Collections : [The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction]

Alexander Doty was a scholar of film studies who focused on queer and feminist film theory. He authored two books, Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture and Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon. The collection includes Doty's photos, scrapbooks, correspondence, post cards, memorabilia, and his teaching and professional activities materials.

Bloomington Area Birth Services (BABS) was a non-profit organization in Bloomington, Indiana which focused on promoting maternal and infant health. They focused on childbirth education, doula education, midwifery advocacy, and post-partum wellness.

Materials focused on cross dressing and transgender issues and community which are divided by state.

The Drewey Wayne Gunn Gay Mysteries Video Collection is made up of a selection of homosexual erotica curated by Drewey Wayne Gunn which feature mystery, detectives, sleuths, police, and other related motifs.

The Ginger T. Manley collection contains documents and publications relating to the career and work of Ginger T. Manley, MSN, APN. Manley, a writer, sex therapist, and faculty member at Vanderbilt Medical School, spent more than twenty-five years specializing in sexual health. Manley's work included a focus on aging and sexuality; sexual addiction; diabetes and sexual health; and treating health professionals who violate sexual boundaries in their practices. Manley also developed the Manley Model of Sexual Health, a widely used tool to access and treat issues of human sexual dysfunction. This collection includes materials documenting her professional training, teaching and lecture materials, information on workshops she led, and publications.

The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA) Collection consists of materials related to the activities of HBIGDA, a multi-disciplinary professional organization dedicated to the research and treatment of gender identity disorders. This collection contains organizational information, symposium materials and publication, correspondence and miscellaneous material.

The Bushelman correspondence describes early to mid-twentieth century gay life in the United States. Letters contain information about cruising culture, gay sex and relationships, the Great Depression, World War II service members, and popular culture.

The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) was founded in 1993 by Cheryl Chase, herself an intersexual who underwent female sex assignment and clitorectomy in early childhood. Her goal was to support and advocate for intersexuals by increasing awareness and acceptance of their various conditions and by discouraging medical professionals from surgically assigning gender to intersexed infants who are unable to consent to the procedure. In 2003 Cheryl retired from her position as director of the ISNA, passing the direction of the organization to Monica Casper, with Jane Goto acting as her assistant. In a posting on the bodieslikeours.org message boards in June 2003, Monica Casper described the goals of the ISNA very clearly: "Our mission is to end shame, secrecy and unwanted surgery for people with intersex conditions. We are a policy/advocacy organization working toward systemic social change… At the heart of ISNA's mission is fostering social acceptance of all bodies – be they intersex or not, trans or not, queer or not – and fostering informed consent for people to decide what happens to their bodies. Many people with intersex conditions have choice stripped from them when they are operated on as children, while many trans people have choice stripped from them when they are unable to obtain the surgical care they want and need." This collection contains a great deal of correspondence from people with intersex conditions looking for information and support, from urologists and sexologists, and from people affected by ISNA's many press releases who wish to express support. The collection also includes a huge number of academic articles on intersex issues as well as popular press articles intended to raise awareness about intersex issues. Key Members and their positions at the time of these materials: Cheryl Chase, Founding Director (1993-2003) Monica Casper, Director (2003) Alice Dreger, Chair (1996-2005) Robin Mathias, Chief Financial Officer (2001- ) Sherri Groveman, Treasurer and Founder of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Jane Goto, Operations Manager (2003- )

These materials are a product of Kenneth Goodall's Yijing practice, a yoga and divination ritual which incorporated extensive journaling.

The Kenneth R. Haslam, MD collection at The Kinsey Institute contains materials related to polyamory. It consists of conference materials, Internet resources, media coverage, and research articles, as well as Dr Haslam's personal correspondence and papers originally delivered at poly-oriented meetings, sex research and sex therapy conferences. Additionally, there are materials from several other donors relating to research, media response, and community communications and publications. The bulk of the collection represents the work of Dr. Haslam and other poly-activists from 2000 to the present, with contributions from earlier polyamory writers and activists dating from the 1970's. Dr. Haslam's decision to develop the polyamory collection at The Kinsey Institute reflects his interest in providing information and educating the public about polyamorous relationships. The collection includes biographical information about Kenneth Haslam, who has been a leader in organizing and documenting the polyamory community, and in introducing polyamory into the academic sphere. Dr. Haslam's presentations, featured in this collection, are geared towards educating professionals, practitioners, the public and the poly-community; they form a framework for understanding polyamory, along with snapshots of the lifestyles and communities. Many different polyamory groups and communities are represented in the collection, including the 1970's Kerista Community and the Church of All Worlds in the U.S., and international materials, such as Dutch language publications from The Netherlands. The collection also contains newsletters that were the precursors of Loving More magazine, a complete collection of Loving More magazine. The vast array of Internet community resources includes list-servs, blogs and journals, and websites. Examples are archives of the website "Polyamorous Percolations," "Swingercast," the swingers' podcast, Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness materials, and archives of various web-based discussion groups. There is a polyamory bibliography containing a variety of materials, including books on the subject that are held by the Kinsey Institute.