LGBT RESOURCES & INFORMATION

RESEARCH ON LGBT ISSUES

Grants and Studies

Announcing the Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship at Yale University

Announcing a competition for a one year doctoral fellowship at Yale University in affiliation with Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studiesand the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale.

This Fellowship will support pre-doctoral research towards a dissertation in Lesbian and Gay Studies, with Lesbian Studies particularly encouraged.

The recipient receives $20,000 for this one year fellowship.  It will run from September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009. Residence in New Haven is required during the fellowship. It is not available to Yale students.

The fellowship is named in memory of the accomplished journalist and Yale alumna Sarah Pettit. Sarah had been a well known speaker on LGBTQ issues, a co-founder and editor of OUT magazine, and a seniorArts and Entertainment Editor at Newsweek before her untimely death in 2003.

The DEADLINE for the applications is JANUARY 15, 2008.

Please contact rachel.pepper@yale.edu if you have any questions.Notification will be made in June.

To apply, please send us your CV, a short cover letter, 1000 word project description (with one page bibliography), and a 100 word abstract of your project. Three letters of recommendation should be sent separately, including one letter from a member of yourdissertation committee. Send materials to: Lesbian and Gay Studies,Yale University, Attn: Rachel Pepper/Sarah Pettit Fund, PO Box208334, 100 Wall Street, Room 312, New Haven CT 06520.

Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Award

The Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Awards recognize individuals living in the United States who have exhibited outstanding leadership and significantly contributed to the dignity and freedom of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.  The presentation of the Legion of Honor Awards at the annual American University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally (GLBTA) Resource Center Awards Ceremony serves as an opportunity to:

·         Recognize and encourage the dedication of individuals committed to social justice
·         Celebrate important contributions to creating a society that values every member
·         Showcase the diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities
·         Highlight individuals whose work may not have been recognized to the level it merits
·         Allow members of the American University community to interact with individuals who have significantly enhanced the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people

Richard L. Schlegel is an American University alumnus and a pioneer in the GLBT civil rights movement.  Richard fought discrimination based on sexual orientation in the late 1950s and early 1960s, long before GLBT rights were discussed openly.  His own wrongful termination case against the Department of the Army, Schlegel vs. United States , was pursued all the way to the Supreme Court.  

The Richard L. Schlegel National Legion of Honor Award is administered by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center at American University.  The GLBTA Resource Center works to strengthen and sustain an inclusive campus community that welcomes people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by providing support, educational resources, and advocacy.

Current Research studies that need participants

General

Gay & Gender Research
GAY & GENDER RESEARCH is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research of sociocultural and health related issues impacting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. By conducting and freely sharing the results of our research, we hope to create awareness, open the door to solutions, and encourage further research.
http://www.gaygenderresearch.org/

Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review
The Mission of The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide is to provide a forum for enlightened discussion of issues and ideas of importance to lesbians and gay men; to advance gay and lesbian culture by providing a quality vehicle for its best writers and thinkers; and to educate a broader public on gay and lesbian topics.
http://glreview.com/

The International Gay and Lesbian Review

Published with the financial support of the Institute for the Study of Human Resources, the University of Southern California, and with generous donations by Dr. Doug Elliott and Dr. Arnold Schwab.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/oneigla/onepress/index.html

Haworth Press

Haworth publishes several excellent journals of interest: Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly, Journal of Bisexuality, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Journal of Homosexuality, and the Journal of Lesbian Studies.
http://www.haworthpress.com/journals/default.asp

International Communication Association:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
iConcerned with the analysis and critique of sexual systems, discourses, and representations, particularly those that animate, inform and impinge upon the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.  Such systems and discourses occur in institutional, community, domestic, and intimate contexts; are closely connected to other social and cultural practices (such as nationalism, education or popular entertainment); and play a critical role in the formation and communication of individual and group identity. 
http://www.icahdq.org/divisions/glbts/

Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies

http://www.iglss.org/index.html

QueerTheory.com

Provides online resources integrated with the best visual and textual resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields. 
http://www.queertheory.org/

Queer Resources Directory

The Queer Resources Directory contains 25,488 files about everything queer. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/

