Practical Guide to Searching LGBTQIA Historical Records

<p>This book provides a number of effective tools to aid in the recovery of LGBTQIA historic material by providing extensive glossary and non-glossary written descriptions and how to use those terms and phrases in searching effectively online and offline. </p><p>Researching hidden and forbidden people from the past can be extremely difficult. Terminology used to write about LGBT+ people shifts over time legal terminology enforces certain set terms which some writers use but others reject to avoid informing or disgusting a reading public. Often written descriptions contain no set terminology at all. How then can LGBT+ people be found in historic records? This book provides practical tools for a researcher wanting to uncover material from online or hard copy sources including: keyword/s covering various sexual orientations and gender diversity along with how and when to use them; tips for effective searching in online newspaper archives; how to use genealogy auction and social media sites to uncover information; searching in online and physical libraries; advice on researching in physical archives and the types of collections which can yield results; and researching in museums collecting and displaying LGBT+ content. </p><p>Making use of a straightforward and jargon free style this is a short and accessible guide to doing historical research on Gay Lesbian Trans Queer and non-normative research subjects. This is a useful resource for students and scholars alike in Archive Studies History Gender and Sexuality Studies. </p>