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Current Scholarship Roundup: Intersectionality, ‘Girl Zines’ and more

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By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications Finnessy, Patrick. “Examining The Heteropatriarchy: Canadian and American Male Teachers’ Perspectives of Sexual Minority Curriculum.” Teaching Education1 (2016): 39-56. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2015.1034684  An examination, through interviews, classroom observation and written reflection, of the teaching […]

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School Is In: Access to Information

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By Elizabeth Gartley This winter, when I was selecting nonfiction titles to purchase for this school year, I included a few LGBTQ nonfiction titles, including Stonewall by Ann Bausum, Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington, and Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin. When they arrived, the LGBTQ books sat alongside […]

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Current Scholarship Roundup: LGBTQ Collection Assessment, Steven Universe and more

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By Emilia R. Marcyk Publications Dunn, Eli. “Steven Universe, Fusion Magic, and the Queer Cartoon Carnivalesque.” Gender Forum 56 (2016): NP. URL: http://www.genderforum.org/issues/840/steven-universe-fusion-magic-and-the-queer-cartoon-carnivalesque/  Dunn’s discussion of Steven Universe (and other children’s cartoons) is part of Gender Forum’s special issue on the theme “Transgender and the Media.” Graziano, Vince. “LGBTQ Collection Assessment: Library Ownership of Resources Cited […]

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The Little Gadfly: God, Garland and Gays

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By. A. Faulkner Most of us have just recently returned from visiting with friends and family over the holiday season.  For many of us, the late December break comes with religious undertones.  At my family homestead, it’s as blatant as hand-carved nativities and reading from the Book of Luke.  Inevitably, the combination of scripture, and […]

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School is In: No Name-Calling in the Library

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By Elizabeth Gartley This week (January 18 to 22) is GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week, a nationwide effort to celebrate kindness in schools and combat bullying. In GLSEN’s 2013 National School Climate Survey, the organization found that just over 70 percent of LGBT students surveyed had heard “gay” used in a negative way and two-thirds of […]

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Queer Quest 16 – A Brief Queer History of Star Wars

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By Ashley R. Lierman (image c/o GeekParty.com) I’ll admit it, I’m not the biggest Star Wars person. I don’t have anything against it, it was just something I never really got into, for whatever reason. But it’s hard not to be aware of the importance the Star Wars universe holds for a lot of us, […]

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School Is In: LGBTQ Picture Books

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By Elizabeth Gartley November is Picture Book Month, an international literacy initiative which celebrates print picture books, and picture books are worth celebrating. Picture books are a powerful medium, and they are often the first form of literature that young children enjoy. Even as a middle school librarian who works with young teens, I keep […]

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School is in: LGBT history is history

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By Elizabeth Gartley Most educators are familiar with African American History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March, but LGBT History Month is often overlooked in October, and the experiences and contributions of LGBT people throughout the world are omitted from most history classes. But there are a wealth of opportunities to integrate […]

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Queer Quest Returns in November

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By Ashley R. Lierman Sorry, friends, but I’m afraid real life is piling up once again. Much as I hate to miss a chance for a Halloween theme, there will be no new Queer Quest column for October. In the meantime, enjoy all the other great content on this blog, and maybe consider funding this […]

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Current Scholarship Roundup: Activist Catalogers, LGBTQ Library Services and more

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By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications Adler, Melissa A. “‘Let’s Not Homosexualize the Library Stacks’: Liberating Gays in the Library Catalog.” Journal of the History of Sexuality3 (2015): 478-507. URL: http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/journals/journal-of-the-history-of-sexuality Adler discusses the efforts of catalogers during the 1970s and […]

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