Professional Tools

Toolkits

Open to All: Serving the GLBT Community in Your Library (9 April 2016) [pdf: 374 kb]

Awards

• Stonewall Book Awards

Bookstores

• GLBTQ Bookstores - Map of GLBTQ bookstores

Libraries & Archives

• GLBTQ Libraries and Archives - Map of GLBTQ libraries and archives

News

• GLBT News - Official news outlet for the GLBTRT

Reviews

• GLBT Reviews - Media reviews and columns about GLBT materials

Bibliographies: Children & Teens

• Bibliography for Gay Teens (July 2000)
• GLBT Resources For Children: A Bibliography (2004)
• Queer Books for Teens (2018)
• Rainbow Book List (current)
• Resources for Children and Teens (2007) [pdf: 315 kb]
• Seeing Myself in the Mirror: An LGBTQ Literature Annotated Bibliography with Diverse Characters (2014) [pdf: 76 kb]
• Soldier Girls and Dancing Boys: Gender Exploration in Resources for Children, Teens, and Caring Adults (April 2014) [pdf: 1 mb]

Bibliographies: General Reading

• LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels (April 2017) [pdf: 168 kb]
• Over the Rainbow Book List

Bibliographies: Subject

• African American LGBT Books Post-2007 (Last revised June 2014) [pdf: 222 kb]
• Asian American GLBT Bibliography (August 2015) [pdf: 242 kb]
• Bisexual:
  • Bisexual Fiction: Adult & Young Adult (February 2016) [pdf: 163 kb]
  • Bisexuality: An Annotated Bibliography of Non-fiction books (March 2016) [pdf: 101 kb]
• Disabilities (June 2015) [pdf: 287 kb]
• Education:
  • LGBTQ K-12 Education Guide (July 2016) [pdf: 130 kb]
  • LGBT Issues in Higher Education Guide (April 2016) [pdf: 375 kb]
• Gay Holocaust (December 2003)
• Hate Crimes
  • Hate Crimes (August 2015) [pdf: 136 kb]
  • Hate Crimes (August 2015) [bib: 32 kb] (BibTeX file for import into citation management tools. BibTeX import instructions [pdf: 74 kb])
• Health:
  • LGBTQI Health Resource Guide (April 2016) [pdf: 433 kb]
• Intersex:
  • Intersex Resources Guide (July 2016) [pdf: 179 kb]
• Latino/as GLBT Bibliography (February 2015) [pdf: 348 kb]
• Native American and First Nations LGBTQ/Two-Spirit Bibliography (March 2017) [pdf: 332kb]
• Nonbinary Gender Identities in Media: An Annotated Bibliography (March 2015) [pdf: 864kb]
• Parents and Families of LGBTQ Individuals (2015) [pdf: 29kb]
• Popular music (February 2017) [pdf: 238kb]
• Religion:
  • GLBT Religion & Spirituality - A Selective Bibliography:
    • 1950 - 2000
    • 2000 - 2005
    • 2006 - 2010
    • 2011 - 2015 (April 2016) [pdf: 569 kb]
    • 2016 - Present (June 2019) [pdf: 903 kb]
    • GLBT Religion & Spirituality Annotated Bibliography (2011-2015)
      • Alternative Paths & Journeys (August 2015) [pdf: 110kb]
      • Buddhist Experiences
      • Christian Traditions – General Survey of Christian Experiences
      • Christian Traditions – Eastern Orthodox Experiences
      • Christian Traditions – Mormon Experiences
      • Christian Traditions – Protestant Experiences
      • Christian Traditions – Roman Catholic Experiences
      • Devotions
      • Jewish Experiences
      • Marriage, Ceremonies, & Rituals
      • Memoirs and Biographies
      • Muslim Experiences
      • Scriptural Interpretation
  • LGBT Issues in Religion (October 2007):
    • Pre-1925 imprints [pdf: 166 kb]
    • 1925-1949 imprints [pdf: 168 kb]
    • 1950-1974 imprints [pdf: 226 kb]
    • 1975-1999 imprints [pdf: 728 kb]
    • 2000-2007 imprints [pdf:485 kb]
    • Complete list, A-Z (196 pages) [pdf: 1.08 mb]
• Same-Sex Marriage:
  • Bibliography (August 2014) [pdf: 200 kb]
  • Bibliography (September 2007) [pdf: 379 kb]
  • Selected Resources (June 2004)
• Same-Sex Parenting (September 2014) [pdf: 136 kb]
• Sports GLBT Bibliography (February 2016) [pdf: 310 kb]
• Transgender:
  • Transgender Individuals and Military Service (March 2019) [pdf: 276kb]
  • TRANScending Identities (March 2008) [pdf: 289kb]
  • TRANScending Identities (July 2005, ALA Annual, Program Resource Guide) [pdf: 900 kb]

Resources for Librarians

Assessment

• Best practices for asking questions to identify transgender and other gender minority respondents on population-based surveys report from the Williams Institute

Cataloging and classification

• GLBT Controlled Vocabularies and Classification Schemes (July 2017) [pdf: 383 kb]

Collection development

• Collection Development Policies (September 2007)
• Evaluating the Treatment of Gay Themes in Books for Children and Younger Adults (1976)
• Ten titles for a Basic Non-Fiction GLBT Collection: A resource from the GLBTRT toolkit "Open to All: Serving the GLBT Community in Your Library" (March 2016)

Facilities

• Equal Access to Public Restrooms
• Gender Neutral Bathrooms in Libraries (Version for printing) [pdf: 292 kb] 
• Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Information Guide for Conference Attendees (ALA Midwinter 2019) [pdf: 449 kb]
• Gender-Inclusive Restrooms Information Guide for Convention Center Staff (ALA Midwinter 2019) [pdf: 452 kb]
• Restroom Access for Transgender Employees

Legal resources

• LGBTQ Legal Resource Guide (2015) [pdf: 3.8 mb]

Public services

• I Am Jazz: Community Readings from the Human Rights Campaign
• Safe in the Stacks: Community Spaces for Homeless LGBTQ Youth (2013)
• Transgender-inclusive Library Card Applications: Issues and Recommendations (Version for printing) (2015) [pdf: 127 kb]

Student support

• Gay-Straight Alliance Resouces Guide (2014) [pdf: 90 kb]
• Speaking OUT Against Bullying (5 October 2010)

If you have any suggestions or comments regarding the resources on this page, please notify the GLBTRT Resources Committee.