Archives, Libraries, and Oral Histories

• LAMBDA Archives of San Diego
  • Location: San Diego, CA
  • Focus: San Diego (local archive)
• The Lavender Effect 
  • Location: Los Angles, CA
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ (general); video/oral histories
• Leather Archives and Museum
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Focus: leather/kink
• Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive
  • Location: Allentown, PA
  • Focus: Eastern Pennsylvania (local archive)
• Lesbian Herstory Archives
  • Location: Brooklyn, NY
  • Focus:  Lesbian
• Leslie-Lohman Museum
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ (general) art collection
• LGBT Center of Central PA History Project
  • Location: Harrisburg, PA
  • Focus: Central PA (local archive)
• LGBTQ History Digital Collaboratory
  • Location: Toronto, Ontario
  • Focus: digital/oral histories
• LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library
  • Location: Iowa City, Iowa
  • Focus: Iowa (local archive)
• LGBT Religious Archives Network
  • Location:
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ religious movements
• Madison LGBTQ+ Archive
  • Location: Madison, WI
  • Focus: Madison (local archive)
• The Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archive of Western New York
  • Location: Buffalo, NY
  • Focus: western NY/southern Ontario (local archive)
• Making Gay History
  • Location: Unknown
  • Focus: podcast/oral histories
• Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
  • Location: South Hadley, MA
  • Focus: Mount Holyoke College (local archive)
• National AIDS Memorial
  • Location: San Francisco, CA
  • Focus: AIDS Memorial Quilt
• Northwest Lesbian Gay Museum Project
  • Location: Seattle, WA
  • Focus: Seattle and Pacific Northwest (local archive)
• One National Gay & Lesbian Archives
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ (general)
• Outspoken: Oral History from LGBTQ Pioneers
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Focus: video/audio/oral histories
• Out Alliance Library & Archives
  • Location: Rochester, NY
  • Focus: Upstate New York (local archive)
• Outwards Archives
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
  • Focus: elders- videos/oral histories
• Quatrefoil Library
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ (general)- educational, social and recreational opportunities
• Queer Zine Archive Project
  • Location: Unknown
  • Focus: Queer zines
• Rainbow History Project 
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Focus: DC Metro Area (local archive)
• River Campus Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections AIDS Education Posters
  • Location: Rochester, New York
  • Focus: AIDS posters
• The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria
  • Location: Victoria, British Columbia
  • Focus: Trans+
• Transgender Media Portal
  • Location: Ottawa, Ontario
  • Focus: Trans + and Two-spirit- videos/films
• The Trans + Gender Project
  • Location: (digital archive)
  • Focus: Trans+ etymology
• Tucson LGBTQ Museum
  • Location: Tucson, AZ
  • Focus: Tucson (local archive)
• UAA/APU Consortium Library – LGBT collections
  • Location: Anchorage, Alaska
  • Focus: Alaska (local archive)
• University of Texas at San Antonio – LGBTQ Publications
  • Location: San Antonio, TX
  • Focus: San Antonio, Texas (local archive)
• Visual AIDS – Archive and Oral History Projects
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Focus: HIV/AIDs, visual arts

Other Research Resources

• Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section of the Society of American Archivists
  • Professional organization for archivists working with LGBTQ collections.
• Lambda Literary Foundation
  • Publishes reviews of LGBTQ books every month on their website and offers awards annually each spring.
• American Library Association
  • Rainbow
    • Founded in 1970, Rainbow is the LGBTQ round table of the American Library Association.  In addition to providing connections between professionals in the field, each year they offer the Stonewall Book Awards.
  • Suggested Bibliographies
    • The American Library Association also publishes suggested bibliographies of titles of relevance to additional segments of the LGBTQ population.
      • Asian LGBTQ
      • Black LGBTQ
      • LGBTQ with Disabilities
      • LGBTQ Latinos/Latinas
      • LGBTQ Teens
  • Guidelines for an LGBTQ friendly library
  • Additional ALA LGBTQ resources 

Community Resources

Health

• Addiction Center
  • Location: (National Resource)
  • Focus: Addiction
• Bicycle Health
  • Location: (National Resource) Online resource
  • Focus: Opioid addiction
• Elemy
  • Location: (National Resource)
  • Focus: Gender identity, autism, mental health
• Granite Recovery Centers
  • Location: Multiple locations (National Resource)
  • Focus: Addiction
• Rehab Spot
  • Location: Multiple locations (National Resource)
  • Focus: Addiction
• Sunshine Behavioral Health
  • Location: Multiple locations 
  • Focus: Addiction

Advocacy

• All Connect
  • Location: Fort Mill, SC
  • Focus: LGBTQ+ youth
• CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
  • Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Focus:  Umbrella organization for LGBT Community Centers
• The Nursing Home Abuse Center
  • Location: Chesnut Hills, MA
  • Focus: Advocating for LGBTQ Elderly

Politics/Legal

• FormsPal
  • Location: (online resource)
  • Focus: free legal templates
• Out for America
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Focus:  Elevating LGBTQ Elected Officials