The following subject headings provide links to just some of the titles held in the Library catalogue relating to these specific areas:
London, Queer Spaces and Historiography in the Works of Sarah Waters and Alan Hollinghurst by 
New Queer Horror Film and Television by Bisexuality 301.424
Civil unions - Law and legislation 347.122
Gay culture / Gay artists / Transgender artists 704.949301424
Gay men in motion pictures 791.436526642
Gay parents 301.42
Gay rights – Law and legislation 340.16
Gay rights 323.4
Gays – Literature – History and criticism 809.93352664
Gays’ writings - History and criticism 809.8920664
Gender 396
Homosexuality – English literature – History and criticism 820.9353
Homosexuality – Literature – History and criticism 809.93353
Homosexuality 301.424
Homosexuality and art 704.949301424
Homosexuality in motion pictures 791.436526642
Homosexuality in motion pictures 791.4308664
Homosexuality Law and legislation 347.111
Lesbian feminism 301.424 or 396
Lesbianism 301.424
Lesbianism in motion pictures 791.436526643
Lesbians – Literature – History and criticism 809.933526643
Lesbians’ writings 808.80353
Misogyny 301.424 or 396
Queer theory 301.424
Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation 347.122
Same-sex marriage 301.424
Sappho 884.2
Sexual ethics 171.1
Sexual orientation – Literature – History and criticism 809.93353
Sexual orientation and gender 301.424
Sexuality in the classical world 301.4240938
Sociolinguistics / language 401
Transgender artists 704.949301424
Transgender people – Literature – History and criticism 809.9335267
Transphobia 301.424
Women 396
As well as these specific call numbers, there are also books shelved at a more general number. For example, homosexuality in Italian cinema will be shelved at the number for Italian films e.g. 791.430945
Homosexuality in a specific country will be shelved at 301.424 (followed by the classification code for that country) e.g. 301.424095
Homosexuality in literature may be shelved at the author specific number, e.g. Radclyffe Hall 823.912-HAL
Homosexuality in American literature may be shelved in a general American literature number e.g. James Baldwin 813.54-BAL
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The Library uses the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal classification schemes to catalogue and classify its stock and we are bound by the rules and subject headings outlined in these. However, we acknowledge that some of the terminology used in these schemes may not always accurately reflect current cultural references.
Just as the field of LGBTQIA+ research is evolving, library classification schemes are beginning to as well, though there is more work to be done. If you would like to know more about this topic, you might find the following articles of interest:
Drabinski, Emily. (2013) “Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction.” The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 94–111
Adler, M. A. (2015). "Let's not homosexualize the library stacks: Liberating gays in the library catalog". Journal of the History of Sexuality, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 478-507.
McAuliffe, Bethany (2021) "Queer Identities, Queer Content and Library Classification: Is‘ Queering the Catalogue’ the Answer?" Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, vol. 70, no.2, pp. 213–219
Stahl, Lynne (2024) "Uncontrollable Vocabularies: Queer Theory, Sexual Identity, and the Catalog" Journal of Radical Librarianship, vol.10, pp. 17–35
