{"id":1751,"date":"2015-03-22T23:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2015-05-03T10:53:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T15:53:26","slug":"1751","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1751","title":{"rendered":"GLBTRT Resources Committee publishes two new resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John Mack Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two new pamphlets are available from the GLBTRT Resources Committee. Here are two blurbs from the pamphlets by Jane Sandberg:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some library practices result in the exclusion of transgender patrons.<\/p>\n<p>However, librarians often a lack of literature and guidance in implementing more inclusive practices.? The GLBT Round Table&#8217;s Resource Committee recently published two brochures intended to help fill this gap and provide patrons, staff, and administrators with the tools necessary to advocate for trans-inclusive library services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/glbtrt\/sites\/ala.org.glbtrt\/files\/content\/professionaltools\/bathrooms%20brochure%20for%20viewing.pdf\">Library facilities often include gendered bathrooms<\/a>, which present difficulties for transgender people and others.? Unfortunately, the addition of gender-neutral bathrooms is often seen as an expensive and politically contentious project.? The &#8220;Gender Neutral Bathrooms in Libraries&#8221; pamphlet offers guidance on signage, staff training, managing controversy, and making safe bathroom facilities more feasible.<\/p>\n<p>Library card applications and other forms can also exclude transgender patrons from using the library.? To help address such exclusions, the Resources Committee published a pamphlet entitled &#8220;Transgender-inclusive Library Card Applications: Issues and Recommendations.&#8221;? This brochure &#8212; written for advocates and library leaders interested in better serving LGBT communities &#8212; provides a concise discussion of the issues involved in revising these forms and offers best practices in retooling them.<\/p>\n<p>These brochures can be used separately or together to advocate for libraries that truly meet the needs of transgender patrons and staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Mack Freeman Two new pamphlets are available from the GLBTRT Resources Committee. Here are two blurbs from the pamphlets by Jane Sandberg: Some library practices result in the exclusion of transgender patrons. However, librarians often a lack of literature and guidance in implementing more inclusive practices.? The GLBT Round Table&#8217;s Resource Committee recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}