Military History and the LGBTQ+ Community: Websites and Bibliography

Use the following list for more information on military history and the LGBTQ community:

Websites:

• OutHistory 
• Making Gay History Podcast
• National World War II Memorial Website: Coming Out Under Fire
• GLSEN: The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network

Bibliography

• Adelman, Marcy. Long Time Passing: Lives of Older Lesbians. 1st ed. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1986.
• Berkin, Carol. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, 2005.
• Bérubé, Allan, John D'Emilio, and Estelle B. Freedman. Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II. 20th anniversary. ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
• Blanton, DeAnne, and Lauren M. Cook. They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
• Bronski, Michael. A Queer History of the United States. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2011.
• Estes, Steve. Ask & Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
• Freeman, Susan Kathleen and Leila J. Rupp. Understanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.
• Gundersen, Joan R. To be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
• Huffman, J. F. and Tammy S. Schultz. The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Impact in Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans. Pittsburgh: United States Dept. of Defense, 2012.
• Humphrey, Mary Ann. My Country, My Right to Serve: Experiences of Gay Men and Women in the Military, World War II to the Present. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.
• Mayer, Holly A. Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996.
• Shilts, Randy. Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.