Welcome to the Gender and Sexuality Studies Guide - giving you information on library resources and services relating to gender and queer studies.
The Queer Britain collection, accessible for free via the BFI Player, explores screen representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives over the past century.
Use these databases to search for and view documentaries, interviews, films, and other moving pictures:
The following databases provide access to a wide range of historical documents relevant to learning, teaching and research in queer history e.g. government documents, newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, personal papers and other primary sources.
The School of Scottish Studies Archives and Library have recently created a Research Guide to LGBTQ+ literature in their collection. You can download this resource from the attachment below. For more information about the SSSA and it's collections, please visit their webpages:
School of Scottish Studies Archives & Library
You can also find out more about LGBTQ+ resources in the Centre for Research Collections using the information found on their web pages:
The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality by 
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture by The School of Scottish Studies Archives team are working on an initiative entitled 'Queering the Archive'.
From their inaugural blog post on the topic:
This initiative aims to increase representation of LGBT+ records within our collections. 
Queering the Archive will hope to investigate the gaps in our collections and cataloging to improve LGBT+ representation with aims for further development and active archiving in the future. The initiative is a part of our 70th Anniversary plans and will be included in a series of events over the rest of the year. The initiative will allow us to go forward in improving marginalised and underrepresented voices and material.
The blog posts published thus far contain a range of resources from the archive and discussions regarding the representation of LGBT+ people in the Galleries, Museums, Archives and Libraries (GLAM) sector, and contain many references to further material. You can find much more information about this work on the SSSA blog under the Queering the Archive tag, or contact information for the Archives team can be found on the School of Scottish Studies web pages. Alternatively, staff and students may request access to the Queering the Archive sharepoint site (UoE login required).
A Practical Guide to Searching Lgbtqia Historical Records by 
Queering the Museum by 
