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LGBT Sources in the Louisiana Research Collection

The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) holds a wide variety of sources documenting the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities of Louisiana. This guide provides an overview of these sources.

Louisiana Research Collection

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Lee Miller
Contact:
Manuscript Librarian

Special Collections, Jones Hall

Tulane University

New Orleans LA 70118
Website

Archival Collections

Sources for Louisiana LGBT History and Culture

Tulane University Special Collection

specialcollections@tulane.edu

Periodicals

Books

A search of our online catalog using the subject heading “Gays – Louisiana” brings up dozens of titles, with more being added every month. Important recent publications include Clayton Delery-Edwards’s The Upstairs Lounge Arson and Frank Perez’s My Gay New Orleans: 28 Personal Reminiscences on LGBT+ Life in New Orleans. We have a particular interest in collecting LGBT+ literature, fiction, and poetry.

Ephemera

LaRC’s collection of ephemera – small printed items intended for a short lifespan, including pamphlets, flyers, bulletins, programs, menus, and more – includes extensive LGBT holdings. These files can be searched by the name of a particular organization or business using the “Ephemera” tab on our website.

  • Benevolent Societies.
    • New Orleans Center for Living
    • New Orleans Women against AIDS
    • Project Lazarus
  • Business Organizations.
    • New Orleans Gay/Lesbian Business & Professional Association
  • Carnival.
    • Krewes.
      • Celestial Knights
      • La Cage aux Folles
      • Lords of Leather
      • Mardi Gras Merrymen
      • Olympus
      • Petronius
      • Polyphemus
  • Churches.
      • Metropolitan Community Church
      • Second Stone
      • Word Harvesters
    • Catholic Organizations.
      • Voices in the Desert
  • Civil Rights.
    • Organizations.
      • Lesbian & Gay Conference        
      • People’s Coalition for Gay Rights
      • Pink Triangle Alliance
  • Communications.
    • Punch Line
  • Directories.
    • New Orleans Gay and Lesbian Yellow Pages
  • Entertainment.
    • Bars
      • Bourbon Pub
      • Good Friends
      • Gregory’s
      • Hits
      • Jewel’s
      • Lafitte’s
      • Lido
      • Loading Zone
      • Louisiana Purchase
      • Lucille’s and Friend
      • Mint
      • Moulin Rouge
      • Oz
      • Partners
      • Paw Paw’s
      • Phoenix
      • Play it Again Sam
      • Refuge
      • Shakey Jake’s
      • Tiger’s
      • Tracks
      • TTs West
      • Wood Enterprises
    • Private Clubs.
      • Country Club
    • Theater.
      • Theatre Marigny
      • Toulouse Street Theater
      • True Brew Theater
      • Zeitgeist
  • Fairs and Festivals.
    • Gay Pride
    • Leather/ Levi Lexicon
    • Miss Gay Fashion of Louisiana
    • Miss Gay Louisiana Pageant
    • Mr. Gulf Coast
    • Mr. New Orleans Contest
    • New Orleans Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival
    • Priscilla Wig Contest
  • Health Organizations.
    • NO/AIDS Task Force
  • Organizations.
    • Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
    • Homosexual Information Center
    • Lesbian and Gay Community Center of New Orleans
    • New Orleans Alliance of Pride
    • New Orleans Rainbow Family
    • Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – New Orleans
  • Literature.
    • Ambush Magazine
    • Projector
    • Pulse
    • Q
    • Q.U.E.E.R.zine
    • Rhetoric, Rhyme, and Reason
    • Rooster
    • Small Change
    • Tattler
    • Vieux Carre Verite
    • Whiz
    • Wyrdo Weekly
  • Music.
    • Choral.
      • New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus
  • New Orleans Businesses.
    • Royal Launderette
    • Royal Street Grocery
    • Tommys Flower Power Mart
  • New Orleans Mayor’s Office.
    • Advisory Committee on Lesbian & Gay Issues
  • Newspapers.
    • Impact
  • Political Organizations.
    • Equality Louisiana
    • Lavender Left
    • Louisiana Lesbian and Gay Political Action Caucus
  • Religious Organizations.
    • Jewish Congregations.
      • Lambda Chai
  • Restaurants.
      • Quarter Master
      • St. Ann’s Deli
    • Coffee Houses.
      • Kaldi’s
      • Until Waiting Fills
  • Tourism.
    • New Orleans.
      • New Orleans Informer
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