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Williams Institute Reading Room: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resources in Law and Public Policy: What's New

A guide to resources in the Williams Institute Reading Room, part of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.

New Williams Institute Studies, Statistics

Exhibits, etc.

New Films/Audiobooks

*Available for use only by UCLA Law School students, faculty and staff; please request films at the Circulation Desk.

In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction. Marianne K. Martin & Lisa Marie Evans (Collective Eye Films, 2023). Law Library Circulation Video/DVD Collection PN56.L45 I54 2023; film website. "A feature documentary examining the history and impact of lesbian fiction from the 1920s through the 1990s told through a lens of broader American history."

Mama Bears. Daresha Kyi (Video Project, 2022). Law Library Circulation Video/DVD Collection ; HQ759.9147 .M35 2022; film website. "Connected through private Facebook groups across the country, over 30,000 mothers in America — many from conservative, Christian backgrounds — fully accept their LGBTQ+ children and call themselves "mama bears" for their warm, fuzzy love and ferocious fight to make the world kinder and safer for all LGBTQ+ people."

Cured. Patrick Sammon & Bennett Singer (Good Docs, 2021). "Illuminates a pivotal yet largely unknown chapter in the struggle for LGBTQ equality: the campaign that led the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove the diagnosis of homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses." Law Library Circulation Video/DVD Collection ; RC558 .C87 2021; film website

Framing Agnes. Chase Joynt (Kino Lorber, 2023).  DVD Collection HQ77.8.A364 F73 2023; Film information.  "After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access."

Threshold. Coraci Ruiz (Video Project, 2021). DVD Collection HQ18.55 .T47 2021; Film informationAn autobiographical documentary of a mother following the process of her teenager's gender identity journey (Brazil). 

The Lodge. Pam Walton & Ruth Carranza (Pam Walton Productions, 2021). HQ76.27.O44 L64 2021; Film information. A story about the first-of-its kind LGBTQ retirement community, Fountaingrove Lodge in Santa Rosa, California.

Of Love and Law. Hikaru Toda (Frameline Distribution, 2018). DVD HQ76.2.J3 O35 2018; Film information

Growing Up Coy. Eric Juhola (Still Point Pictures, Outcast Films, 2016). DVD HQ77.8.M3755 G73 2016; Official website

Free Cece! Jac Gares (Tugg Edu, 2016). DVD HQ77.8.M393 F74 2016; Official website

Gender Troubles: The Butches. Lisa Plourde (A Catholic Schoolgirl Gone Bad Production, 2016).  DVD HQ75.6.U5 G46 2016; Official website

El Canto del Colibrí (Song of the Hummingbird). Marco Castro-Bojorquez (Frameline, 2015). A documentary about Latino fathers and their LGBTQ children.  DVD HQ755.85 .C353 2015; Film information

Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution. Myriam Fougère (Women Make Movies, 2012). DVD HQ75.5 .L466 2012; Film information

Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100.  Yvonne Welbon (Our Film Works, 2012).  DVD HQ75.4.E45 L58 2012; Film information

Out in the Night. Blair Dorosh-Walther (The Fire This Time, 2014). *Documentary about the New Jersey 4.  DVD F128.9.N4 O87 2014; Film information

The Case Against 8. Ben Cotner & Ryan White (HBO Home Entertainment, 2015). DVD KFC129 .C374 2015; *Official website 

New Books: By Williams Institute Current & Former Staff

New Books