Finding your way around the Law Bod.
You are always very welcome to ask librarians for directions once you are here - we are larger than we look, with an open shelf collection spreading over 4 floors.

The Law In England & Wales
Halsbury's Laws  at KZ 1 is the authoritative encyclopaedia of law in England and Wales. Volumes which may be relevant are:

The main subject volumes will give you a concise overview of the law, while the footnotes will direct you to the most important cases, legislation and commentary in that area. The print volumes are at  KZ 1 on Floor 2. Use the Cumulative Supplement to check for any new developments in the law since the volume was printed. (OU members can access Halsbury's Laws electronically via LexisLibrary.)

Monographs

There is no one area of the library which covers specifically LGBT law, but there are small collections in the following locations:

The KM & KN collections include our collections of current English and Welsh law. Shelved after the E&W treatment of a topic come the Australian, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand, Northern Irish, Scottish, and USA monographs addressing the same issue. These are distinguished by an extra cutter number in their shelf marks - respectively A8, C1, I5, N4, N8, S3,  and U4.

For example: Flagrant Conduct : The Story of Lawrence v. Texas : How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans is shelved at KM544.2.U4.CAR 2013

Also on Level 2 (entrance level)
A section with shelf marks starting General which has comparative legal studies.
A section with shelf marks starting Jurisp which has monographs on legal philosophy.

On Level 3 (one floor up)
Commentary on the law of other European jurisdictions are shelved in discrete collections within the Law Bod - with distinctive and obvious shelfmarks! For example, works on French law start France, on German Law, Germany etc.

Euro Comm indicate works on European Union law.

Shelf marks starting Internat 570 - this is when the LGBT rights (or their absence) have been considered from the international human rights point of view.

Crim shelf marks indicate works in our Criminology Collection

Subject searches to use in SOLO. The results will include both print and electronic resources

Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Gay rights
Homosexuality- law and  legislation
Sex discrimination -- Law and legislation 
Same-sex marriage 
Gay adoption

Homophobia - law and legislation
Hate crimes

Gay liberation movement 

Sexuality
Sexual orientation
Lesbians
Bisexuals
Intersexuality
Transgender people
Gender identity

Sex -- Religious aspects
Sexual ethics
Sex customs
 

Many of the above can be filtered by the addition eg of - History  or Cross-cultural studies or Public opinion egt
Sex role -- History; Gender identity -- Cross-cultural studies ; Gay adoption -- Public opinion

If your research interest is in United States law & policy then the Vere Harmsworth Library will also have useful material.

The Bodleian Social Science Library collects both socio-legal material and criminology.

Bodleian History Faculty Library