Additional Resources
OLOC is not officially connected to these resources, but may be of interest to you.
ARCHIVES HOLDING OLOC AFFILIATES’ MATERIALS —
We encourage lesbians to preserve our herstory.
- Australia, Melbourne:
The Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
alga.org.au
Victorian Women’s Liberation and Lesbian Feminist Archives
www.vwllfa.org.au - California, Los Angeles:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries
www.onearchives.org/ - California, Oakland:
Bay Area Lesbian Archives
www.bayarealesbianarchives.org - California, San Diego:
Lambda Archives
lambdaarchives.org - California, San Francisco:
GLBT Historical Society
www.glbthistory.org
San Francisco Public Library James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center
sfpl.org/locations/main-library/lgbtqia-center/hormel-center-collections/lgbtqia-archives - California, Santa Rosa:
Lesbian Archives of Sonoma County
www.facebook.com/wsnarchives - California, West Hollywood:
June Mazer Lesbian Archives
mazerlesbianarchives.org - Canada, Burnaby, British Columbia:
Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony
alotarchives.org/ - Connecticut, New Britain:
Pattee Lesbiana Archives in the Gender Equity Archive section of Central Connecticut State University
library.ccsu.edu/help/spcoll/equity/pattee.php - Connecticut, New Haven:
Archives at Yale, Christine Pattee papers on the New Haven women’s liberation movement
archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/5207 - Florida, Fort Lauderdale:
Stonewall National Museum and Archives (mostly book donations)
stonewall-museum.org - Florida, St. Augustine:
Rainbow Williams Archives
youtube.com/watch?v=6my5UAHiFpk - Florida, Tampa:
The Edie Daly/Women’s Energy Web at the University of South Florida Library LGBTQ Special Collections
archives.lib.usf.edu/repositories/2/resources/442 - Georgia, Atlanta:
Black Lesbian Archives
BlackLesbianArchives.wixsite.com/info - Iowa, Iowa City:
The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections
aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/subjects/3020 - Louisiana, New Orleans:
Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Collection
newcomb.tulane.edu/archives - Maine, Orland:
Lesbian Home Movie Project (film and videotape only)
www.lesbianhomemovieproject.org - Massachusetts, Cambridge:
Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library - Massachusetts, Northampton:
Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History at Smith College
libraries.smith.edu/special-collections/about/sophia-smith-collection-womens-history
(holds OLOC’s and the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project’s archives) - Michigan, East Lansing:
Special Collections at Michigan State University
findingaids.lib.msu.edu/repositories/4/resources/5913
findingaids.lib.msu.edu/repositories/4/resources/5983 - Minnesota, Minneapolis:
Tretter Collection at the Elmer Andersen Research at the University of Minnesota West Bank
www.lib.umn.edu/tretter - Minnesota, Twin Cities:
Lesbian Power Authority Radio Archives
litwomen.org/lesbian-power-authority-radio-archives - Missouri, Springfield:
Missouri State University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives
libraries.missouristate.edu/OLGA.htm - Missouri, St. Louis:
Washington University in St. Louis LGBTQ History – Archive Sources
libguides.wustl.edu/LGBT-archive - New Mexico, Serafina:
Woman, Earth, and Spirit
womanearthandspirit.org/projects-1 - New York, Brooklyn:
Lesbian Herstory Archives
lesbianherstoryarchives.org - North Carolina, Durham:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture in the Rubinstein Library, Duke University
library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham - Ohio, Cincinnati:
Ohio Lesbian Archives
ohiolesbianarchives.wordpress.com - Ohio, Columbus:
Ohio History Connection, Gay Ohio History Initiative
www.ohiohistory.org/learn/collections/gohi
Medical Heritage Center, Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University
peggychinn.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/spec201116cassandra_0.pdf - Rhode Island, Cranston:
Wanderground
wanderground.org/
CAREGIVING (See also Legal/Relationships) —
- AARP Caregiving Resource Center: Finding LGBT-Friendly Care aarp.org/relationships/caregiving-resource-center/info-11-2010/cultural-competence-and-sexual-orientation.html
- Family Caregiver Alliance: LGBT Caregiving caregiver.org/lgbt-caregiving-frequently-asked-questions
- Next Step in Care: For Family Caregivers: LGBT Guide nextstepincare.org/Caregiver_Home/LGBT_Guide
- Alzheimer’s Association: LGBT Caregiver Concerns alz.org/national/documents/brochure_lgbt_caregiver.pdf
- LGBT Aging Center: Four Conversations Caregivers Need to Have. Now lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource
- Seniors Resource Guide: How to Find a Caregiver seniorsresourceguide.com
- Caregiver Action Network caregiveraction.org
- The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving: Safe Living Guide: A Guide to Home Safety for Seniors rosalynncarter.org
