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Introduction to the stories and the people of modern gay history (1700-1973). Timeline illustrating developments in culture, science and law bearing on same-sex love.
http://www.gayhistory.com/

Articles about famous gays of the past, linked to on-line gay history bookstore.
http://www.gayheroes.com/

Overview of gay love over the centuries. Includes information about the homosexual mythologies and folk tales of ancient cultures, as well as poetry, and erotic art.
http://www.androphile.org

Essays on homosexuality in eighteenth-century England; the Nazi era; the gay tombs in Westminster Abbey; Michelangelo; Kings James I and VI; Sir Francis Bacon; Anthony Bacon; lesbian pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read; Johann Joachim Winckelmann; William Beckford; Rev. John Church; and Ludwig van Beethoven.
http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/gayhist.htm

Extensive resources on lesbian and gay issues with special emphasis on higher education. Includes art, biography, film, government, historical essays, law, literature, music, poetry, psychology, science, sociology, sports, book reviews, related links, and other topics.
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/history.html

List of gays and lesbians of African descent, developed as resource for Black History Month. Called "Blacklist" also because some in the black community have sought to disavow the contributions and identities of many listed here.
http://www.blackstripe.com/blacklist/

An independent, not-for-profit California educational institution which houses the world's largest research library on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered heritage and concerns.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/oneigla/

Study by Denis Werner, claiming homosexuality developed as an adaptive trait shared by the higher primates. Different constructions of homoerotic expression are ascribed to cultural differences among human societies.
http://www.androphile.org/preview/Library/Articles/index.htm

Article by Rev. Robert J. Buchanan, exploring the historical foundations of homoerotic expression, and its place in society.
http://hometown.aol.com/GraceEACA/chapter2.html

Library and bookstore featuring five centuries of documents about gay men's sexuality -- from oppression to revolution and celebration.
http://www.bibliogay.com

Includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world. Created by Paul Halsall.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/

Quick survey of world lesbian & gay history, useful for leads to further research.
http://pages.zoom.co.uk/lgs/gw.html

Eclectic collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered historical personages, from many cultures and periods.
http://members.aol.com/matrixwerx/glbthistory/hidden.htm

Study of ancient homosexuality and transexuality, using archaeological and anthropological evidence of ancient Queer roles and cultures. Covers modern Queer spirituality and Radical Faeries.
http://home.earthlink.net/~ekerilaz/?

Coordinates identification, collection and preservation of personal papers and organizational records from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements.
http://www.lgbtran.org/

Time-lines of Western Civilization, Mexico, California, Florida and a Before Stonewall Bar Guide
http://www.geocities.com/gueroperro/GayChronicles

Introduction to the gay side of world history.
http://www.suphawut.com/gvb/gayly/gay_history1.htm

This is a list of "Queers" in history. For inclusion in this list the person be a: dead, and b: be reputed to be "queer" and of interest to modern lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgendered and queer people.
http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530/queerhis.htm

Description and analysis of ancient grafitti and inscriptions.
http://home.earthlink.net/~ekerilaz/archaeo.html

A comprehensive collection of real 18th century documents from newspapers to diaries. It includes a brief overview of homosexuality in this period in England and links.
http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/eighteen.htm

Events and personages in lesbian history, from the first millennium BCE to the third millennium CE.
http://www.swade.net/lesbian/tribal_chant/les_hist.html