West Virginia and Regional History Center
Edward Sebesta, Collector, Publications on Gay Life
Sebesta, Edward
A&M 4574
Archival Resource Key
/repositories/2/resources/6963
1.08 Linear Feet
1 flat storage box, 3 in.; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 document case, 5 in.
circa 1970-1988
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
English
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward Sebesta, 2020 (three accessions).
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Edward Sebesta, Collector, Publications on Gay Life, A&M 4574, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
This collection and its addenda are made up of publications including newspapers, booklets, magazines and comics. Publications include
<part>Gay Sunshine</part>, <part>Gay Comix</part>, <part>Christopher Street</part>and other materials published throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Material from the original donation can be found in boxes 1 and 2. Addendum 2020-10-09 can be found in boxes 2 and 3. Addendum 2020-03-04 can be found in boxes 1 and 4. Box 3 also includes a note pertaining to the donor's interpretation of the material in addendum 2020-10-09.Certain materials in this collection depict full nudity and include explicit sexual references.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Bibliography
Edward Sebesta is a gay historian, activist, and author. Sebesta is a local of Dallas, Texas and as of 2022 has been actively fighting for gay rights in Texas. Sebesta's work includes
<part>Disable, Defeat and Demolish Homophobic Christianity</part>, <part>Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction</part>, and <part>Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost Cause"</part>.
Gay culture
LGBT activism
Sebesta, Edward
Gay Sunshine Press
Gay Comix
<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 1, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201559198011<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 2, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201560198111<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 3, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201561198211<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 4, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201562198311<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 6, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201563198511<part>Gay Comix</part> No. 7, published by Kitchen Sink Comic, Inc., Princeton, WI.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201564198611<part>Watch Out Comix</part>, "Gay Satire from San Francisco," by Carl Vaughn Frick, published by Last Gasp, San Francisco.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201565198612<part>Gay Heart Throbs</part> No. 2, published by Larry Fuller Presents, San Francisco.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201566197912"Changing views of homosexuality," by Elizabeth Ogg, Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 563, published by Public Affairs CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201567197813"Radical America: Gay Rights &The Left," July-August 1977, Vol. 2 No. 4 issue of "Radical America." Alternative Education Project, Inc., 60 Union Square, Massachusetts, 02143.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2015681977 August13"Growing Up Gay: A Youth Liberation Pamphlet," Youth Liberation Press, Ann Arbor, MichiganArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201569197613"Homophobia and Education: How to Deal With Name Calling," special issue of the <part>Bulletin of Interracial Books for Children</part>, Vol. 14, No. 3&4Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201570198313"Gays on Campus," J. Lee Lehman, editor, of the National Gay Student Center for the United States National Students Association, Washington, D.C.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201571197513"Come Out: selections from the radical gay liberation newspaper," anthology of articles from <part>COME OUT!</part>, published by Gay Liberation Front. 62 pages.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201572197014"Who's Behind the Gay Rights Movement," identified as "A Gay Civil Rights Support Packet," by the National Gay Task Force, New York, New York, 29 pages.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201573198014"Censored, Ignored, Over-Looked, Too Expensive: How to Get Gay Materials into Libraries," by Stuart R. Miller, published by the Gay Task Force, American Library Association, Coordinator, Barbara Gittings, P.O. Box 2383, Philadelphia, PA.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201574197914"The Homosexual Imagination," Special Issue of College English, Vol. 36 No. 3, edited by Louis Crew and Rictor Norton.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2015751974 November14<part>Christopher Street</part>, The Life and Death of Harvey Milk by Randy ShiltsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2015761979 March15<part>GPU News</part> by Liberation Publications, Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Vol. 8, No. 9.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201577197915<part>Alternate</part>, Special Gay Artist Issue, vol. 2, no. 12. Published by John H. Embry.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2015781980 April15"Gay Yellow Pages: The National Edition," USA & Canada for Gay Women and Men, No. 8, Fall/Winter 1976/77.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201579197715"A Gay Bibliography" published by the Task Force on Gay Liberation Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association, Fifth Edition.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201580197516"Homosexuality in Ancient Greek and Roman Civilization: A critical bibliography with supplement," Canadian Gay Archives, Pub. No. 6, Toronto, compiled by Beert C. Verstraete.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201581198216<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Vol. 1 No. 1 Spring 1979. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201582197917<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Vol. 1 No. 2, Summer 1979. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201583197917<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Vol 1. No. 3, Winter 1979. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201584197917<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Fall 1980 No. 4. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201585198017<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Spring 1981 No. 5. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201586198117<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Fall 1981 No. 6. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201587198117<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Spring 1982, No. 7. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201588198218<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Fall/Winter 1982, No. 8. