Sadomasochism.

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Miscellaneous mail order brochures, fliers, advertisements, and clippings relating to pornographic and erotic videos, photographs, publications, sexual aids and other erotic merchandise aimed at heterosexuals and gay men.

Abstract Photographs ranging from formal 19th-century portraits to candid 20th-century snapshots and Hollywood stars' studio portraits that provide a wide view of men's bodies and gay men's lives, styles, and activities from the 1850s to 2010, plus associated scrapbooks, greeting cards, programs from events, sound recordings, magazines, comic books, calendars, and ephemera. Exceeding 10,000 items in total, the collection richly documents gay male culture from many angles, featuring 1950s physique and...

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The Kat Sunlove papers include correspondence, articles, audio and video media, photographs, print publications, private journals documenting Sunlove’s experiences working as a professional dominatrix, documentation of Sunlove’s work as a lobbyist for the Free Speech Coalition, drafts and print versions of “The Kat Box,” ephemera and clothing, 1982 First Annual Erotic Art Festival poster.

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Erotic and pornographic novels in the pulp paperback format on a variety of subjects including swinging, bisexuality, sadomasochism, incest, and bestiality.

Abstract Books, articles, and movies Taormino wrote and directed, along with drafts, correspondence about their creation, production books for the movies and couple plays she directed, promotional material, and reviews and media coverage. There are audio and visual recordings of her lectures and media appearances. From her undergraduate years at Wesleyan, there are papers written for classes and her senior thesis, plus ephemera from sexuality activism. Also included is Taormino's collection of...

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Subject files on lesbian and gay parents, foster parents, and adoptive parents, and on various lesbian and gay family issues and children's and youth issues. Also, files on AIDS, especially in San Francisco in the early 1980s; files on various gay rights issues, including the murder of Harvey Milk; and files from work with "Drummer" magazine, including gay erotic photographs. Includes numerous newspaper clippings.