Out behind the desk : workplace issues for LGBTQ librarians

Book 2011

"An anthology of personal accounts by librarians and library workers relating experiences of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or queer at work. A broad spectrum of orientations and gender identities are represented, highlighting a range of experiences of being and/or coming out at work"--Provided by publisher.

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Bisexual librarians Employment United States

Gay librarians Employment United States

Transgender librarians Employment United States

Part of a Series:

Gender and sexuality in librarianship Gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1 Series on gender and sexuality in librarianship Series on gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1

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ISBN:

9781936117031
1936117037

Description:

xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword / Ellen Greenblatt. Pt. 1 : Trajectories. A small town start / Ryan Donovan
Sexuality, students, and disclosure / Johnnie Gray
Girl meets girl. Girl works with girl. Girl falls in love with girl
Brenda Linares and Emily Vardell
It's okay to be gay: a librarian's journey to acceptance and activism / Jason D. Phillips
Out of the frying pan: coming out as a culinary school librarian / Rachel Wexelbaum
Pt. 2 : Sex and the institution. Gay librarians on the tenure track: following the yellow brick road? / Paul Blobaum
Out all over: giving voice to LGBTs on campus / Donna Braquet and Roger Weaver
Managing outside the closet: on being an openly gay library administrator / Matthew P. Ciszek
Homophobia in San Antonio / David Allen White
Pt. 3 : The rest of the rainbow. Leather librarianship / John P. Bradford
Gender changer / Jim Van Buskirk
The secret life of Bis: on not quite being out and not quite fitting in / BWS Johnson
Passing tips and pronoun police: a guide to transitioning at your local library / K.R. Roberto
Pt. 4 : Coming out in time. Out lines: an LGBT career in perspective / Robert Ridinger
Outness and social networks: from closet to container store / Lia Friedman
The challenges of coming out and being out in historical perspective / Richard Hulser
Curating William Inge / Marcel LaFlamme
Pt. 5 : Coming out in place. Activism in Colorado: how life and librarianship bloomed in the desert West / Chris Hartman
In and out behind the desk
in and out of the country / Kimberli Morris
"Do they know?": a gay librarian at a Catholic university / Martin Garnar
All about my job hunt: the diary of a wannabe librarian / Andy Foskey
Pt. 6 : Coming out in the field. Pride and paranoia @ your library / Maria T. Accardi
When is the personal not professional?: an exploration / Kellian Clink
Out in the classroom / Ann L. O'Neill
Taking the homosexual highroad / Nicola Price
Patricia's child, Patrick's penis & the sex of reference: a lesbian librarian's log of perverse patronage / Shawn(ta) D. Smith
On being as if: imagination and gay librarianship / William Thompson

LCCN:

2011001445

Control Number:

947993

Other Authors:

Nectoux, Tracy Marie

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