Claire's paper topic prompted me to do some poking around. The university libraries have both editions (1983 and 1990) of Uranian Worlds: A Reader's Guide to Alternative Science Fiction and Fantasy, a groundbreaking reference for LGBT fantasy. It's shelved in the annex, however, so better get your request in ASAP, Claire.
In the mid-1990s, about the time I was entering the field, White Wolf Publishing released three excellent original anthologies titled Bending the Landscape, each devoted to LGBT characters and themes; one was devoted to science fiction, one to fantasy and one to horror. Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel were the editors. The university libraries have the fantasy volume, but it's checked out at the moment -- perhaps to you, Claire? Hope so.
In fandom, the Gaylactic Network was founded to bring LGBT folks together and highlight LGBT issues. It has sponsored both conventions and awards.
Mark R. Kelly's invaluable Locus Index to SF Awards has thorough lists of winners and nominees for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award and the spec-fic categories of the Lambda Literary Award, which we mentioned in class.
Hope all this is helpful.
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I did grab the copy of Bending the Landscape from Gorgas (I'm about halfway through it and asking myself why I never read anything like this before, it's kind of awesome). I'll work my way through the links this afternoon. Thanks for the help.
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