Books on HIV/AIDS as an LGBT Health Concern at the UCSF Library
HIV+ sex : the psychological and interpersonal dynamics of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men's relationships by Call Number: RC606.6 .H575 2005ISBN: 1591472458Publication Date: 2005Explores complex interrelationships of sex decision-making and contextual factors in gay male communities.
Please also see more general books on the HIV/AIDS page of the Consumer Health guide.
Positive prevention : reducing HIV transmission among people living with HIV/AIDS by Call Number: RA643.8 .P675 2005 and RA643.8 .P675 2005ebISBN: 0306486997Publication Date: 2005Discusses context, practices, and interventions for preventing HIV transmissions. Available as both an e-book and print title through the UCSF Library.
AIDS, culture, and gay men by Call Number: RA644 .A25 A332 2010ISBN: 0813034310Publication Date: 2010An edited collection covering a wide range of topics including HIV prevention interventions, the politics of developing community-based AIDS organizations, Latino AIDS prevention, and international contexts.
Aging with HIV : a gay man's guide by Call Number: RC606.64 .M37 2011ISBN: 0199740585Publication Date: 2011Discusses the process of change, adaptation versus stagnation, and optimal aging with HIV.
AIDS, identity, and community : the HIV epidemic and lesbians and gay men by Call Number: RA644 .A25 A36284 1995ISBN: 0803953615Publication Date: 1995Discusses AIDS risks and responses to the epidemic among a wide variety of LGBT communities.
AIDS, communication, and empowerment : gay male identity and the politics of public health messages by Call Number: RA644 .A25 M96 1996ISBN: 1560238844Publication Date: 1996A theoretical and historical analysis of change and evolution in public health messages about AIDS and gay community.
Imagine hope : AIDS and gay identity by Call Number: RA644 .A25 W376 2000ISBN: 1841420573Publication Date: 2000A leading cultural theorist of AIDS explored the interaction of AIDS and gay sexualities several years after the introduction of antiretroviral therapies.
Mobility, sexuality and AIDS by Call Number: RA643.8 .M63 2010ISBN: 0415477778Publication Date: 2010
Banning queer blood : rhetorics of citizenship, contagion, and resistance by Call Number: RM172 .B46 2009ISBN: 0817316647Publication Date: 2009
AIDS and American apocalypticism : the cultural semiotics of an epidemic by Call Number: RA643.83 .L66 2005ISBN: 0791461688Publication Date: 2005
HIV/AIDS Organizations and Resources
This page on HIV/AIDS information focuses on excellent Bay Area resources as well as national resources on health choices, drugs and treatments, and risk prevention.
Organizations and resources dealing with AIDS in specific LGBT communities of color are located on the LGBT People of Color page.
- Ward 86HIV/AIDS Division at San Francisco General Hospital
- HIV InSite: For Patients and the PublicThis site produced by the UCSF Center for HIV Information offers comprehensive, up to date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy. Areas of coverage include getting tested, recent diagnosis and living with HIV/AIDS, treatment decisions and specific populations.
- UCSF AIDS History ProjectThis archival project housed in the UCSF Library began in 1987 as a collaboration of historians, archivists, and AIDS activists collaborating to preserve historically significant resources relating to the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, focusing on the responses by community-based organizations (CBOs) and activist coalitions.
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF)The San Francisco AIDS Foundation offers information on dealing with HIV as well as quality of life programs for people living with HIV/AIDS. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation also works to reduce the number of new infections through prevention programs.
- HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men (CDC)This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes fact sheets and information on campaigns and interventions.
- HIV and Transgender People (CDC)This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes fact sheets and information on campaigns and interventions.
- Project InformProject Inform of San Francisco offers information about treatment and monitoring of HIV for people living with HIV/AIDS, their caregivers, and their healthcare and service providers. Project Inform has helped make safe and effective HIV medications available, educated hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive individuals about care and treatment, and advocated for funding for HIV programs.
- HIVinfoHIVinfo, produced by the NIH, offers information on treatment guidelines, drugs, clinical trials, vaccines, and other HIV-related health topics.
- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)This center is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and offers information on condom effectiveness, health disparities between population groups, and state data profiles of STDs.
- AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)A keyword-searchable database for HIV/AIDS.
- PBS Frontline - The Age of AIDSA fascinating PBS Frontline documentary series on the history and spread of the AIDS epidemic, with all four hours freely available for viewing on the PBS website.