UCF Research Guides: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resources: Federal

Resources about the Federal Government

LGBTQ History in Government Documents (University of California, San Diego)
This guide supplements a presentation "We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re in the Public Record: Federal Government Documents on the LGBT Movement," which highlighted a number of primary sources documenting the U.S. federal government's stance on issues related to the LGBT movement from the 1800s to the present day.

Other Resources

Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government (1950)
Serial Set Vol. No. 11401, Session Vol. No.11
81st Congress, 2nd Session
S.Doc. 241
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Interim report submitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments by its Subcommittee on Investigations pursuant to S. Res. 280 (81st Congress) a resolution authorizing the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments to carry out certain duties. December 15 (legislative day, November 27), 1950.

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Public Law 104-199, Sept. 21, 1996

H.R. 3396 Bill Information (Thomas, Library of Congress)
House Report 104-664 Defense of Marriage Act
- text version from Thomas, Library of Congress
- pdf version from Government Printing Office

Other reports, documents, & hearings (FDsys, Government Printing Office)

Reports from the U.S. General Accounting Office:

GAO/OGC-97-16 Defense of Marriage Act - letter dated January 31, 1997, responding to Rep. Henry J. Hyde, to identify "all those laws in the United States Code in which marital status is a factor, even though some of these laws may not directly create benefits, rights, or privileges."

GAO-04-353R Defense of Marriage Act - letter dated January 23, 2004, responding to Sen. Bill Frist, to update the 1997 report.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Gays in the Military)

See the Issues: Military resources, particularly Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.