Informational Resources for GLB Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara Library
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/glbt/gay.html

Gay and Lesbian Studies: A Guide to the Collections
of The New York Public Library

The published materials in the Research Libraries are complemented by manuscript collections reflecting the donation to the Library of various archives, the most significant being that of the International Gay Information Center. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/gay/index.html

LGBT History

Queer People of Color
A poster series on Queer People of Color Heroes created by Avani Trivedi.
http://out.ucr.edu/QPOCheroes.pdf

gayhistory.com

An introduction to the stories and the people of modern gay history (1700-1973).  The site is an ongoing project and most articles about gay male history from 1700-1900 have been completed. 
http://www.gayhistory.com/

Human Sexuality Collection
Cornell University Library

Lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgendered politics on the national level is a major strength of the Collection. Numerous gifts of personal papers reflect the impact of AIDS on lesbian and gay communities. Changes in erotica and the climate for producing it, especially the attitudes of women and sexual minorities toward it, are documented in manuscripts and periodicals. Our rare books trace views about sexual relations from the 19th century through the 20th, and soon the 21st. Our focus is on building a collection of depth that includes representation of different perspectives, preserves the experiences of young and old, and includes the contributions of women and people of color. Our attention goes particularly to groups that are excluded from mainstream culture.
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HSC/

Lesbian Herstory Archives

The Lesbian Herstory Archives exist to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities so that future generations will have ready access to materials relevant to their lives. The process of gathering this material will also serve to uncover and collect our herstory denied to us previously by patriarchal historians in the interests of the culture which they serve. The existence of these Archives will enable us to analyze and reevaluate the Lesbian experience; we also anticipate that the existence of these archives will encourage lesbians to record their experiences in order to formulate our living Herstory.
http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/

The Lesbian History Project

A Lesbian History Research Site.
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered heritage and concerns.
http://www.oneinstitute.org/

Trans History

This site has been put together by hobbyist historians and transactivists. It is restricted to covering significant events and people in the 20th Century. Events and people prior or after the 20th Century are not the subject of this effort.
http://www.transhistory.org/

Psychology

APA Division 44

The Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues was founded in 1985 as a Division of the American Psychological Association to represent sexual orientation issues within and beyond the Association. With over 1500 members in all categories, Division 44 represents all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the following eleven foreign countries: Australia. Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, People's Republic of China, and Taiwan.

By striving to advance the contribution of psychological research in understanding lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues, Division 44 works to promote the education of psychologists and the general public. It also acts to inform psychologists, and the general public, about relevant research, educational, and service activities.
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div44/

SIOP Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Inc.
Division 14 of the American Psychological Association Discussion Group

The SIOP Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Discussion Group is intended to facilitate interaction and collaboration among SIOP members who are interested in LGBT research, with a particular emphasis on work-related topics. 
http://siop.org/comm/LGBT/

Transgender Research Links

Trans-Academics.org

A place where people of all genders can discuss gender theory, the trans community and its various identities, both as a part of the academic world and day-to-day life. This is a trans-friendly space and is open to people of all gender identities.
 
Trans-Academics.org is especially interested in supporting people who are considering or currently are working with trans related topics via research, writing, teaching, and other academic ventures. It is our hope that people working on trans related topics will be able to connect with other people working within the field. Trans-Academics.org firmly believes that there should be a strong connection between academics and activism, as such this site supports: students of all levels, professors, activists groups including campus Queer and LGBTQI programs, as well as people who are involved in the gender variant community on a more personal basis.
http://www.trans-academics.org/

Trans-Forum Research
Dedicated to facilitating studies in the gender and sexuality arena.  Through its efforts, Trans-Forum Research hopes to transform the way in which research is conducted in the field of gender, sexuality, and related areas (HIV/AIDS, inter-sexuality, substance abuse, depression, violence, stigma, homophobia, discrimination, and others).  The Trans-Forum Research site acts as a resource by hosting online studies, and in doing so, brings together two communities - the research/academic/medical professional and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender, i.e., GLBT (and other related) communities. 
http://www.trans-forumresearch.com/