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Journals & Magazines List

This page lists a selection of older and now historical LGBT themed periodicals available at the U of S Library in paper format. These journals and magazines are all available for use in person at the University of Saskatchewan Library, or copies of articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. For your convenience we have included the library holdings for each journal and the call number you need to locate the volumes. If you prefer you can search the library catalogue for journals yourself and view the full record for each title. Many additional historical journals have been added to the Neil Richards Collection of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Special Collections during the past five years.


1983, Issue 370 Advocate. (Los Angeles, Advocate Publications)

Also Known As: The Advocate, Los Angeles Advocate.

Note: Began with: No. 33 (May 13-26, 1970). Begun in 1967 as the Los Angeles Advocate this publication has been described as the first true gay newspaper and has grown from an initial print of 500 to become the most widely distributed gay publication in the USA. Available online at http://www.advocate.com/

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .A35     1981- Issue 372 - present.
  • MURRAY LIB   OVERSIZE    HQ75 .A35     1981-83 Issue 309 -- Issue 371.
  • MURRAY-MICROFORM STACKS     HQ75 .A35     1968-88.
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

February 1990 Angles. (Vancouver, Vancouver Gay Community Centre Society)

Also Known As: Vancouver Gay Community Centre News.

Note: 1st issue (Dec. 1983)- v. 16, no. 5 (Apr. 1998). A journal published monthly for Vancouver's lesbian and gay community.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    OVERSIZE    HQ75 .A53   1984-1998  v.1 no.1 - v.16 no.5.

September 22, 1975. Issue 371 Arcadie. (Paris, Arcadie)

Note: January 1954 - June-August 1982. Publication of the major French homophile organization founded in 1954. Noted for the quality of its articles on literature and history.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY        HQ75 .A73     [1974-82,] [#241 - 340.]

November-December, 1971. Issue 1 The Body Politic. (Toronto, Body Politic Collective)

Also Known As: Body politic.

Note: no. 1-no. 135 ; Nov./Dec. 1971-Feb. 1987. This Canadian gay liberation newspaper was described in its heyday as North America's finest gay paper. The paper was subjected to several prosecutions -- all unsuccessful -- for obscenity in the late 1970s. For a historical overview see http://www.uwo.ca/pridelib/bodypolitic/

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    HQ76 .B66    1972-1987  no.1 - no.135.
  • MURRAY-MICROFORM STACKS     HQ76 .B66     1971-87.
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

Issue 36 Campaign. (Potts Point, N.S.W., Campaign Pub. Pty.)

Also Known As: New Campaign, Campaign Australia.

Note: Issue 1 (Sept. 1975)-no. 74 (Feb. 1982). Australia 's national newspaper for the gay society.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY - OVERSIZE    HQ75 .C35     [1975-80] [issue 1 - no.53.]

Issue 164 Christopher Street. (New York, That New Magazine, Inc.)

Note: Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1976)- 1995. A monthly journal of short fiction, reviews and commentary.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .C48     1976-95 v.1 - issue 222.

Issue 4 Come Together. (London, Gay Liberation Front)

Note: Pioneering British activist journal

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .C65    [issue no.4 - no.16.]

Issue 197 Fab. (Toronto, Fab Magazine)

Also Known As: Fab Magazine.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    HQ75 .F11    [1994 - 2013]

April 1979. Volume 2, Number 4 GALA Review. (San Francisco, Gay Atheists League of America)

Note: 1978-88.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    BL2747.3 .G3     1978-84 v.1 - v.7 no.5.

May 2005. Issue 19 GayCalgary. (Calgary, Alberta.)

Also Known As: GayCalgary Dot Com, GayCalgary.com

Note: Available online at http://www.gaycalgary.com/

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    HQ75 .G347     2003 - 2006
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

1973. Number 3 The Gay Alternative. (Philadelphia, Gay Activists Alliance)

Note: No. 1 (Dec. 1972)-no. 11 (spring 1976).

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .G344     [1973-1976] [no.3 - no.11.]

June 1971. Volume 1, Number 3 Gay Activist. (Village Station, N.Y., Gay Activists Alliance)

Also Known As: Gay Activist : newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance.

Note: Publication of the Gay Activists Alliance which was founded in 1969 and quickly became the main force in New York 's gay and lesbian activism.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .G34     [1971-1979] [v.1 no.2 - v.8 no.3.]

1978. Number 1 The Gay Journal. (London, BBD Publishing)

Note: No. 1 (autumn 1978)-no. 2 (spring 1979). A new quarterly of culture and liberation produced by gay women and men.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY     HQ75 .G35     1978-1979 no.1 - no.2.

Winter 1978/79. Number 7 Gay Left: A socialist journal produced by gay men. (London, Gay Left Collective)

Note: No. 1 (autumn 1975)- 1980.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY     HQ75 .G36     1975-80 no.1 - no.10.

April, 1974. Number 36 The Gay Liberator. (Detroit, Pansy Press)

U of S Library has:

  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    OVERSIZE    HQ75 .G364     [1971-76] [no.11 - no.48.]

