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Research materials concerning three individuals interviewed by Sears: Jeri Farrar of Lewiston, Maine, Julian "Jerry" Hayes of South Carolina, and Perry Schwartz of South Carolina. Formats include interviews on cassettes (removed to the Audiovisual Series), photographs, many folders of correspondence, memoirs, and a diary.

Chiefly clippings and some correspondence and printed material related to gay history, civil rights, and the social and political scene in Florida from the mid-1950s through the early 1980s. Includes a correspondence file for the Florida Mattachine Society; individuals of note here include Richard Inman, Jack Nichols, and Leonard Matlovich (materials on these individuals also appear in other series of the collection). Other materials document the nascent gay rights movement on university campuses and in major Florida cities, as well as actions by law enforcement and government bodies to counter it. Materials on Anita Bryant's anti-homosexual activism are found here. Other files relate to the social scene of Florida clubs and discos. Publications by the Florida gay community as well as mainstream newspapers are included. Some large clippings have been moved to Oversize Material. Oral histories and interviews on cassettes can be found in the Audiovisual Materials Series. Files are in original order as received.

Documentation about several legal cases targeting gay individuals serving in the U.S. military, as well as more general research materials on gays in the military. Files include court and military papers as well as many news articles and clippings, and first-person accounts.

Chiefly printed reports, newsletters, and other publications collected by Sears, relating to gay movements and sexual identity issues in these countries: Canada, China, Ireland (two folders), Japan (four folders), Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland), and the United States.

Correspondence, printed materials, organization files, notes, recorded interviews, and photographs related to Sears' planned volume on gay history focusing on "Gen X" lesbians, gays, and transgender individuals born in the 1970s and 1980s. Printed materials include clippings, newspapers, flyers, and articles. Topics with significant amounts of material in these research files include gay youth and AIDS, same-sex sexual harassment, and gay communities in Florida. One set of files follows the case of Pedro Zamora, gay activist who died of AIDS at age 22, especially focusing on media coverage of his life and death; another set of research materials documents the "Enloe Six" case in N.C., and includes original correspondence with one of the young men involved in the case. Material has not been published. Finally, there are three videos: one covering the memorial service for Zamora, another about the media coverage of the "Enloe Six." A third contains unknown material, possibly on AIDS as presented through Hollywood productions. Arranged in original order as received.