "Parody of the Gay Games: gender performativity in sport." Torquere. 1 (1999): 87-108.

Tapley, Heather. "The hobo-sexual: a connective history." Torquere. 2 (2000): 1-17. Mostly American sources, from Nels Anderson's The Hobo (1923) to Bertha Thompson's Sister of the Road (1937).

Walks, Michelle. "Birth, bureaucracy, and life thereafter: recognizing queer mothers and families in British Columbia." p.282-291 In Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices = La maternité au Canada : voix interdisciplinaires / edited by Shawna Geissler ... [et al.]. Toronto : Demeter Press, 2010. 304 p. HQ759 .M684 2010

Warner, Tom. Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada / Tom Warner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. HQ76.8.C3 W37 2002 UT Press synopsis
See review by Christopher Lorey in Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association. 4/5 (2002-2003): 216-218.

Gay / Lesbian Statistical Sources

Canadian Government Information