 


Spring, 1975. Issue 2 Gay Literature. (Fresno, Calif., D. Curzon)

Note: no.1-6; winter 1975-spring 1976.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB     HQ76 .G276     1975-76 no.1-6.

April 20-May 3, 1978. Number 141 Gay News. (London, Gay News Ltd.)

Also Known As: New Gay News.

Note: No. 1 (June 1972)- Ceased in 1983. Important British fortnightly widely distributed throughout the UK in the 1970s.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY    OVERSIZE    HQ75 .G365     [1972-1982] [no.1 - no.251.]

Gay Sunshine. (Berkeley , Calif., Gay Sunshine)

Also Known As: Gay Sunshine Journal.

Note: No. 1 (1970)-no. 46 (1981). A journal of gay liberation. Noted for its poetry, fiction and literary criticism.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS     RICHARDS OVERSIZE    HQ76 .G28     [1970-80] [no.2 - no.43.]

2001. Volume 7, Issue 3 GLQ: a journal of lesbian and gay studies. (Yverdon , Switzerland, Gordon and Breach Publishers)

Also Known As: Gay Lesbian Quarterly.

Note: Vol. 1, no. 1 (1993)- present. Available online through the U of S catalogue
(access: U of S patrons only)

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75.15 .G57    2001 v.7 no.3.
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

April, 1979 Gay Peoples Union. (Milwaukee, Wis., The Union)

Also Known As: GPU News.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB     HQ75 .G3     [1972-80] [v.1 - v.10 no.1.]

 


April, 1975. Volume 2, Number 2 Homosexual Counseling Journal: the quarterly journal of the Homosexual Community Counseling Center. (New York, The Center)

Also Known As: Homosexual Counseling Journal.

Note: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1974)-v. 3 no. 2 (Apr. 1976).

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .H65     1974-76 v.1 - v.3 no.2.

January 1979. Volume 6, Number 1 It's Time: monthly newsletter of the National Gay Task Force. (New York, National Gay Task Force)

Also Known As: It Is Time, Newsletter of the National Gay Task Force, Task Force report (National Gay Task Force).

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .I.8     [1974-79] [v.1 no.2 -- v.6 no.5.]
  • MURRAY LIB    OVERSIZE    HQ75 .I.8     [1980-81] [v.7 no.5 - v.8 no.3.]

2002. Volume 44, Number 1 Journal of Homosexuality. (New York, Haworth Press)

Note: Vol. 1 (fall 1974)- ongoing. Journal publishing academic articles in the humanities and social sciences.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .J86     1974-2008 v.1 - v.55
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION.

Lambda Book Report. Lambda Book Report. (Washington , D.C., Lambda Rising, Inc.)

Also Known As: Book Report, Lambda Rising Book Report.

Note: Vol. 2, no. 3 (Feb./Mar. 1990)- ongoing. A contemporary review of gay & lesbian literature. Available online at http://www.lambdalit.org/
<This link is unavailable as of May 2006>

U of S Library has:
  • STORAGE PN56 .H57L36     [1990-2001] [v.2 no.3 - v.9 no.11.]
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

Law and Sexuality. Law and Sexuality. (New Orleans , La., Published and edited by students of Tulane University School of Law)

Note: Vol. 1 (summer 1991)- ongoing. Subtitle varies: a review of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legal issues beginning with v. 7, 1995-1997-

U of S Library has:
  • LAW-SERIALS     Law Serials .L415S194     1991- present v.1 -
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

November, 1973 The Lesbian Tide. (Los Angeles, Tide Collective)

Note: 1971-1980. Lesbian journal remembered for the high quality of its news coverage and editorial opinion.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB   HQ75 .L47    [Mar. 1972 - May/June 1979.]
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

Mattachine Review. Mattachine Review. (Los Angeles, Mattachine Society, Inc.)

Note: 1955-1966. Began with: Vol. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1955); ceased with: vol. 12, no.1 (July 1966). Early Mattachine review.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ75 .M37     1955-66 v.1 no.1 -- v.12 no.1.

March and June 1977 Mouth of the Dragon. ( New York, Mouth of the Dragon)

Note: no.1- May 1974 - 1980. Quarterly journal of gay male poetry.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB     PS595 .H65M68     [1974-77] [no.2-5,7-8,10-12.]

August 1962 New York Mattachine Times. (New York, Mattachine Society of New York)

Also Known As: New York Mattachine Newsletter.

Note: Began with: Aug. 1970.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .N47     [1971 July - 1974]

December 31, 1990 New York Native. (New York, That New Magazine, Inc.)

Note: 1980- 1994. A weekly newsmagazine for both lesbians and gay men. Although focused on New York it carried national news reports and became well known for its coverage of AIDS and gay responses to the epidemic.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB   OVERSIZE    HQ75 .N48     [1980-1994] [no.2 - no.563.]

