LGBTQ+ History Sources

Secondary Source List

Review the following secondary sources on LGBTQ+ history and select two that most closely support your research question.

• Ball, Molly. (2015, July 1). How Gay Marriage Became a Constitutional Right. The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/gay-marriage-supreme-court-politics-activism/397052/
• History of Gay Marriage. (2019, June 13). ProCon.org. gaymarriage.procon.org/history-of-gay-marriage/
• Hunt, Jerome. (2011, July 19). A History of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Center for American Progress. www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/news/2011/07/19/10006/a-history-of-the-employment-non-discrimination-act/
• Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement. (n.d.). American Experience, PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/
• Stonewall Riots. (n.d.). History.com. www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots
• Totenberg, Nina. (2020, June 15). Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory to LGBTQ Employees. NPR. www.npr.org/2020/06/15/863498848/supreme-court-delivers-major-victory-to-lgbtq-employees
• Walsh, Colleen. (2019, June 27). Stonewall Then and Now. The Harvard Gazette. www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/06/harvard-scholars-reflect-on-the-history-and-legacy-of-the-stonewall-riots

Primary Source List

Review the following primary sources on LGBTQ+ history and select two that most closely support your research question.

• Freedom to Marry Oral History Project. (2017, April 10.) Berkeley Library, University of California. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2017/04/10/freedom-to-marry/
• Interviews. (n.d.). ACT UP Oral History Project. www.actuporalhistory.org/interviews/index.html
• Miller, Jacob. (n.d.). 25 Photos from The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation of 1993. History Collection. www.historycollection.com/25-photos-march-washington-lesbian-gay-bi-equal-rights-liberation-1993/
• Rustin, Bayard. (1986). From Montgomery to Stonewall. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. www.rustin.org/wp-content/uploads/centennial/1986%20From%20Montgomery%20to%20Stonewall.pdf
• Stonewall and Its Impact on the Gay Liberation Movement. (n.d.). Digital Public Library of America. www.dp.la/primary-source-sets/stonewall-and-its-impact-on-the-gay-liberation-movement
• Who Was at Stonewall? (n.d.). American Experience, PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-participants/

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If you are not finding a secondary or primary source that has the information you need, you are welcome to use sources from outside of this list.

You can also return to the course concepts related to your topic for links to the primary and secondary sources referenced in the instruction.