A significant collection of digitised primary source material, comprising:
1. LGBTQ History & Culture Since 1940 I and II - material drawn mostly from archives in the US and UK
2. Sex and Sexuality 16th to 20th century - more than 5000 digitised rare books drawn from the British Library Private Case, Alfred C. Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, and the New York Academy of Medicine
3. International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture - draws on 3 important collections: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), South Africa; Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives; Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York

Online hub for digitised materials on transgender history (including primary sources), born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.

Major US libraries & academic libraries partnered through the Big Ten Open Books project to make 100 titles in gender & sexuality freely available. Most have a US emphasis

International data vocabulary, first conceived in 1997, of LGBTQ terms that supports improved access to LGBTQ resources within cultural institutions

Global Facebook network of academics & activists focusing on LGBT sexualities.

London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) project collecting a wide range of zines, covering many areas: feminist, sexuality, etc. Some have been digitised

This Library database has archived the full text files of 26 of the most influential, serial publications covering LGBT interests. Includes the pre-eminent US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay Times, respectively. Chronicles more than six decades of the history and culture of the LGBT community.

Handy portal drawing together, under broad categories, journal articles from major publisher SAGE

Formerly the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Interesting project archiving queer zines.

Podcast series relating stories of Queer Africans on the continent and diaspora

International network of scholars and activists, offers a research journal and other open resources

Portal to gay and transgender web resources focusing on South Asia

UK's longest established (1966) organisation for the transgender community.

Selected highlights from the extensive archives at the Bishopsgate Institute, the leading cultural & community centre for the City of London

Variety of digital resources collated by the British Library

Small collection of films & documentaries relating to LGBTQ+ issues

Offers some digitised items that give an idea of the extensive collections of the GWL

This isn't an academic resource (anyone can contribute), but it does contain a huge amount of useful information for anyone working in this area

Handy guide for researching LGBTQ+ history in the UKs official archives and beyond

Project (1986-2004) to document the lived experiences of Lesbian & Gay individuals in the UK. The archive is housed at the Mass Observation Unit, University of Sussex

Initiated in the 1980s and now one of the largest sexuality surveys in the world, carried out approximately every 10 years by UCL and other partners. Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service

ILGA-Europe produces Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex People, with index ranking countries on LGBTI laws & policies

Data for the UK, based on its Annual Population Survey.

UK gay rights organisation. Conducts an annual survey to produce its Workplace Equality Index and annual list of top LGBTQ employers.

Voice of the transgender community in Europe. Useful resources section.

Pioneering UK periodical with international content that challenged gender binaries. Published 1916-1940 & digitised by LSE

Video recordings by a diverse range of LGBTIQ+ individuals from the area

Established organisation, concerned to ensure fair representation of homosexuality in the media.

Part of the larger JSTOR Reveal Digital project, this collection of digitised primary source publications chronicles the rise of the Gay & Lesbian movement in 1970s US

Portal to LGBTQ oral histories from US & Canada

University of Houston Libraries complete digitised run (1980-2006) of this notable LGBTQ newspaper from Houston, Texas

Undertakes policy oriented research to improve the situation of the LGBT population in the US

Founded in 1952, ONE is the oldest active LGBTQ organisation in the US. It's library & archives are the largest in the world in this sphere, and were deposited with University of Southern California Libraries in 2010.

Useful source for US gay history, founded by Jonathan Katz in 2008.