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Queer Studies

This is a subject guide intended to help undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Queer Studies courses locate information from University Library research resources.

The Bullough Collection

The Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender was established by former CSUN faculty member Vern Bullough to document social attitudes and studies of sex and gender from ancient times to the present in support of CSUN curricula and research. The collection is maintained for research and educational purposes, and is comprised of books, periodicals, manuscripts, and archival materials.

The collection is maintained for research and educational purposes, and is comprised of books, periodicals, manuscripts, and archival materials on numerous topics. Some of these include:

  • Cross-dressing
  • Gender roles in various time periods
  • The homosexual community in Los Angeles
  • Prostitution
  • The transgender community
  • Children and gender
  • Nudism
  • Gender and medicine
  • Fetishism
  • Pornography

Most materials in the Bullough Collection are in Special Collections and Archives, though some are in other parts of the library.

Browse Bullough Archives

Finding Archives in Special Collections & Archives

The majority of materials in Special Collections & Archives are archival. Archival materials are described as collections, and consist of unpublished records created by a person, family, or organization in the conduct of their affairs, kept because of their ongoing value. Each collection has a Finding Aid, which is similar to the Table of Contents in a book. Finding Aids in Special Collections & Archives are searchable via our institution page on the Online Archive of California, which is linked directly beneath the OneSearch box on the library's homepage.

link to FAD from library home page

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