Libraries and the LGBT community

Libraries Respond: Services to LGBTQIA+ People | ALA

Libraries can serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGTQ) people by ensuring that this population is reflected in library collections and provided ...

Libraries and the LGBT community - Wikipedia

LGBTQ, classification and subject headings · Before the 1960s, the term "homosexuality" was the basic search heading for most libraries that adopted the Library ...

S A+ Community in Your Library erving the LGBTQI

This Toolkit is designed to help library staff better understand gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and other queer ...

Supporting LGBTQ+ in Your Library - AQuALib Homepage - LibGuides

The American Library Association stringently and unequivocally maintains that libraries and librarians have an obligation to resist efforts that ...

The Impact of Library Access in Queer Communities | by EveryLibrary

The Impact of Library Access in Queer Communities · Libraries are safe, affirming community spaces · Libraries Are Safe Spaces · The Important ...

Seeking Adivce: A Patron checked out all the books on our pride ...

... queer books people can check out on Libby as well :) ... librarian, any library or any community. ... libraries and librarians safe. I wish ...

Preventing Censorship of LGBT Information in Public School Libraries

In addition, reading LGBTQ-themed books can have important positive effects for all young people, and the school library is a key source of such materials. • ...

How Libraries Came to be Sanctuaries for LGBTQ Kids - The 74

Library privacy topped the 1970s Task Force on Gay Liberation agenda, too. Presentations for librarians included “Closet Keys,” which focused on ...

LGBTQ book challenges are on the rise. Here's why. - Harvard Gazette

The American Library Association documented 1,269 attempts to ban or restrict books in libraries ... society and affect how the LGBTQ community is ...

Standing Up for Our Communities | American Libraries Magazine

Underserved communities need libraries now more than ever, and among the most vulnerable communities are youth who identify as LGBTQ+.

LGBTQ Users Special Interest Group - IFLA

We also highlight the supporting role of libraries in building one's identity and capacity. By creating access to collections, safe spaces and services, we ...

Is Your Library Doing Enough for LGBTQ Patrons? - EBSCO

Libraries can be where LGBTQ patrons conduct research, read the latest novel and support relationships with the wider LGBTQ community. Is ...

LGBTQ+ Archives, Libraries, Research Centers, and Special ...

... LGBT community centers. The organization plays [ ... Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) materials in the world. ... LGBT libraries in the Midwest. The Gender ...

Queer* Query LGBTQIA+ Health Resources in the Library

For some in the LGBTQIA+ community, the library may be the only place to safely acquire information on LGBTQIA+ topics and health.

Queer Phobia and The Public Library - Book Riot

Public libraries serve their entire community, but why is it that queer people may be turned off by their own libraries ... LGBT community with ...

Perceptions of Academic Librarians toward LGBTQ Information Needs

Libraries are key information sources for the LGBTQ community, playing a positive role in providing information on sexuality, gender identity, and coming ...

Libraries as Safe Spaces

Yet there is still much work to be done. To this end, libraries are taking an active role as safe spaces where LGBTQ people can gather, have ...

4. Challenges to 2SLGBTQ+ Collections: A Guide for Libraries

Censorship led to a long struggle with the Little Sisters bookstore in Vancouver, beginning with the border seizure of the gay magazine The Advocate in 1987.

Library - The Center

The Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library at The Center is the only LGBTQ+ dedicated, free, circulating library in New York. The PPVR Library is committed to ...

Queer Liberation Library

Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, ...