| LOCATION | ORGANIZATION | COLLECTION | DESCRIPTION |
U.S. | WASHINGTON | King County Department of Records and Licensing Archives: Exhibits | Responding to AIDS: The Seattle-King County Department of Public Health 1982-1996 | |
A History of the King County Women's Program: The First Years: 1978-1985 | Established in 1978 during a period when there was renewed and widespread national interest in the social, political and economic status of the American woman. Many activists became part of what has been called “second-wave feminism”, the “women’s rights movement,” or “women’s liberation.” |
UW Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project | LGBTQ Activism in Seattle History Project | Explores the history of the LGBTQ activism in Seattle and western Washington - contains video oral histories, documents, and photos |
UW Libraries, Special Collections | Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project oral histories, 1995-2015 | Oral history collection of LGBTQ+ and heterosexual narrators focusing on their experiences before the activist period, and activism from early days to the present. |
Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Project | N/A | Oral history collecting, LGBT memorabilia, and tracing the geographical distribution of LGBT-related venues and living spaces. |
MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry) | N/A | Search by subjects, interviewee, creator, etc. |
CALIFORNIA | Lambda Archives of San Diego | N/A | Search the archives for images, videos, recordings, and more materials about the LGBTQ+ History of San Diego |
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives | Video Archives and Digital Collections | Event documentation, personal oral histories, and talks about our collections; t-shirts, buttons, and more coming soon |
GLBT Historical Society | Online Resources and Online Exhibitions | Materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity. |
UCLA Library for Oral History Research | N/A | Search under multiple topics/collectionss to find LGBT history-related interviews and recordings |
ONE Archives | Exhibitions | Art shows and public programs that explore the complexity of LGBTQ history through the lens of arts, culture, and contemporary issues. |
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries | ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives | Collections of personal papers from activists, artists, and ordinary citizens, as well as records from LGBTQ political, social, educational, and cultural organizations. |
UC San Diego Library | UC San Diego: LGBTQ History in Government Documents: Timeline of Documents | Fact sheets, Executive Orders, court cases, and other official documents related to LGBTQ+ issues in the government |
FLORIDA | Stonewall National Museum & Archives | Virtual Exhibitions; Archives by Topic; and Online Interviews | The Archives contain serials, papers, objects, textiles, sound recordings, and other media. |
GEORGIA | Georgia State University Library | LGBTQ Digital Collections | Miscellaneous materials documenting the Georgia LGBTQ community. |
ILLINOIS | Leather Archives & Museum | Online Exhibits and Online Catalog | Community archives, library, and museum of Leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM history and culture. |
Gerber/Hart Library & Archives: Midwest LGBTQ History & Culture | Online Exhibits | Collection items of individuals, organizations, and businesses, as well as publicly distributed items. |
MASSACHUSETTS | http://www.historyproject.org/The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston | DOCUMENTED (digital repository); Exhibitions; projects (current and prior); virtual events | Documenting and preserving the history of New England’s LGBTQ communities through images, documents, videos, interviews, and more |
NEW YORK | NY Public Library: Digital Collections | Gay & Lesbian History | Three related digital collections available for online viewing with photos, documents, and more |
ACT UP Oral History Project | Interviews (recordings and PDF transcripts) | A collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York. |
Lesbian Herstory Archives | Online Collections | Gathers, preserves and provides access to records of Lesbian lives and activities. |
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art | Online Collections; Online Events | The only dedicated LGBTQ+ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ+ art and foster the artists who create it. |
RHODE ISLAND | Brown University | Pembroke Center Oral History Project | These oral histories record the experiences of the women, transgender, and gender non-binary students, alums, and faculty and staff who were at Brown University and Pembroke College as early as 1907; accompanied by transcripts, photos, bios |
WASHINGTON, D.C. | Library of Congress | LGBT Pride Month: Audio & Video | Recorded poetry & literature, interviews, LGBTQ history, keynote presentations, Veterans History Project, StoryCorps |
LGBTQ+ Politics and Political Candidates Web Archive | The U.S. Women's and Girls' Magazines Web Archive consists of websites of women's media which previously existed as print magazines, but are now published solely on the web. |
ONLINE | Kameny Papers | N/A | Dr. Franklin E. Kameny, an early prominent gay civil rights activist, saved every relevant artifact, making this archive perhaps the most complete archive in the gay civil rights movement. |
FBI Records: The Vault | Mattachine Society | An early homosexual rights advocacy organization. It became the subject of an FBI internal security investigation between 1953 and 1956. |
JSTOR | Independent Voices | Open access digital collection of alt-press newspapers, magazines and journals - produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alt-lit magazines. |
OutHistory | Search online archive or view Featured content | Search LGBTQ+ history by time period, US location, person, visual or oral history collection, subject, or documents; reference bibliographies and timelines |
