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Lesbian & Gay Pulp Fiction

Introduction

This guide offers an overview of the Rubenstein Library's lesbian and gay pulp fiction collections.

Lesbian Pulps
Includes selected annotated bibliography of highlights from our collection and an essay about the genre.
Gay Pulps
Includes links to catalog searches for gay pulps and background about the collection and the genre.
Secondary Sources
Books, websites, films, and other resources about queer pulp fiction.

Other Queer Pulp Fiction Collections

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
West Hollywood, CA
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Brooklyn, NY
Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection @ Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passions Uncovered
An exhibition of selected book covers from gay, lesbian and transgender-themed vintage paperbacks held by the University of Saskatchewan Library’s Special Collections Division

Online Essays about Queer Pulp Fiction

Lesbian Pulp Novels, 1935-1965
Essay by Anastasia Jones (PhD candidate, Yale Department of History), February 23, 2009
Pulp Fiction Helped Define American Lesbianism
By Erin Blakemore, via JSTOR Daily, August 1, 2019