A: Theory

Abelove, Henry, Michele Aina Barale, and David Halperin, eds, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, (New York: Routledge: 1993) Selection of forty two of the most important theoretical and historical writings in Lesbian and Gay Studies.
Dennis Altman: On Global Queering [Australian Humanities Review] With Responses from Gary Dowsett , Michael Tan, Donald Morton , Christopher Lane , David Halperin and Fran Martin Beemyn, Brett and Mickey Elianon, eds., Queer Studies : A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Anthology, (New York: New York Univ Press, 1996) Boswell, John, "Revolutions, Universals, and Sexual Categories ", Salmagundi 58-59 (1982-83), 89- 113, reprinted in Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vincus and George Chauncey, eds. Hidden From History, New York: NAL, 1989), 17-36
The prime explicit defence by the historian most frequently idenitified as an "essentialist".
Boyarin, Daniel. "Are There Any Jews in `The History of Sexuality'?" Journal of the History of Sexuality 5:3 (1995): 333-55.
Boyarin, Daniel. Unheroic conduct : the rise of heterosexuality and the invention of the Jewish man Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
Bullough, Vern L., "Sex in History: A Virgin Field", Journal of Sex Research 8 (1972), pp. 101-16, repr. in Vern L. Bullough, Sex, Society and History, (New York: Science History Publications, 1976)
Bell, Shannon. "Pictures don't lie. Pictures tell it all.'" Journal of the History of Sexuality 6:2 (1995): 284-321.
Beemyn, Brett, ed. Queer studies : a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology, (New York : New York University Press, c1996.)
Chauncey, George, Jr., "From Sexual Inversion to Homosexuality ", Salmagundi 58-59 (1982-83), 114-46
Cohen, Colleen Ballerino, and Karen Robertson. "Historical Presences, Present Silences: A Critical Analysis of Fragments for a History of the Human Body." Journal of the History of Sexuality 3:1 (1992): 129-40. [REVIEW ESSAY].
Cohen, Ed, Talk on the Wilde Side: Towards a Genealogy of a Discourse on Male Sexualities, (New York: Routledge, 199?)
Daniel, Marc, "A Methodology for the Study of Historical aspects of Homosexuality", ONE Institute Quarterly 3 (1960), pp. 268-280
Dollmore, Jonathan, Sexual Dissidence: Ausgutine to Wilde, Freud to Foucault, (Oxford: Clarendon, 1991)
Influential, but a tough read.
Duberman, Martin, ed., A Queer World : The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, (New York: New York Univ Press, 1997)
Evans, David T., Sexual Citizenship: The Material Construction of Sexualities, (New York: Routledge, 1993)
Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard. "People of the Body: The Problem of the Body for the People of the Book." Journal of the History of Sexuality 2:1 (1991): 1-24.
Foucault, Michel, History of Sexuality, Vol I: An Introduction, (New York: Pantheon, 1978)
Almost more like a meditation than history. Leading French structuralist applies his view of human society, already seen in his history of madness, to sexuality. Argues that sexuality is "constructed" in each society, in a similar manner to language/grammar. This goes against Boswell's idea of "homosexuality" as a continuing part of the human condition. Foucault's ideas, along with Levi-Strauss's have heavily influenced other modern gay historians such as Weeks and Katz, who however, set the formation of modern homosexual consciousness at different periods. The conflict between Boswell and the others is as much an issue of philosophy as history.]
Foucault, Michel, History of Sexuality, Vol II:
Foucault, Michel, History of Sexuality, Vol III:
Fradenburg, Louise, and Carla Freccero, Premodern sexualities, (New York : Routledge, 1996)
Gilbert, Arthur N., "Conceptions of Homosexuality and Sodomy in Western History", Journal of Homosexuality 6:1/2 (1980), pp. 57-68
Discusses two approaches to history of homosexuality: to look at famous individuals; or to look at what was the (hostile) view of society.]
Greyling, Marc [marcg@eagles.bbs.net.au], "Inventing Queer Place: Social space and the urban environment as factors in the writing of gay, lesbian and transgender histories", (nd: URL http://maya.eagles.bbs.net.au/~marcg/queer-pl.html)
Greenberg, David F., The Construction of Homosexuality, (Chicago: Chicago UP, 1988)
Recent exposition of the social construction school. Has an extensive historical survey.

