Oxford LibGuides: LGBTQ+ History Resources: Newspapers & Magazines

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Independent Voices: LGBT
"Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries ... The LGBT collection contains 25 publications that chronicle the birth of the Gay and Lesbian movements in the United States."

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Come Together: Gay Liberation Front
A collection of digitised editions of 'Come Together', a newspaper founded in 1970 by the Gay Liberation Front, a gay rights group based in London.
Drag (magazine)
"Drag was a magazine published throughout the 1970s and 1980s by Lee's Mardi Gras Enterprises, Inc. This collection contains 29 issues published between 1971 and 1983 and a special supplement edition published in 1975. Each issue of the magazine generally includes a mix of articles, editorials, and photo spreads of drag queens."
Erie County Public Library - Erie Gay News
"This collection of newsletters and newspapers includes activities, events, meetings, and news for Erie's LGBTQ community from 1992-present. This publication included titles such as: Erie Gay Community Newsletter, Erie Gay Community News, Erie Gay News, and Womynspace/Womanspace Newsletter."
Jeremy Magazine: A Look Into Gay Life in the UK
This is a collection of digital copies of Jeremy Magazine, a gay lifestyle magazine started in 1969. This magazine contained interviews with celebrities, reviews, articles on fashion, and reports on gay life in the UK.
Lunch Magazine
Digitised copies of 'Lunch Magazine', which was originally the in-house magazine for the Campaign for Homosexual Equality. It ran from 1971 to 1973.
The Marylebone Gang, 1818
This is a collection of newspaper reports, from 1818 and 1819, concerning The Marylebone Gang. This was a gang of men based in Marylebone, London who were arrested and accused of being a 'gang of sodomites'.
Mattachine Review
This contains several issues of the Mattachine Review, all published in the 1960s. The Mattachine Review was published by The Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organisation founded in Los Angeles in the 1950s.
Out Magazine: Campaign for Homosexual Equality
Digitised copies of 'Out Magazine', a publication produced by the Campaign for Homosexual Equality between 1976 and 1977.
QZAP Zine Archive
"The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) was first launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines and make them available to other queers, researchers, historians, punks, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground queer communities."

LGBTQ+ History Resources: Newspapers & Magazines

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