LGBTQ+ Research & Resources

A program of the Charles R. Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law. The Williams Institute is a national think tank dedicated to the field of sexual orientation law and public policy. It advances law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship.

Resources for researching the history of the LGBTQ rights movement in the United States.

Research guide with links to many resources which provide demographic or statistical information.

The Williams Institute is dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. A national think tank at UCLA Law, the Williams Institute produces high-quality research with real-world relevance and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public.

The first large-scale, paired-testing study to assess housing discrimination against same-sex couples in metropolitan rental markets via advertisements on the Internet.

This report undertakes the first analysis of the poor and low-income lesbian, gay, and bisexual population. We find clear evidence that poverty is at least as common in the LGB population as among heterosexual people and their families.

A collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York. The project is coordinated by Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman, with principal camera work by James Wentzy and additional camerawork on the West Coast by S. Leo Chiang and Tracy Wares.

A broad and easy-to-navigate collection of primary sources related to trans history.

The Gay Freedom Movement in Jamaica (GFM) was formed in 1974 as the first movement in the English Speaking Caribbean to seek rights for LGBT people.

One of the oldest continuously published LGBT papers in the United States. It was begun at the University of Rochester by Bob Osborn and Larry Fine, the founders of the UR student group, Rochester Gay Liberation Front, and later transferred to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV).

Audio of oral histories, photographs, and texts documenting the UK Gay Rights Movement.

One of the most comprehensive collections of early gay journalism.

Brought to the open web by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., this online exhibit explains the history of Nazi persecution of homosexual people & provides access to photographs and digitized historical documents relating to German law and the Nazi regime.

Several thousand items from the 1960s-90s documenting the generations of activists in the United States that fought for civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and struggled against societal stigma to end the AIDS crisis. The collection consists of photographs documenting key activists, organizations, and protests, as well as posters, ephemera, and artwork.

Collects, preserves, and protects LGBTQ history, art, and culture. An initiative of the USC Libraries.

LGBTQIA materials including periodicals, magazines, ephemera, and monographs. The collection is international in scope, largely concentrated from the 1950s to the early 2000s.