Explore the Library’s LGBTQ+ & Queer Studies Research Guide

Young people photographed from behind at a Pride event with a spectator wearing a rainbow flag.

This Pride Month, the Library invites you to explore our LGBTQ+ & Queer Studies Research Guide.

Our guide, while primarily curated for student and faculty researchers, can help all Georgetown students, faculty, and staff navigate the myriad resources in our digital collections and highlight helpful databases full of articles, books, photos, posters, and other materials on gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and queer culture.

These resources include:

Archives of Sexuality & Gender

A robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.

Digital Transgender Archive

An online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.

In Response to the AIDS Crisis: Records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1983-1994

Reports, hearing transcripts, press clippings, and other correspondence of the Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic and the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (NCAIDS). Part of Archives Unbound.

Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present

A collection of primary source materials drawn from more than 300 repositories, including conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of international women activists dating as far back as the mid-nineteenth century.

LGBTQ Histories at Georgetown

A simple-to-navigate website preserving the history of Georgetown’s LGBTQ Resource Center, including interviews and reflections from students, faculty, and staff.

Films on Demand

20,000 streaming documentaries, educational films, and instructional videos from the Films Media Group, including many exploring LGBTQ+ history and culture. Collections include Humanities & Social Sciences and Archival Films & Newsreels.