DISABILITIES —
- ADAPT (full name, no longer an acronym) adapt.org/
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) dredf.org
- National Disability Rights Network ndrn.org
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) aapd.com
- National Council on Independent Living ncil.org/
- Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living april-rural.org
- National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery ncmhr.org/
- Not Dead Yet notdeadyet.org
END-OF-LIFE PLANNING, HOME FUNERALS, GREEN BURIAL —
- The Advocate: End-of-Life Care for an Aging LGBT Population advocate.com/health/2013/12/27/end-life-care-aging-lgbt-population
- Aging With Dignity agingwithdignity.org (living will)
- The Critical Conditions Planning Guide: A Resource to Help You and Your Loved Ones Discuss and Make Final Health Care Decisions critical-conditions-planning-guide_2018.pdf
- Compassion and Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) compassionandchoices.org
- Caring Connections www.caringinfo.org (improving care at the end of life)
- Funeral Consumers Alliance funerals.org
- An Overview of Home Funerals funeralwise.com/customs/home-funerals-burials
- National Home Funeral Alliance homefuneralalliance.org
- Natural Resources Defense Council: Green Burials nrdc.org/thisgreenlife
- U.S. Funerals: Green Burial Sites us-funerals.com/funeral-articles/directory-of-green-burial-sites-in-the-united-states.html
- Natural Burial beatree.com
- Die$mart diesmart.com/sayinggoodbye/body-organ-donation
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: What Can Be Donated organdonor.gov/learn/what-can-be-donated
- MedCure medcure.org (whole body donation to medical research)
FEMINISM —
- Carolyn Gage blog carolyngage.weebly.com/blog
- The Old Women’s Project (San Diego) oldwomensproject.org
- Older Lesbian Network olderlesbiannetwork.btck.co.uk
- Older Feminist Network olderfeminist.org.uk
- OWL: The Voice of Women 40+ owl-national.org
- Old Feminists Speak ageingageismdiary.wordpress.com
- National Organization for Women (NOW) now.org/issues/lgbtq-rights
- WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend) defendwomensrights.org
- Radical Women radicalwomen.org
- Deep Green Resistance deepgreenresistance.org
- Facebook: Ecofeminism facebook.com/pages/Ecofeminism
FINANCIAL AND RETIREMENT —
- SAGE: LGBT Community Can Ease Retirement Worries With Planning, Guidance sageusa.org/newsevents/news
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: Financial Security and Retirement lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/index
- Women’s Institute For A Secure Retirement (WISER) wiserwomen.org
- National Council on Aging: EconomicCheckUp: Resources benefitscheckup.org/esi-find-help (money management, not about benefits)
- Nolo Retirement Planning and Investing nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/retirement-planning
- USA.gov: Retirement usa.gov/Topics/Seniors/Retirement.shtml
- Encore encore.org (second careers – paid or unpaid – combining work, service, and social impact)
GATHERINGS AND EVENTS —
- Bold Old(er) Lesbians and Dykes (BOLD) boldfest.com (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
- Golden Threads teryg.net/GT/womenGT07.html (Provincetown, MA; archived, no longer takes place)
- Black Lesbians United blacklesbiansunited.org (Malibu, CA)
GENDER —
- Feinberg, Leslie, Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman, Beacon Press, 1996; and Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue, Beacon Press, 1998
- Grahn, Judy, Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, Beacon Press, 1984
- Anzaldúa, Gloria, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Aunt Lute/Spinsters, 1987
- Califia, Patrick, Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism, Cleis Press, 2003
- Halberstam, Judith, Female Masculinity, Duke Univ. Press, 1998
- Nestle, Joan, Clare Howell, and Riki Silchins, eds., Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary, Boston: Alyson, 2002
- Nestle, Joan, A Sturdy Yes of People, Selected Writings, Sinister Wisdom, 2022
- Roughgarden, Joan, Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gander, and Sexuality in Nature and People, Univ. of California Press, 2004
- Hernandez, Daisy and Bushra Rehman, eds., Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, Seal Press, 2002
- Scott-Dixon, Krista, Trans/forming Feminisms: Trans/Feminist Voices Speak Out, Toronto: Sumach Press, 2006
- Gallo, Marcia, Different Daughters: History of Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement, Seal Press, 2006
- Butler, Judith, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New York: Routledge, 1990; and Undoing Gender, New York: Routledge, 2004
- Bettcher, Talia, et al., eds., Trans/Feminisms, Sinister Wisdom 128: Spring 2023
- Carolyn Gage blog carolyngage.weebly.com/blog
- Heyam, Kit, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
HEALTH —
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: Find a Provider glma.org
