A sizable collection of LGBTQ+ newsletters and newspapers from the 1970s-1990s

Various cities: Various Publishers, 1990. This assortment of publications covers various aspects of the gay liberation and gay advocacy/civil rights movements, primarily during the 1980s. It includes both mainstream and underground newspapers (including a massive run of 152 issues of Gay Community News), organizational newsletters and resource guides, and a handful of homoerotic magazines. Included alphabetically are:

Act Up Los Angeles: Newsletter of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power/Los Angeles, Vol. 2, No. 1, February-March 1989. Los Angeles: ACT UP/LA, 1989.

4-Front, Vol. 1, No. 019. West Hollywood: METRO-90069, Inc., 1996.

Advocate, The, Nos. 244, 246 (lacking section two), 258, 264 (lacking section one), 267, 268, 275 (plus section two of No. 264. San Mateo, California: Liberation Publications, Inc., 1978-1979.

Continuing Our Journey... St.Louis: Pride St. Louis, Inc., 1998.

Gay Community News: The Weekly for Lesbians and Gay Males (152 issues), Vol. 10, Nos. 2-12, 14, 16, 20, 27, and 35; Vol. 11, Nos. 7, 11-12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 30, 32-33, 41-47, 49-50; Vol. 12, Nos. 1-10, 14-22, 27-28, 33, 35, 41; Vol. 13, Nos. 4, 7-8, 18, 34, 38, 40, 42-43; Vol. 14, Nos. 1, 11, 30-49; Vol. 15, Nos. 1-30, 32-49; Vol. 16, Nos. 1-11. Boston: Bromfield Street Educational Foundation, Inc. 1982-89.

Gay Liberator, The, No. 19, July 1972. Detroit: Pansy Press, 1972.

Gay Sunshine: A Newspaper of Gay Liberation, No. 19, October, 1973. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine, 1973.

Gay Vote: News from the San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, Vol. 1, No. 1; July 1979 issue; No. 11, October 1990. San Francisco: San Francisco Gay Democratic Club / Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club, 1978-79/1990.

GLAD Briefs: A Newsletter from Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (Fall, 1984, 1985, 1987; GLAD Annual Reports for 1985, 1987, 1988; GLAD Dear Friend letter for March, 1987 + contribution card [eight items total]. Boston: Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

In Touch, Issue 20 (Oct./Nov. 1975. Beverly Hills: In Touch, Inc., 1975.

It's Time: Newsletter of the National Gay Task Force, Vol. 7, No. 2, February-March 1980. New York: National Gay Task Force, 1980.

Living With Contradictions. A promotional item from lesbian musician Alix Dobkin for a new album titled "Living With Contradictions."

Mandate: The National Magazine of Entertainment & Eros (4 issues). New York: Modernismo Publications, 1976-1979. Vol. 1, Nos. 4 (July 1975), 11 (February 1976), 12 (April 1976); Vol. 5, No. 51 (July 1979).

Melting Pot, April 1988. Boulder, CO: Gays, Lesbians, and Friends in Boulder, 1988.

Off the Cuff: National Leather Association: Kansas City, Vol. 2, No. 2. Kansas City, MO: Off the Cuff, February 1993. Photocopy of only the first page.

Out!: A Resource Guide for Gay and Lesbian Supportive Businesses and Organizations. Chicago: Lambda Publications, Inc., Summer/Fall, 1989.

Parents & Friends of Gays Newsletter, October 1979; Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. Newsletter, Issue 33, April/May 1987. Los Angeles: Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc., 1987; The PFLAGpole, Winter 1993, Fall 1988, Winter 1988, Spring 1999 (four issues). Washington, D. C.: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, 1993-1999.

Personally, Vol. 4, No. 3, March 1988. Daly City, California: Personally, 1988. Gay & Lesbian personal ads service. This verison produced for the Kansas City, MO region.