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Gender and Sexuality Resouces
To find resources on Gender and Sexuality topics,
- Use a General Search of our collection for books, articles, videos, and more.
- Or try a specialized journal database to find scholarly articles.
Here are some examples of basic search terms you can use to start out:
- gender identity sociology
- sex role workplace
- homosexuality discrimination
Find more information in the reference works and website links on this page.
Online Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by Find essays on the impact of gender in social life, from individual concerns like self and identity to global effects in politics and economics. The Reader's Guide is a great place to start.
Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia by Publication Date: 2000Explore issues and topics related to lesbian life, including history, politics, biography, the arts, and more. See the Subject Guide on p. XLVII for places to start.
- Gender Disparities – Urban InstituteFind reports from the Urban Institute about gender inequality and subsequent disparities in education, income, employment, and more.
- Studies in Gender & SexualityStudies in Gender and Sexuality aims to further our understanding of how we live, theorize and transform genders and sexualities.
Print Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Call Number: Reference HQ16 .E52 2007 v. 1–4Find essays discussing sex and gender on personal and social levels, addressing issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and more.
Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia by Call Number: Reference HQ75.13 .G37 2000Find information on a range of topics related to gay life, including history, politics, biography, the arts, and more. See the Subject Guide on p. XXXIX for guidance.
Gender and Identity Around the World by ISBN: 9781440867958Publication Date: 2020-11-09This book provides an indispensable resource for high school and college students interested in the history and current status of gender identity formation and maintenance and how it impacts LGBTQ rights throughout the world. Gender and Identity around the World explores a variety of gender and LGBTQ experiences and issues in countries from all the world's regions.
The shape of sex : nonbinary gender from Genesis to the Renaissance by ISBN: 9780231551366Publication Date: 2021The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex. The Shape of Sex examines a host of thinkers—theologians, cartographers, natural philosophers, lawyers, poets, surgeons, and alchemists—who used ideas about nonbinary sex as conceptual tools to order their political, cultural, and natural worlds.