Internet Archive Global Events | Internet Archive Global Events: 2013 Supreme Court Hearings on DOMA/Prop 8 | News articles, blogs, organizational websites, and social media related to the 2013 Supreme Court hearings and subsequent rulings for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8. |
Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation | U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines | |
U.S. STATS | ONLINE | US Census Bureau: Explore Census Data | American Community Survey (ACS); Same-Sex Couples | The ACS helps people understand changes in their communities; Census Bureau surveys collect info about same-sex couples. The level of detail varies. |
Center for Disease Control (CDC) | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); LGBT Health | Learn about how states are using BRFSS data to support and evaluate projects, monitor trends and needs, assess risks, provide training, etc.; learn about the needs and perspectives of LGBT folks to help eliminate disparities |
UCLA School of Law, Williams Institute | LGBT People in the US Not Protected by State Non-Discrimination Statutes | Independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law, including demographics. Includes LGBTStats, articles on LGBT policy and law. |
Movement Advancement Project (MAP) | LGBT Population | Series of maps showing raw LGBT populations, population density, LGBT adults and couples raising children, and table-formatted representations of this data |
2015 US Trans Survey | Read the Full Reports (English & Spanish) | A second iteration of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), measuring how things are now and how they have changed over the 5 years since the release of the NTDS. |
Pew Research Center | A Survey of LGBT Americans: Attitudes, Experiences and Values in Changing Times (June 13, 2013) | This report is part of a series, LGBT in Changing Times, that explores attitudes about sexual orientation and identity. The series is based on several Pew Research surveys. |
Social Justice Sexuality Project | 2010 Data & Survey | One of the largest national surveys of Black, Latinx, AAPI, and multiracial LGBTQIA+ people, with 5,000+ respondents from 50 US states and Puerto Rico. |
Cambridge University Press | Historical Statistics of the United States; see also: Guide to the Millennial Edition regarding temporal periods | Includes: Population; Work and Welfare; Economic Structure and Performance; Economic Sectors; Governance and International Relations |
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INTERNATIONAL | AUSTRALIA | AQuA (Australian Queer Archives) | Collections | Material from the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex, queer, Brotherboy and Sistergirl (LGBTIQ+) Australians. |
CANADA | Archives Gaies du Québec (Gay Archives of Quebec) | The Walls Have Ears (audio exhibit); Stories from Our Lives; Stories from LGBTQ2S+ Communities in Quebec; Videos; Le Berdache magazine | Manuscripts, images, recordings, and other memorabilia pertaining to the LGBTQ+ of Quebec. Site in Québeçoise Français. |
The ArQuives | Archives & Collections | Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives - A/V, posters, photos, and more |
ENGLAND/U.K. | Gay History & Literature | N/A | Essays by Rictor Norton, a London-based American writer on literary and cultural history, with a focus on gay history. |
GERMANY | Schwules Museum | Search the catalog; Virtual events (online exhibits & tours, & more) | The non-profit association Verein der Freundinnen und Freunde eines Schwulen Museums in Berlin e.V. (Friends of a Gay Museum in Berlin) is responsible for the Schwules Museum. |
INDIANA | Kinsey Institute: Indiana University | Search the library catalog | The Kinsey Institute Collections encompass print materials, film and video, fine art, artifacts, photography, and archives from over 6 continents. |
NETHERLANDS | IHLIA | Online Collection | The largest LGBTI collection in Europe, with small portion of collection online. Site in Dutch. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. | Library of Congress | Library of Congress: LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive | Online content documenting LGBTQ+ history, scholarship, and culture in the US and worldwide: non-profit organizations, journalism and news external link, creative works and expressions, historical records, etc. |
ONLINE | United Nations Digital Library | Human Rights Bodies | Search for documents, votes, speeches, public domain publications, etc. |
Where Love Is Illegal | N/A | Sharing and Documenting LGBTI Stories of Discrimination and Survival from Around the World (an interactive project) |
LGBTQ Religious Archives Network | Collections Catalog; Online Exhibitions; Oral Histories | Identifies more than 330 primary source collections from or about LGBTQ+ religious organizations or activists. Most are held in public archives. |
Women Writers Project | How to subscribe to the Women Writers Online (WWO) full publications | A long-term research and publication project focusing on early women’s writing in English. Provides access to rare materials by women that otherwise would go unread and untaught. |
LGBTQ Video Game Archive | N/A | A curated/researched collection of information of LGBTQ content in digital games from 1980s-present |
Digital Transgender Archive | N/A | An online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world. |
Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation | South Asian Gender and Sexuality | The work of activists, grassroots organizations, and social justice movements committed to LGBTQAI+ people and women in South Asia and its diasporas. |
#MeToo and the Women's Rights Movement in China | Captures and preserves web content related to the #MeToo movement and women's rights activities in the Greater China Region |
INTERNATIONAL STATS | Pew Research Center | Gender & LGBT | Surveys, statistics, and research about gender and LGBT issues in the US and internationally |
Palgrave Macmillan | International Historical Statistics | Online reference of worldwide historical data |
Community Marketing & Insights | N/A | LGBTQ market research firm - 100% LGBTQ-owned and -operated. (Also has over 5,000 panelists in Canada.) |