Number 58 New Zealand Gay News. (Auckland , N.Z., Gay Pub. Collective)

Also Known As: Out.

Note: No. [1] (June 1975)-no. 14 (July/Aug. 1977).

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB   HQ75 .O.88     1975-77 no.1 - no.14.

April-May 1956 One. (Los Angeles, One, Inc.)

Note: Begins in 1953. The first openly gay or lesbian national publication in the United States . The magazine included personal essays, short stories, poems, historical studies and book reviews. In 1954 US postal officials seized and refused to mail an issue, calling its contents obscene and lascivious, prompting a long legal battle. In 1958 the justices of the US Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decisions of lower courts and established the right of gay publications to be distributed through the mail.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    HQ75 .O.54     1953-67. v.1-v.15
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

Summer 1989. Outlook. (San Francisco, Out/Look Foundation)

Also Known As: Out/look.

Note: Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1988)-v. 5, no. 1 (summer 1992). National lesbian & gay quarterly.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB    HQ75 .O.98     1988-92 v.1 - v.4.4

Outlooks. (Calgary)

Note: [1997]- Subtitle varies; issues for Mar. 2002- have subtitle: Canada 's gay community magazine. Imprint varies.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ75 .O.99 Jan. 1998 - #200, 2012

Issue 29 Perceptions. (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.)

Also Known As: Gay and Lesbian Perceptions.

Note: No. 1 (Mar/Apr. 1983 - Sept. 1983). Eight times a year. The gay newsmagazine of the prairies. See the Perceptions pages for further information and index to this publication.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - RICHARDS    HQ76.3 .C3G3     1983- no.1 - present.

Number 12 Pink Book. (Amsterdam, COC-magazijn)

Also Known As: IGA Pink Book, ILGA Pink Book.

Note: Irregular, 1985- ongoing. An annual global view of lesbian and gay liberation and oppression.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB     HQ76.5 .P55     1985 - 1988.
  • LAW-STACKS     HQ76.5 .P55     1993.

October/November 1980 Prairie Woman. (Saskatoon, Prairie Woman Collective)

Also Known As: Saskatoon Women's Liberation Newsletter.

Note: 1977 - 1980. Contributors included several who identified themselves as lesbians. Some lesbian content.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-OVERSIZE    HQ1101 .S25     1977-80 v.1 no.2 - 1980 Oct./Nov.

April 1990. Volume 6, Number 20 Rites for Lesbian and Gay Liberation. (Toronto, Rites Pub.)

Note: Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1984)-v. 8 (1991). A monthly journal aimed at a national audience.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    OVERSIZE    HQ75 .R57 1984-1991 v.1 -v.7.

April 2005. Sensible Shoes. (Regina, Sensible Shoes News) sensibleshoes@writeme.com

Note: Subtitle: the newsletter of Saskatchewan's lesbian communities.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ76.3 .C3S4     Apr. 1995 - Dec. 2006.

April 2001 Swerve. (Winnipeg, Swerve Media Inc.)

Note: Subtitle varies. The monthly newsmagazine for Winnipeg's gay/lesbian communities.

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ75 .S9     1995- 2006 (Continued by Outwords Inc.)

Tangents, Oct. 1965. Tangents. (Hollywood, Tangents.)

U of S Library has:

  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ75 .T16     1965 - 1967.
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION

2001. Issue 3 Torquere: Journal of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association/Revue de la Societe canadienne des etudes lesbiennes et gaies. (Edmonton, The Association/L'Association)

Note: Annual. Vol. 1 (1999)- ongoing. Printed at the University of Alberta Press ; situated at the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta.

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY    HQ75 .T6     1999-2001 v.1 - v.3

April 2006 Wayves (Halifax, Wayves)

Also Known As: Wayves for Atlantic Canadians.

Note: Available online at: http://www.wayves.ca. Wiki entry of the magazine's history: http://gay.hfxns.org/WayvesMagazine.

U of S Library has:

  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS     HQ76 .W32     1995 - 2012.

October 23, 2003 Xtra! (Toronto, Pink Triangle Press)

Also Known As: Xtra, Body politic Xtra.

Note: Began with: No. 13 (Sept. 1, 1984). A free biweekly tabloid of news, reviews and commentary distributed in Toronto and Southern Ontario. Available online at http://www.xtra.ca/

U of S Library has:
  • MURRAY LIB     OVERSIZE    HQ75 .X77     [1995 - 2008.]
  • MURRAY-MICROFORM STACKS     HQ75 .X77     1984 - 1994
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS OVERSIZE     HQ75 .X77     [1987 - #791 Feb.19, 2015.] [#84-142]
  • ALSO ONLINE VERSION

Xtra West. (Vancouver, Pink Triangle Press)

Note: 1993- ongoing. Vancouver's gay & lesbian biweekly. Issue no. 1 preceded by unnumbered "preview issue" dated July 30, 1993. Available online at http://www.xtra.ca/

U of S Library has:
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-RICHARDS    HQ75 .X79     1993-#515 2013
  • ALSO AN ONLINE VERSION