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201589198218<part>Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Spring/Summer 1983, No. 9. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201590198318<part>The Cabirion and Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Winter/Spring 1984, No. 10. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201591198418<part>The Cabirion and Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Fall/Winter 1984, No. 11. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201592198418<part>The Cabirion and Gay Books Bulletin</part>, Spring/Summer 1985, No. 12. Published by the Scholarship Committee of the Gay Academic Union.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201593198518<part>With Downcast Gays: Aspects of homosexual self-oppression</part> by Andrew Hodges and David Hutter. Pink Triangle Press edition. 1977Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201594197721<part>With Downcast Gays: Aspects of homosexual self-oppression</part> by Andrew Hodges and David Hutter. Pomegranate Press edition, October 1978.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2015951978 October21"20 Questions about Homosexuality: A political primer," Gay Activists Alliance, New York.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201596undated21"Unauthorized Sexual Behavior during the Enlightenment," edited by Robert P. Maccubbin. <part>Oxford University Press</part>Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201597undated21<part>Gay Academic Union Journal</part> GAI SABER Series, Vol. 1 No. 1 Spring 1977Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201598197722<part>Gay Academic Union Journal</part> GAI SABER Series, Vol. 1 No. 2 Summer 1977.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201599197722<part>Gay Academic Union Journal</part> GAI SABER Series, Vol. 1 No. 3-4, Summer 1978Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201600197822GAI SABER Monograph No.2 "Reflections on the American Homosexual Rights Movement," by Jim Levin. "Afterword" by Wayne Dynes., published by
the Gay Scholarship Committee, Gay Academic Union, 1983, New York, New York. Pages 67.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201601198323"Dangerous Trends in Feminism," by John Lauritsen, Nov. 27, 1976. New York City. Gay Academic Union Conference.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2016021976-1123<part>Gay Academic Union Newsletter</part>, Vol. 1 No. 1 Spring 1978. "GAU HQ Moves to Los Angeles."Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201603197823GAI SABER Monograph No. 1, "Homosexuality, Intolerance, and Christianity: A Critical Examination of John Boswell's Work," The Scholarship Committee, Gay Academic Union, New York City.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201604198123Collected clippings from <part>Christopher Street</part>, a magazine pertaining to sexuality and gay lifeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2016051979-198131Collected clippings from magazines and a draft manuscript, pertaining to sexuality and gay lifeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2016061971-197632Collected loose leaf copies of <part>Mother Jones</part>, article titled "The Military and Lesbians during the McCarthy Years," and other portions of publications pertaining to sexuality and gay lifeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2016071983, undated33Collected clippings of newspapers and magazines pertaining to sexuality and gay lifeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/2016081977-198334<part>Fag Rag, Gay Sunshine</part>, "Fifth Anniversary of Stonewall," Summer 1974Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201609197441<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 10Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201610undated42<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 11Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201611undated42<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 12. April 1972Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201612197242<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 14Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201613undated42<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 15Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201614undated42<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 17, March-April 1973Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201615197343<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 18, June-July 1973Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201616197343<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 19, September-October 1973Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201617197343<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 20, January-February 1974Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201618197443<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 21, Spring 1974Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201619197443<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 23Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201620undated44<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 24, Spring 1975Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201621197544<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 25, Summer 1975Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201622197544<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 26/27, Winter 1975-1976Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201623197645<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 28, Spring 1976Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201624197645<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 29/30 Summer/Fall 1976Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201625197645<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 31, Winter 1977Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201626197746<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 32, Spring 1977Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201627197746<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 33/34, Summer/Fall 1977Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201628197746<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 35, Winter 1978Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201629197847<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 36/37, Spring/Summer 1978Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201630197847<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 38/39, Winter 1979Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201631197947<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 40/41, Summer/Fall 1979Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201632197948<part>Gay Sunshine</part> No. 42/43, 1980Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/201633198048