Reviews
Boswell, John, "Books: Gay History", The Atlantic Feb 1989; 263:2 p. 74-78
Brundage, James A, Church History Mar 1991; 60:1 p. 148-149
Jagose, Annamarie, Queer Theory : An Introduction, (New York: New York Univ Press, 1997)
[From blurb] In Queer Theory: An Introduction, Annamarie Jagose provides a clear and concise explanation of queer theory, tracing it as part of an intriguing history of same-sex love over the last century, from mid-century homophile movements to gay liberation, the women's movement and lesbian feminism, to the re-appropriation of the term "queer". Carefully interrogating the arguments of supporters and opponents of queer theory, Jagose suggests that its strength lies in its questioning of the very idea of sexual identities. Blending insights from prominent queer theorists such as Judith Butler and David Halperin, Jagose argues that queer theory's challenge is to create new ways of thinking, not only about fixed sexual identities such as heterosexual and homosexual, but also about other supposedly essential notions such as "sexuality" and "gender" and even "man" and "woman".
Herdt, Gilbert, "Representations of Homosexuality: An Essay on Cultural Ontology and Historical Comparison." Part I, Journal of the History of Sexuality 1:3 (1991): 481-504; Part II, Journal of the History of Sexuality 1:4 (1991): 603-32.
Herdt, Gilbert, ed., Same Sex, Different Cultures : Gays and Lesbians Across Cultures, (Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1997)
Koehl, Robert B. et al., CLAGS PAPERS in Queer Representations, (New York: New York University Press, 1997), ed. Martin Duberman, pp. 7-54.
Koehl, Robert B., "Ephoros and Ritualized Homosexuality in Bronze Age Crete," pp. 7-13;
DeVries, Keith, "The 'Frigid Eromenoi' and Their Wooers Revisited: A Closer Look at Greek Homosexuality in Vase Painting," pp. 14-24.;
Williams, Craig A., "Pudicitia and Pueri: Roman Concepts of Male Sexual Experience," pp. 25-38.;
Halperin, David M., "Questions of Evidence: Commentary on Koehl, DeVries, and Williams," pp. 39-54.
Kitzinger, Celia, Social Construction of Lesbianism, (?:Sage 1988) Macintosh, Mary, "The Homosexual Role", Social Problems 16:2 (1968) 182-92, repr. in in Kenneth Plummer, ed., The Making of the Modern Homosexual, (London: Hutchinson, 1981)
Vastly influential article. The classic statement of the social constructionis position.
Marshall, John, "Pansies, Perverts and Macho Men: Changing Conceptions of Male Homosexuality ", in Kenneth Plummer, ed., The Making of the Modern Homosexual, (London: Hutchinson, 1981), 133-54
Mangan, J. A. "Men, Masculinity, and Sexuality: Some Recent Literature." Journal of the History of Sexuality 3:2 (1992): 303-13 [REVIEW ESSAY]. Rousseau, G. S. (George Sebastian), Perilous enlightenment : pre- and post-modern discourses : sexual, historical, (Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : [Distrib.] St. Martin's Press, c1991]
Padoug, Robert, "Sexual Matters: On Conceptualizing Sexuality in History", Radical History Review 20 (1979). 2-23, reprinted in Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vincus and George Chauncey, eds. Hidden From History, New York: NAL, 1989), 54-66
An early and influential exposition of "social constructionist" approaches.
Parker, Richard G., and John H. Gagnon, Conceiving Sexuality: Approaches to Sex Research in a Postmodern World, (New York: Routledge, 199?) Plummer, Kenneth, ed., The Making of the Modern Homosexual, (London: Hutchinson, 1981)
Raffo, Susan, ed., Queerly Classed, (Boston: South End Press, 1997) Ruch, Libby O. "Sexual Violence against Women." Journal of the History of Sexuality 2:4 (1992): 634-40 [REVIEW ESSAY].
Stein, Edward, Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy, (New York: Routledge, 199?)
Vance, Carol, "Social Construction Theory: Problems in the History of Sexuality", in Homosexuality. Which Homosexuality?, ed. Theo van der Meer and Anja van Kooten Niekerk, (London: 1989)
Weeks, Jeffrey, Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain From the Nineteenth Century to the Present, rev. ed. (New York & London: Quartet, 1990)
first ed. 1977 {Rev. in Jnl.Homo 6 (1980), pp. 214-219}
Week, Jeffrey, "Discourse, Desire and Sexual Deviance" in Kenneth Plummer, ed., The Making of the Modern Homosexual, (London: Hutchinson, 1981), 76-111
Weeks, Jeffrey, Sex, Politics and Society, (London: Longman, 1981)
Weeks, Jeffrey, Sexuality and its Discontents, (London: 19?? )
Whittam, F.L., "The Homosexual Role: A Reconsideration", Journal of Sex Research 13:1 (1977) 1-11,