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Information Across the Spectrum
Presents:
LGBTQ Perspectives in Libraries
Panel: Chris Bulin, Kirsten Hansen, Jean Hardy, and Ashley Walker
Equal Opportunity Statements
● Does it include Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression,
Gender Identity?
● Is it prominently displayed or made easily available to
applicants?
● Does diversity training support this aspect of the EOE
statement?
Employee Benefits
● How do you define spouse? Is it partner inclusive? (not
just domestic partner but same-sex spouse)
● Are the requirements for dependent eligibility the same
for same-sex spouses?
Employee Benefits Cont’d.
● Are benefits for same-sex spouses included in all
benefits (bereavement, FMLA, life insurance, etc.)? or
only health care?
● Transgender inclusive by World Professional
Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care
(WPATH SOC)
Transgender Support
● Do you have a policy describing organizational support
for transitioning employees?
● Do you have gender neutral bathrooms available for
employees and visitors/patrons/customers/members?
Employee Feedback
● Do you collect non-binary gender information on
demographic surveys? (examples)
● What about an anonymous way to report sexual
orientation?
● Do you have an LGBTQ focused committee or other
employee group?
LBGTQ Young Adult Collections
● Why LGBTQ literature for young adults?
● An exciting time in LGBTQ YA books
● Resources for collection development
○ ALA GLBT Round Table
○ ALA Rainbow Books
○ ALA Stonewall Award
○ Variety of blogs
Issues to Consider
● Know your community
● Clear collection policy AND procedure for challenged
books
● Once you have the books, don’t hide them!
● Inclusivity is key
● Collection development is just part of creating a
LGBTQ-friendly library.
Outreach
●
●
●
●

Libraries as safe spaces
Narratives are an important part of identity formation
Facilitating access to unbiased information
Libraries can help overcome financial and social
limitations
Areas of Concern
● Privacy issues
● Diversity within the LGBTQIA+ community
● Censorship: internal and external
Advice for Libraries
●
●
●
●

Staff education
Assess community needs
Make LGBTQIA+ materials more visible and accessible
Collection policies to protect LGBTQIA+ materials
What is an LGBT Community
Library?
● Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Library at the
University of Washington Q Center in Seattle
● Teri Rose Memorial Library at the Leather Archives
& Museum in Chicago
● Jim Toy Library at the University of Michigan
Spectrum Center
What can librarians do for
LGBTCLs?
● Queer & trans librarians?
○ If there isn’t a community library, consider starting
one in a community space.

● All librarians?
○ Respecting community spaces
○ Fielding patrons
○ Donating time/money/material
LGBT Community Libraries &
Public Libraries
● Taking on similar characteristics
○ As public libraries become specifically designed as
community spaces, they gain similar characteristics to
community libraries
● Tread lightly, resources matter.
○ As libraries become community spaces, make sure that
you’re not accessing resources (especially monetarily),
that community libraries would normally be needing.
Questions? Comments?
Resources
●
●

●

Human Rights Campaign. (2013). Corporate Equality Index Survey. Retrieved from http:
//www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Corporate_Equlaity_Index_2013_Survey.pdf
Human Rights Campaign. (2014). Collecting Transgender-Inclusive Gender Data in Workplace
and Other Surveys. Retrieved from http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/collectingtransgender-inclusive-gender-data-in-workplace-and-other-surveys
Rawson, Casey. (2011). “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and
Bestselling Young Adult Fiction.” Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (1),3
Retrieved from: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2011/06/are-all-lists-created-equal-diversity-inaward-winning-and-bestselling-young-adult-fiction/

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Information Across the Spectrum QuasiCon Panel Presentation 2014

  • 1. Information Across the Spectrum Presents: LGBTQ Perspectives in Libraries Panel: Chris Bulin, Kirsten Hansen, Jean Hardy, and Ashley Walker
  • 2. Equal Opportunity Statements ● Does it include Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, Gender Identity? ● Is it prominently displayed or made easily available to applicants? ● Does diversity training support this aspect of the EOE statement?
  • 3. Employee Benefits ● How do you define spouse? Is it partner inclusive? (not just domestic partner but same-sex spouse) ● Are the requirements for dependent eligibility the same for same-sex spouses?
  • 4. Employee Benefits Cont’d. ● Are benefits for same-sex spouses included in all benefits (bereavement, FMLA, life insurance, etc.)? or only health care? ● Transgender inclusive by World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care (WPATH SOC)
  • 5. Transgender Support ● Do you have a policy describing organizational support for transitioning employees? ● Do you have gender neutral bathrooms available for employees and visitors/patrons/customers/members?
  • 6. Employee Feedback ● Do you collect non-binary gender information on demographic surveys? (examples) ● What about an anonymous way to report sexual orientation? ● Do you have an LGBTQ focused committee or other employee group?
  • 7. LBGTQ Young Adult Collections ● Why LGBTQ literature for young adults? ● An exciting time in LGBTQ YA books ● Resources for collection development ○ ALA GLBT Round Table ○ ALA Rainbow Books ○ ALA Stonewall Award ○ Variety of blogs
  • 8. Issues to Consider ● Know your community ● Clear collection policy AND procedure for challenged books ● Once you have the books, don’t hide them! ● Inclusivity is key ● Collection development is just part of creating a LGBTQ-friendly library.
  • 9. Outreach ● ● ● ● Libraries as safe spaces Narratives are an important part of identity formation Facilitating access to unbiased information Libraries can help overcome financial and social limitations
  • 10. Areas of Concern ● Privacy issues ● Diversity within the LGBTQIA+ community ● Censorship: internal and external
  • 11. Advice for Libraries ● ● ● ● Staff education Assess community needs Make LGBTQIA+ materials more visible and accessible Collection policies to protect LGBTQIA+ materials
  • 12. What is an LGBT Community Library? ● Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Library at the University of Washington Q Center in Seattle ● Teri Rose Memorial Library at the Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago ● Jim Toy Library at the University of Michigan Spectrum Center
  • 13. What can librarians do for LGBTCLs? ● Queer & trans librarians? ○ If there isn’t a community library, consider starting one in a community space. ● All librarians? ○ Respecting community spaces ○ Fielding patrons ○ Donating time/money/material
  • 14. LGBT Community Libraries & Public Libraries ● Taking on similar characteristics ○ As public libraries become specifically designed as community spaces, they gain similar characteristics to community libraries ● Tread lightly, resources matter. ○ As libraries become community spaces, make sure that you’re not accessing resources (especially monetarily), that community libraries would normally be needing.
  • 16. Resources ● ● ● Human Rights Campaign. (2013). Corporate Equality Index Survey. Retrieved from http: //www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Corporate_Equlaity_Index_2013_Survey.pdf Human Rights Campaign. (2014). Collecting Transgender-Inclusive Gender Data in Workplace and Other Surveys. Retrieved from http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/collectingtransgender-inclusive-gender-data-in-workplace-and-other-surveys Rawson, Casey. (2011). “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction.” Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (1),3 Retrieved from: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2011/06/are-all-lists-created-equal-diversity-inaward-winning-and-bestselling-young-adult-fiction/