In the UK, February marks LGBT+ History month, an initiative started by the education charity Schools OUT. Now in its twentieth year, the month provides an opportunity for LGBTQ+ people from a variety of backgrounds to explore their histories. You can learn more about the national campaign here.

This year, our display highlights some lesser known queer stories in history, from the medieval islamicate world to Brighton in the 50s and 60s. Be sure to check out the physical books on display, as well as our e-book display below.

Oxford University members can access all e-books remotely by signing into SOLO with their ‘Single Sign On.’ Click on the book covers below to view the SOLO records for some of the featured texts.

Our physical display includes:

1. Black on Both Sides : A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton.
2. Re-Dressing: America’s Frontier Past by Peter Boag.
3. Daring Hearts : Lesbian and Gay Lives of 50s and 60s Brighton by The Brighton Ourstory Project.
4. Male Colors : The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan by Gary P. Leupp.
5. Masculinity, Class and Same-sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 by Helen Smith.
6. Islamicate Sexualities : Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire, edited by Kathryn Babayan and Afsaneh Najmabadi.
7. Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam.
8. The Pink Triangle by Richard Plant.
9. True Sex : The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Emily Skidmore.
10. Autobiography of an Androgyne by Ralph Werther/Earl Lind, edited by Scott Herring.
11. Intimate Friends : Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928 by Martha Vicinus.
12. Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson.
13. Gay Life and Culture : A World History by Robert Aldrich.
14. Good as You by Paul Flynn.
15. It’s Not Unusual: A History of Lesbian and Gay Britain in the Twentieth Century by Alkarim Jivani.
16. Out on Stage by Alan Sinfield.