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Year: 2016
Current Scholarship Roundup: Queer Geekdom, GSAs, and more
By Emilia R. Marcyk This round-up features scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians, educators, and information professionals. Publications Dadas, Caroline. “Messy Methods: Queer Methodological Approaches to Researching Social Media.” Computers & Composition 40 (2016): 60-72. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.03.007 Using a queer methodological approach, Dadas explores the ethical quandaries […]
ALA 2016 Schedule for GLBTRT Events
School Is In: Getting (and Keeping) LGBTQ Books in the Library
By Elizabeth Gartley June is GLBT Book Month! While I’m excited to take the time to celebrate LGBTQ literature in libraries, I still often find myself in the position of trying to get (and keep) LGBTQ books into school libraries so that they can be celebrated. From my own observations, schools and school libraries still […]
Current Scholarship Roundup: LGBTQ Identities Online, Archives and more
By Emilia R. Marcyk Scholarship and academic news that addresses LGBTQ identities and concerns, of interest to librarians and information professionals Publications DeNardis, Laura, and Andrea M. Hackl. “Internet Control Points as LGBT Rights Mediation.” Information, Communication & Society6 (2016): 753-770. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1153123 How does the structure and governance of the internet help or hinder […]
28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards list announced
Russia leads effort to stop UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality
By John Mack Freeman Russia has put its weight behind an effort to remove language from a resolution related to AIDS that would have urged countries to decriminalize homosexuality and drug use. Via Radio Free Europe: Russia was joined by Iran, Poland, and several Gulf states in blocking the decriminalization language from being included in […]
Los Angeles police apprehend man with weapons who said he planned to attack LA Pride
By John Mack Freeman Police apprehended a suspect in Los Angeles who had a car with weapons, ammunition, and explosives who said he was on his way to attack the Los Angeles Pride festivities. Via LA Times: Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said on Twitter that the 20-year-old man told one of her officers after he was […]
At least 50 dead, 53 injured in Orlando gay club shooting
By John Mack Freeman Over 100 people are dead or injured after a shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. This is the largest mass shooting in American history, surpassing the Virginia Tech massacre from 2007. The shooting took place at 2:02am. In a shootout with police, the suspect was […]
Watch: Samantha Bee on “Potty Prefect” McCrory
By Ashley R. Lierman On her show Full Frontal, Samantha Bee was another commentator to tear into North Carolina’s recent transphobic law House Bill 2. Her shaming of Governor Pat McCrory as “potty prefect” of the state came as part of a larger piece on how moderate and liberal voter apathy in the 2010 election […]