LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 Part I - New Library Resource

As part of the committed development of our EDI collections, the Library has purchased access to the Primary Source Collection: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I.

This digitised collection brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world. 

The collection features historical documents published in more than 35 countries, with over 15 languages represented. 

It contains rare and unique content from newsletters, papers, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets shedding light on the gay rights movement, activism, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and more.

The resource consists of 19 individual collections. 

Source collections include:

• ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
• Gay Activism in Britain from 1958: The Hall-Carpenter Archives
• Gay and Lesbian Politics and Social Activism: Selected Newsletters and Periodicals
• Herstory Archive: Feminist Newspapers
• International Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters
• Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter Collection
• Sexual Politics in Britain
• The Bush Administration and the AIDS Crisis

For a further perspective on using this resource, see how Dr. Mo Moulton, from the University of Birmingham, incorporates the LGBTQ History and Culture archive into her teaching and research. 

The LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 Part I archive can be accessed via the Library Catalogue

Collection Development / Forbairt Bailiúchán