McGarry and Wasserman, Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History ... , pp. 221-254.
Frank Browning, The Culture of Desire: Paradox and Perversity in Gay Lives Today (New York: Crown, 1993), chapters 1, 2, 4-5 (pp. 11-25, 74-133)
Tony Kushner, Angels in America. Part I: Millenium Approaches (NY: Theater Communication Group, 1993), Part II Perestroika (NY: Theater Communication Group, 1994)
Judith Butler, Gender Troubles: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (New York : Routledge, 1989) (last 3 chapters - difficult prose)
Judith Butler, Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (New York : Routledge, 1993)
Timothy Murphy & Suzanne Poirier (eds.) Writing AIDS : Gay Literature, Language, and Analysis (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993)