Islamic Homosexualities, by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe

Murray, Stephen O., & Roscoe, Will. (1997). Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature. New York: New York Univesity Press. 331 pages.

Wide-ranging in geographical scope, the book is divided in three sections: literature, history, and anthropology. Not much on women. Available at the SF Public Library.

Black Like Us

Carbado, Devon W., McBride, Dwight A., & Weise, Donald (eds.). (2002). Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction. San Francisco: Cleis Press. 555 pages.

Similar to Go the Way Your Blood Beats. Organized into three sections: Harlem Renaissance, Protest Era, and 1980 to 2000. Available at the SF Public Library.

Go the Way Your Blood Beats, edited by Shawn Stewart Ruff

Ruff, Shawn Stewart (ed.). (1996). Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African-American Writers. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 544 pages.

Short stories on gay and lesbian themes by African American writers. Mostly from the second half of the 20th century. Similar to Black Like Us.

Available from the SF Public Library.

Out of the Past, by Neil Miller

Miller, Niel. (2006). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York: Alyson Books. 678 pages.

Extensive collection of readings, including historical documents and excerpts from literature. Mostly focused on the United States, with some chapters on European topics, and one chapter on Russia and another on Japan. Includes a two-page piece "The Word Gay," written in the early 1950s ("... certainly by the nineteen-thirites it was the most common word in use among homosexuals themselves" [p. 328].)

Erik owns a copy. Available in the SF Public Library, which also has an earlier edition. We should have at least one copy for teacher use, and if we use enough of the readings we should buy a class set. (Available from Barnes & Noble.)