*The Library now has access to LGBT Magazine Archive until 31st July 2024. See New! LGBT Magazine Archive*
I’m happy to let you know that just in time for LGBT History Month the Library currently has trial access to the LGBT Magazine Archive from ProQuest. This new primary source database is a searchable archive of major periodicals devoted to LGBT+ interests, dating from the 1950s through to recent years.
You can access this digital resource via the E-resources trials page.
Access on-campus is direct, for off-campus access you must use VPN.
Trial access ends 28th February 2019.
Front cover of Gay Times, December 2005. From LGBT Magazine Archive.
The archives of magazines serving LGBT+ communities are of central importance for research into LGBT history, often being the principal sources for the documentation of gay cultures, lives, and events. Researchers consulting these publications may trace the history and evolution of myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture, including legal contexts, health, lifestyle, politics, social attitudes, activism, gay rights, and arts/literature. Despite the value of these publications for research, however, locating the backfiles in print format has been difficult for researchers as they have not typically been collected by libraries.
The archives of leading but previously hard-to-find magazines are included in LGBT Magazine Archive, including many of the longest-running, most influential publications of this type. This includes the pre-eminent US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay News and its successor publication Gay Times, respectively. As well as titles such as The Pink Paper, Just for Us and Transgender Tapestry.
Front cover of The Pink Paper, 22 July 1989. From LGBT Magazine Archive. © Condé Nast
LGBT Magazine Archive provides indispensable material for dedicated LGBT studies and broader gender/sexuality research, while also catering to interests in many related fields, such as 20th-century history, sociology, health studies, political science, and psychology.
Access LGBT Magazine Archive via e-resources trials (access on-campus is direct, for off-campus access you must use VPN.).
Access available until 28th February 2019.
Feedback welcome.
Some publications may contain explicit content.
You can access all the newspaper and magazine digital archives already available at the Library via the Newspapers and Magazines list.
Access is only available to current students and staff at University of Edinburgh.
Caroline Stirling – Academic Support Librarian for School of Social and Political Science
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