LibGuides: Ethnic Studies Resources for Faculty and Students: Gender &amp; Sexuality

Books, Articles, & Videos

Arresting Dress by Clare Sears
ISBN: 9780822376194
Publication Date: 2015-02-20
Grounded in a wealth of archival material, Arresting Dress traces the career of anti-cross-dressing laws from municipal courtrooms and codebooks to newspaper scandals, vaudevillian theater, freak-show performances, and commercial "slumming tours."
Cool Men and the Second Sex by Susan Fraiman
ISBN: 9780231129626
Publication Date: 2003-10-22
In Cool Men and the Second Sex, academicians Susan Fraiman identifies Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. and filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palmaall with "cool masculinity" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work.
Dismantling Rape Culture by Tracey Nicholls
ISBN: 9781000287721
Publication Date: 2020-11-15
This book analyses rape culture through the lens of the 'me too' era. Drawing feminist theory into conversation with peace studies and improvisation theory, it advocates for peace- building opportunities to transform culture and for the improvisatory resources of 'culture- jamming' as a mechanism to dismantle rape culture.
Fluid Gender, Fluid Love by Deirdre Byrne (Editor); Wernmei Yong Ade (Editor)
ISBN: 900438023X
Publication Date: 2018-10-25
This book explores the historical constructions of love and gender; the philosophical aspects; the faultlines in twenty-first-century heteronormativity; and the challenges of love from and within the margins.
Gaming Representation by Jennifer Malkowski et al.
ISBN: 0253026474
Publication Date: 2017-07-03
Gaming Representation examines portrayals of race, gender, and sexuality in a range of games, from casuals like Diner Dash, to indies like Journey and The Binding of Isaac, to mainstream games from the Grand Theft Auto, BioShock, Spec Ops, The Last of Us, and Max Payne franchises.
Geisha of a Different Kind by C. Winter Han
ISBN: 9781479855209
Publication Date: 2015-05-08
Repeatedly marginalized by both the white-centric queer community that values a hyper-masculine sexuality and a homophobic Asian American community that often privileges masculine heterosexuality, gay Asian American men largely have been silenced and alienated in present-day culture and society.
Gender by Renee C. Hoogland (Editor)
ISBN: 9780028663203
Publication Date: 2016-10-14
Gender: Matter focuses on matter and its relation to gender. The volume also grapples with how changes to matter, or the biophysical world, affect what sex and gender may mean in the twenty-first century.
Gender Reckonings by James W. Messerschmidt (Editor); Michael A. Messner (Editor); Raewyn Connell (Editor); Patricia Yancey Martin (Editor)
ISBN: 1479897140
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Gender Reckonings aims to map new directions for understanding gender and sexuality within a more pragmatic, dynamic, and socially relevant framework. It shows how gender relations must be understood on a large scale as well as in intimate detail.
LGBTQ Stats by Bennett Singer; David Deschamps
ISBN: 9781620972441
Publication Date: 2017-01-24
LGBTQ STATS chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing critical statistics, and draws upon and synthesizes newly collected data. Deschamps and Singer provide chapters on family and marriage, workplace discrimination, education, youth, criminal justice, and immigration, as well as evolving policies and laws affecting LGBTQ communities.
The Man They Wanted Me to Be by Jared Yates Sexton
ISBN: 9781640091818
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
The Man They Wanted Me to Be examines how we teach boys what's expected of men in America, and the long-term effects of that socialization; which include depression, shorter lives, misogyny, and suicide.
Problematic by Dianna E. Anderson
ISBN: 1640120912
Publication Date: 2018-09-01
Anderson suggests that our insistence on feminist ideological purity leads to shallow criticism and ultimately hurts the movement. Instead, she proposes new, more nuanced forms of feminist thought for today's culture, illustrated by examples from across the spectrum of popular music, movies, and TV, including Lena Dunham, Nicki Minaj, and even One Direction.
Revolting Prostitutes by Molly Smith; Juno Mac
ISBN: 9781786633606
Publication Date: 2018-11-06
In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing, global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.
Trans by Jack Halberstam
ISBN: 9780520966109
Publication Date: 2017-09-01
In Trans*, Jack Halberstam explores these recent shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a nongendered, gender-optional, or gender-queer future.
Ugly Differences by Yetta Howard
ISBN: 0252050576
Publication Date: 2018-07-02
The idea of ugly often becomes synonymous with non-white, non-male, and non-heterosexual physicality and experience. In Ugly Differences, Yetta Howard uses underground contexts to theorize queer difference by locating ugliness at the intersection of the physical, experiential, and textual.
Violence Against Queer People by Doug Meyer
ISBN: 9780813573168
Publication Date: 2015-10-11
Many feel that the struggle for gay rights has largely been accomplished and the tide of history has swung in favor of LGBT equality. Violence against Queer People, on the contrary, argues that the lives of many LGBT people--particularly the most vulnerable--have improved very little, if at all, over the past thirty years.

