Welcome
Discover the UT Libraries’ Black Queer Studies Collection (BQSC) of over 1,000 African and African Diasporic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies materials. Books and media from the collection are held by various library branches, including the Perry-Castañeda Library, the Benson Latin American Collection, the Fine Arts Library as well as digital materials.
Go to the UT Libraries Catalog Keyword Search.
Using the quotation marks, enter:
“Black Queer Studies Collection”
To search within the collection, add keyword terms such as:
“Black Queer Studies Collection” and music
Or:
“Black Queer Studies Collection” and feminism
Or:
“Black Queer Studies Collection” and (femini* or wom?n or girl)
Wait, what's with those parentheses? Click the links below to learn more about advanced search techniques and finding books in the library.
The BQSC and this guide were created because traditional library organizational structures can often reinforce oppressive hierarchical systems that bury underserved communities’ voices and make their stories difficult to find. Intersectional identities, as with those of the Black Diasporic LGBTQ+ people, do not fit neatly into any one subject. Recognizing this can help you understanding your search results as you browse the collection.
More questions? Book a research consultation with Gina Bastone, Women's and Gender Studies and LGBTQA+ Studies Librarian: g.bastone@austin.utexas.edu
Tips for getting started
Look at the item’s record to check for:
Check out a few of the search results on these sample topics in the collection:
We want to hear from you! Send us your book suggestions and requests through the Libraries' Suggest a Purchase form, and add a note that it's for the Black Queer Studies Collection!
Support the Black Queer Studies Collection long into the future by giving to the collection endowment! The endowment provides sustainable, long-term funding for new books, films, and resources in the collection, as well as the monetary prizes for the Roberts Graduate Award and the Hogan/Schell Undergraduate Award.
The UT Libraries is thrilled to announce the winners of the second annual Black Queer Studies Student Awards!
Hogan/Schell Undergraduate Award
Winner: Jayden McCree, Liberal Arts Honors
Honorable Mention: Chidera Oruzalike, Radio-Television-Film
Monica K. Roberts Graduate Award
Winner: Kyle Okeke, New Writers Project/English
Honorable Mention: Leandro Stoffels, Spanish & Portuguese
Learn more about this year's winners!
The Black Queer Studies Collection at the UT Libraries was created by Dr. Matt Richardson, Lindsey Schell, and Dr. K.A. Hogan in 2009. This BQSC Guide was created by K.A. Hogan in 2010, with additions made by Hayley Morgenstern in 2016 and Ginny Barnes in 2018.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Generic License.