- WebMD webmd.com/women/lesbian-health
- Seriously “Sensitive” to Pollution: Environmental Health: Living With MCS/ES (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Electromagnetic Sensitivity) lindasepp.wordpress.com
- HealthinAging: Aging & Health A to Z healthinaging.org/aging-and-health-a-to-z
- National Institutes of Health Senior Health: Complementary Health Approaches nihseniorhealth.gov/complementaryhealthapproaches
- Medline Plus: Complementary and Alternative Medicine nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine.html
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Women’s Health and Complementary Approaches nccih.nih.gov/health/womenshealth.htm
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Seniors or Older Adults or Elderly Information nccih.nih.gov/taxonomy/term/506
HOUSING —
- Maize Magazine MaizeMagazine.org (Directory of Lesbian lands is in the Winter issue each year)
- A Place for Mom: Gay Retirement Communities aplaceformom.com/senior-care-resources/articles/lgbt-retirement-communities
- USA Today: LGBT-friendly Senior Housing Opening Across U.S. Cities usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/06/chicago-minneapolis-philadelphia-senior-lgbt-housing/16115641
- The Green House Project thegreenhouseproject.org
- The Cohousing Association of the United States: Aging in Cohousing cohousing.org/aging
- Fellowship for Intentional Community ic.org
- Planet Friendly: The Community Page planetfriendly.net/community.html
- Eldercare Locator: Housing and Living Options eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index
- Assisted Living Federation of America directory.alfa.org
- Senior Living seniorliving.org
- Alternatives to Nursing Homes medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/Resources/Nursing-Home-Alternatives.html
LEGAL/RELATIONSHIPS (See also Caregiving) —
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: Legal Resources lgbtagingcenter.org/resources
- Nolo LGBT Law nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/lgbt-law
- Human Rights Campaign: Protecting Your Visitation and Decision-Making Rights hrc.org/resources/entry/protecting-your-visitation-decision-making-rights
- Family Caregiver Alliance: Legal Issues for LGBT Caregivers caregiver.org/legal-issues-lgbt-caregivers
- Lambda Legal: Take the Power: Tools for Life and Financial Planning lambdalegal.org/publications/take-the-power
LESBIANS/OLD PEOPLE OF COLOR —
- Lesbians Of Color Symposium locscollective.org (Boston)
- National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance www.nqapia.org
- Trikone trikone.org (South Asian)
- Affinity Community Services affinity95.org (Chicago)
- The National Black Justice Coalition nbjc.org
- Diverse Elders Coalition: LGBT Elders diverseelders.org/who-we-are/diverse-elders/lgbt-elders
- National Association for Hispanic Elderly (Asociación Nacional Pro Personas Mayores) anppm.org
- National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc. ncba-aged.org
MENTAL HEALTH —
- HelpGuide: Depression in Women helpguide.org/articles/depression/depression-in-women.htm
- HelpGuide: Depression in Older Adults and the Elderly helpguide.org/articles/depression/depression-in-older-adults-and-the-elderly.htm
- WebMD: Depression in the Elderly webmd.com/depression/guide/depression-elderly
OLD LESBIANS AND GAYS —
- HealthinAging: Aging & Health A to Z healthinaging.org/aging-and-health-a-to-z
- National Institutes of Health Senior Health: Complementary Health Approaches nihseniorhealth.gov/complementaryhealthapproaches
- Medline Plus: Complementary and Alternative Medicine nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Women’s Health and Complementary Approaches nccih.nih.gov/health/womenshealth
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Seniors or Older Adults or Elderly Information nccih.nih.gov/taxonomy/term/506
- Raging Grannies Action League raginggrannies.com
- Color Lines: Gender and Sexuality colorlines.com/categories/gender-sexuality
- Class Action classism.org
- SOA Watch (School of the Americas) soaw.org
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) wilpfus.org
- Code Pink Women for Peace codepink.org
- ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition answercoalition.org
- War Resisters League warresisters.org
- National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee nwtrcc.org
- Lesbian Political Action Committee (LPAC) teamlpac.com
PUBLICATIONS —
- Sinister Wisdom sinisterwisdom.org
- Lesbian Connection lconline.org
- Persimmon Tree persimmontree.org/v2
- Seniors Active in a Gay Environment (SAGE) sageusa.org
- Lavender Seniors lavenderseniors.org (East Bay Area, CA)
- AARP Pride aarp.org/relationships/friends-family/aarp-pride.html?intcmp=AE-SEARCH-AARPSUGG-LGBT
- American Society on Aging: asaging.org
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: Aging/General Issues lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resources
- Huffington Post: LGBT Elders huffingtonpost.com/topic/lgbt-elders
- Facebook: LGBT Seniors facebook.com