Becomining Visible A reader in gay and lesbian history for high school students Kevin Jenning, editor Alyson 1994 1-55583-254-7
Hidden Histories:20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts (ISBN:1-902889-10-X) by Michael Petry. It accompanied the exhibition of the same name for The New Art Gallery Walsall last summer. The book is available in most art book stores/museums as well as direct from the publishers. This book is the first comprehensive academic look at the subject, but is geared to a general reader, and has hundreds of colour reproductions. There is also a website here. Michael Petry would also be happy to speak to groups on the subject. He may be contacted via LGBT History Month.
Strangers: Homosexuality in the Nineteenth Century , Picador, 2004. ISBN: 0330482246.
We Can’t Even March Straight , Edmund Hall, Vintage, London, 1995. A history of experiences of gays and lesbians in the military Second Edition
Mother Clap’s Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830, (Revised second edition) Rictor Norton, Chalfont Press (an imprint of Tempus Publishing, United Kingdom)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845883446/gayhistoryand-21
Some comments from reviews of the first edition were as follows:
“Lively and scholarly account of the underside of bygone London that concentrates on details, not theories. …Norton gives a fascinating archaeology of London’s homosexual past, its slang and its antics.” Sunday Times
“an accessible, humane and engaging account of a neglected field packed with intrigue and anecdote, highly recommended.” Evening Standard
“this richly enjoyable book chronicles official and popular hysterical ignorance, confronted by glorious human perversity.” New Statesman and Society
“To anyone interested in the development of sexual politics and social mores of the period, this book is an invaluable reference work..an absorbing read..not only an important sociological study, but it serves as a testament to the resilience and courage of this group.” New Times
Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History From Antiquity to World War II In contemporary Gay and Lesbian History from world war 11 to present day Edited Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon Routledge 2001
