Safe Zone

LGBTQIQ Resource Library

The Safe Zone program is just one part of the outreach to the LGBTQIQ community that Georgia State is undertaking. The University is currently putting together a LGBTQIQ resource library for students, staff, and faculty to read and discover more about the queer community. The library is housed in the Office of Student Life and Leadership located on the 3 rd floor of the Student Center, (404) 413-1580.

Below is a list of selections available in the library at this time:

Why Marriage? The History of Shaping Today's Debate Over Gay Equality by George Chauncey

Social Text Collective, Fear of a Queer Planet

Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer by Rike Wilchins

GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary by Joan Nestle

Coming Out of Shame: Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives by Gershen Kaufman and Lev Raphael

Now That You're Out of the Closet: What About the Rest of the House? By Linda Handel

Hate Crimes: Confronting Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men by Gregory M. Herek and Kevil Berrill, eds.

Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price by Warren J. Blumenfeld, ed.

Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia by James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams, eds.

Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter

The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War against Homosexuals by Richard Plant

Dangerous Liaisons: Blacks, Gays, and the Struggle for Equality by Eric Brandt, ed.

Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth by Wayne Besen

Straight Parents, Gay Children: Inspiring Families to Live Honestly and With Greater Understanding by Robert Bernstein

Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses by Elizabeth Cramer

Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook for Teachers and Trainers by Maruianne Adams

The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard by Romaine Patterson

Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Aberrations in Black: Toward A Queer of Color Critique by Roderick Ferguson

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience by Russell Leong, ed

Q & A: Queer in Asian America by David Eng, ed.

Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America by Jose Quiroga

Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces by Juana Maria Rodriguez

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America by Timothy Liu and Quang Bao, eds.

Angels in America Part One by Tony Kushner

Angels in America Part Two by Tony Kushner

Gay Life in College Fraternities

Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights by John D'Emilio, et al.

From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard by Mary E. Swigonski, et al.

The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in Black Communities by Delroy Constantine-Simms, ed.

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon Carbado, ed.

Men of Color: A context for Service to Homosexually Active Men by John Longres