Born Both by Hida Viloria
Call Number: HQ77.98.V55 A3 2017
ISBN: 9780316347846
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
From one of the world's foremost intersex activists, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of gender identity, self-acceptance, and love.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Number: HQ1155.A35 2017
ISBN: 9781524733131
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response: fifteen invaluable suggestions--direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.
Down Girl by Kate Manne
Call Number: HQ1233 .M336 2018
ISBN: 9780190604981
Publication Date: 2017-11-08
This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics, by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. Manne throws light on misogyny's oft-overlooked and equally pernicious underbelly: exonerating or showing "himpathy" for the comparatively privileged men who dominate, menace, and silence women.
The End of Patriarchy by Robert Jensen
Call Number: GN479.6 .J46 2017
ISBN: 9781742199924
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Robert Jensen calls for a radical feminist challenge to institutionalized male dominance; an uncompromising rejection of men's assertion of a right to control women's sexuality; and a demand for an end to the violence and coercion that are at the heart of all systems of domination and subordination.
Nepantla by Christopher Soto (Editor)
Call Number: PS591.G38 N472 2018
ISBN: 9781937658786
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
The first major literary anthology for queer poets of color in the United States.
Queer Wars by Dennis Altman; Jonathan Symons
Call Number: HQ76.5 .A39 2016
ISBN: 9780745698687
Publication Date: 2016-03-07
Queer Wars explores the growing international polarization over sexual rights, and the creative responses from social movements and activists, some of whom face murder, imprisonment or rape because of their perceived sexuality or gender expression.
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
Call Number: HQ1155.E48 2019
ISBN: 0807013811
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.
Superwomen by Carolyn Cocca
Call Number: ENGL 100 Cross
ISBN: 9781501316562
Publication Date: 2016-09-08
Superwomen investigates how and why female superhero characters have become more numerous but are still not-at-all close to parity with their male counterparts; how and why they have become a flashpoint for struggles over gender, sexuality, race, and disability; what has changed over time and why in terms of how these characters have been written, drawn, marketed, purchased, read, and reacted to; and how and why representations of superheroes matter, particularly to historically underrepresented and stereotyped groups.
The Voices Of #MeToo by Carly Gieseler
Call Number: HV6625.G54 2019
ISBN: 9781538128008
Publication Date: 2019-07-23
The Voices of #MeToo: From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar is a timely analysis of how marginalized voices are engaged or silenced in one of the most successful social media projects in recent history. Accessibly written, this book unravels the ideas and practices of activism throughout the #MeToo movement from its inception to its current viral moment.

Anderson, Eric. “Generational Masculinities.” Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, Routledge, 2018, pp. 243–47, doi:10.1080/09589236.2017.1406088.

Barry, Ben, and Daniel Drak. “Intersectional Interventions into Queer and Trans Liberation: Youth Resistance Against Right-Wing Populism Through Fashion Hacking.” Fashion Theory, vol. 23, no. 6, Routledge, 2019, pp. 679–709, doi:10.1080/1362704X.2019.1657260.

Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina, and Nicolas Olsson Yaouzis. “MeToo, Social Norms, and Sanctions.” The Journal of Political Philosophy, vol. 28, no. 3, 2020, p. 273–, doi:10.1111/jopp.12207.

Casey, Logan S., et al. “Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Americans.” Health Services Research, vol. 54, no. 6, Health Research and Educational Trust, 2019, pp. 1454–66, doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13229.

Chowdhury, Elora Halim. “Rethinking Patriarchy, Culture and Masculinity: Transnational Narratives of Gender Violence and Human Rights Advocacy.” Journal of International Women’s Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, Bridgewater State College, 2015, p. 98–.

Elizabeth A Dietz. “Gender, Identity, and Bioethics.” The Hastings Center Report, vol. 46, no. 4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016, p. 1–.

Golriz, Golshan. “‘I Am Enough’: Why LGBTQ Muslim Groups Resist Mainstreaming.” Sexuality & Culture, vol. 25, no. 2, Springer, 2021, pp. 355–76, doi:10.1007/s12119-020-09773-x.

Greaf, Caitlin. “Drag Queens and Gender Identity.” Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, Routledge, 2016, pp. 655–65, doi:10.1080/09589236.2015.1087308.

Greteman, Adam J. “After King: Responsibility for Queer and Trans Expressions.” Educational Theory, vol. 69, no. 1, Wiley Periodicals, Inc, 2019, pp. 35–53, doi:10.1111/edth.12352.

Lee, Jeehyun Jenny, et al. “Unpacking K-Pop in America: The Subversive Potential of Male K-Pop Idols’ Soft Masculinity.” International Journal of Communication (Online), University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Annenberg Press, 2020.

