The Human Sexuality Collection (HSC) is a project at

Cornell University Library The Cornell University Library is the library system of Cornell University. As of 2014, it holds over eight million printed volumes and over a million ebooks. More than 90 percent of its current 120,000 Periodical literature, periodical ti ...

, part of Cornell's Rare and Manuscript Collections, which aims to collect "primary sources" on

human sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

, with a special focus on " U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history and the politics of

pornography Pornography (colloquially called porn or porno) is Sexual suggestiveness, sexually suggestive material, such as a picture, video, text, or audio, intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolv ...

". It was established in 1988 by David B. Goodstein (publisher of ''

The Advocate An advocate is a professional in the field of law. The Advocate, The Advocates or Advocate may also refer to: Magazines * The Advocate (magazine), ''The Advocate'' (magazine), an LGBT magazine based in the United States * ''The Harvard Advocate' ...

'') and Bruce Voeller (an early leader of the

National Gay Task Force The National LGBTQ Task Force (formerly National Gay Task Force; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) is an American social justice advocacy non-profit organizing the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ ...

). In 2011, it received a substantial collection of Harry Weintraub, collected since the early 1980s, which consists of more than 10,000 items related to

male homosexuality Human male sexuality encompasses a wide variety of feelings and behaviors. Men's feelings of attraction may be caused by various physical and social traits of their potential partner. Men's sexual behavior can be affected by many factors, inclu ...

, dating back as far as the 1860s, now named the ''Harry H. Weintraub Collection of Gay-Related Photography and Historical Documentation''.

References

*Gwen Glazer
Human Sexuality Collection receives gay-related photographs
Cornell University, 15 September 2011.

External links

Human Sexuality Collection

Human Sexuality Collection
(celebratingresearch.org)
List of publications
(worldcat.org) {{Authority control Pornography in the United States LGBTQ-related mass media in the United States LGBTQ historiography in the United States Cornell University