MacDonald, Shana. “Refusing to Smile for the Patriarchy: Jessica Jones as Feminist Killjoy.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 2019, p. 68–.

Matthews, Peter, et al. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Experiences of Homelessness and Identity: Insecurity and Home(o)normativity.” International Journal of Housing Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Routledge, 2019, pp. 232–53, doi:10.1080/19491247.2018.1519341.

Ruberg, Bonnie, and Spencer Ruelos. “Data for Queer Lives: How LGBTQ Gender and Sexuality Identities Challenge Norms of Demographics.” Big Data & Society, vol. 7, no. 1, SAGE Publications, 2020, doi:10.1177/2053951720933286.

Sigurdardottir, Sigrun, and Sigridur Halldorsdottir. “Persistent Suffering : The Serious Consequences of Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls, Their Search for Inner Healing and the Significance of the #MeToo Movement.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 4, MDPI, 2021, p. 1849–, doi:10.3390/ijerph18041849.

#Metoo, now what? (PBS series
#ME TOO, NOW WHAT? will draw from a range of guests, including women and men of all ages, races and economic groups — and ordinary citizens from across the nation. Salbi will also welcome activists, journalists, celebrities and leaders from the worlds of media, academics, business, arts, entertainment, fashion and advertising.
Becoming more visible
Are you Male or Female? For the four fearless young transgender adults featured in the film this is not a simple question. These four defy societal norms to be their true selves and become more visible. No transition is easy, but for some it is easier than for others. Becoming More Visible shines a humanizing light on their different stories, both their struggles and their triumphs, and showcases the importance of having a steady support system. The film also briefly goes over the physical process some of them decide to take in transitioning. Becoming More Visible seeks to help ignite the awareness and understanding needed to put an end to the discrimination of transgender young adults worldwide - to encourage society to see these young people for who they are today, not how they were born or choose to identify. (Language advisrory - Expletive and brief reference to male genitalia).
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom...blood red.
The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno and Morricone-inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the surrealism of David Lynch.
Nominated for Best First Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominated for Best of Next! at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Great Indian Male
Shocking acts of violence have put India’s gender issues in the spotlight, often demonizing Indian men. In this episode, Anjan Sundaram travels to the most patriarchal areas of the country to understand the Indian male psyche and how it affects relationship with women.
Makers: Women Who Make America
Makers tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy.
The Mask You Live In
The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnect from their emotions, devalue authentic friendships, objectify and degrade women, and resolve conflicts through violence. These gender stereotypes interconnect with race, class, and circumstance, creating a maze of identity issues boys and young men must navigate to become "real" men. Experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education, and media also weigh in, offering empirical evidence of the "boy crisis" and tactics to combat it. The Mask You Live In ultimately illustrates how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men.
Pink boy
Pink Boy is a verite-style documentary profiling the challenges of raising a young gender non-conforming boy growing up in a conservative area of rural Florida.
Rape on the Night Shift
An investigation into the sexual abuse of undocumented women in the service industry. The film examines allegations of abuse across the janitorial industry, and how the government, law enforcement and companies fall short in dealing with the problem.
Sweet Georgia Brown
This documentary examines the racial and gender policies that defined the status of African-American Women in the military during World War II. Interviews and primary sources reveal the unique experience of being an African-American woman in the military during this period. The story of these inspiring women, from the struggles they faced to they triumphs they accomplished, is one rarely discussed in American history, but one which should not be overlooked.
Towards Justice: Reflections on the LGBT Movement
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement is at a remarkable crossroads. The goal of securing legal equality is within sight, yet significant gaps and challenges remain. This talk addresses both the advances and challenges facing the LGBT movement. What is the difference between advancing legal equality and winning lived equality? Is the work of the LGBT movement over when marriage equality and employment nondiscrimination are won? Veteran activist and attorney Urvashi Vaid argues that creative work for economic, gender, racial and environmental justice is the way forward for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
We'll meet again. Coming out
Join Ann Curry as those whose lives were changed by the early days of the gay rights movement reunite. Tom wants to find the friend who urged him to come out, while Paul seeks a fellow student who inspired him to stand up for his beliefs.

2018 Political Year of the Woman Election: A Critical Examination (OER Commons) textbook licensed CC BY-NC

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts (Aphra Behn Society, supported by the University of South Florida Tampa Library) open access, interactive, scholarly journal, focusing on gender and women’s issues

Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology (product of Fembot Collective and published and preserved through the University of Oregon and Bowling Green State University’s American Culture Studies Program) peer reviewed journal featuring scholarship on gender, new media and technology licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction (OER Commons) textbook licensed CC BY-NC

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons (Digital Commons) open access collection contains scholarly and other resources that can be narrowed by topic.

Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry (OER Commons) textbook licensed CC BY-NC

Global Women's Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version (Open Textbook Library) textbook licensed CC BY

Intercultural Women's Studies Course (OER Commons) textbook licensed CC BY-NC

Intersectionality in Feminist and Queer Movements (OAPEN) open access book

Introduction To LGBTQ+ Studies (MERLOT) open textbook licensed under CC BY

Introduction to Queer Studies (OER Commons) course licensed CC BY-NC

Introduction to Women's Studies (OER Commons) course licensed CC BY-NC

Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (OER Commons) textbook licensed CC BY

LGBTQ+ Studies: An Open Textbook (MERLOT) open textbook licensed under CC BY

Lesbians on Television (OAPEN) book licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s (MERLOT) open textbook licensed under CC BY NC ND

OA and OER Resources in Women's and Gender Studies (Association of College & Research Libraries) list of OA and OER resources benefitting the Women and Gender Studies Section of ACRL.

OutHistory.org (MERLOT) OutHistory.org makes it easy for teachers to bring primary materials documenting the history of sexuality into their classroom

Open Access Sexuality and Gender Journals (Center for Positive Sexuality) list of open access journals on sexuality and gender

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination (Open Textbook Library) textbook

Speaking of sex : the denial of gender inequality (MERLOT) open access textbook licensed CC BY-NC-SA

Stories of Women: Gender and Narrative in the Postcolonial Nation (OAPEN) book licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Women's and Gender Studies (MIT Courseware) courses licensed CC BY-NC-SA

American Men's Studies Association

"The purpose of the American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA) is to develop the critical studies of men and masculinities globally through the advancement of feminist-informed scholarship."

Blackfeminisms

"The vision for Blackfeminisms.com is to serve first and foremost as an outlet for the cultivation of scholarship that centers on Black women." Includes the Black Feminist Digest, a series that summarizes research about Black women.

Digital Transgender Archive

Provides an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world. Based at the College of the Holy Cross, the DTA is an international collaboration among more than fifty colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections.

GLBTQ Archives

The world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and history.

The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston

Focused on documenting and preserving the history of New England's LGBTQ communities.

LGBT Historical Society Digital Collection

The GLBT Historical Society collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity.

LGBT+ Histories and Historians Report and Resources (Royal Historical Society)

Fully downloadable report from the Royal Historical Society with links to reading lists and other sites and a separate download of data from the report.

LGBT Materials in the New York Public Library

The archive of the International Gay Information Center, along with other related archives donated to the library. Contains documents, photographs, art, postcards, and much more.

LGBTQ+ Politics and Political Candidates Web Archive (Library of Congress)

This web archive captures digital content related to LGBTQ+ political candidates and political issues and topics at various levels of government, with a focus on lesser-known local and state politics.

LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive (Library of Congress)

Web archive that collects and preserves online content which documents LGBTQ+ history, scholarship, and culture in the United States and around the world.

LGBTQ Religious Archives Network

"Preserving history and encouraging scholarly study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements around the world."

LGBTQ Video Game Archive

"Documenting the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer content in games."

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (University of Southern California)

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives is the oldest active Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. Founded in 1952, ONE Archives currently houses over two million archival items including periodicals, books, film, video and audio recordings, photographs, artworks, organizational records and personal papers. A small subset of this material has been digitized and is available online.

Promundo

"Promundo is a global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls."

South Asia Gender and Sexuality Web Archive

"Amplifying the voices of those fighting against long histories of patriarchal dominance, the South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web Archive documents and preserves the work of activists, grassroots organizations, and social justice movements committed to promoting the visibility and experiences of LGBTQAI+ people and women in South Asia and its diasporas." Curated by librarians from the Ivies Plus Libraries Confederation.

The Trevor Project

Website of the national organization whose mission is "to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people." The site also includes educational materials for school curricula.

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. Collected by the Ivies Plus Libraries Confederation.

Where Love is Illegal

Where Love is Illegal "documents and captures personal testimonies of survival from the LGBTQI+ community around the world."

Women's and Gender Studies Web Archive (Library of Congress)

This web archive collects and preserves online content on topics of importance to the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies. Collection priorities include primary sources, first hand accounts, and records of social, cultural, and political movements for gender equality.

Women's Knowledge Digital Library

An open access portal of information by and about women and girls. The goal of the project is to provide users with trusted information that is easily and efficiently accessible and that which can be used in the education and empowerment of women and girls worldwide.

XY Online (University of Wisconsin)

"XY is a website focused on men, masculinities, and gender politics. XY is a space for the exploration of issues of gender and sexuality, the daily issues of men’s and women’s lives, and practical discussion of personal and social change." Includes hundreds of articles on men's issues.

Zine Web Archive (Library of Congress)

This web archive has a growing collection of zines. Collection priorities include zines by people of color, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ and transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and organizations.