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GLBT Controlled Vocabularies and Classification Schemes

Introduction The provision of unambiguous and non-pejorative physical and intellectual access to library materials on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people has been a goal of the GLBT Round Table since its inception. One of the first sponsored sessions of the Round Table (then the Task Force on Gay Liberation) was a panel discussion featuring Joan Marshall and Steven Wolf at the 1971 ALA Annual Meeting in Dallas. Marshall and Wolf tartly criticized the sexist and homophobic labeling which then prevailed in the Library of Congress Subject Headings and the Dewey Decimal Classification...

Transgender Individuals and Military Service Bibliography

Compiled by Andrew Grissom, February 2019 The inclusion of transgender people in the armed forces is still a rarity across the world. As of 2017, only 20 nations allow transgender personnel to openly serve in the military: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States. 1 For decades, the United States military labeled transgender individuals as sexual deviants, listing transsexualism as a psychosexual disorder and grounds for...

Sports LGBTQ+ Bibliography

Compiled by Walt “Cat” Walker. Approved by the GLBTRT Resources Committee. Last revised February 15, 2016. Introduction Sports has not been a traditional subject area associated with gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people (although there has been some recognition of the presence of lesbians in women’s sports). Homophobia can often be found there, and sometimes GLBT people do not feel comfortable participating in sports openly. In recent years, the visibility of GLBT people in the sports world has greatly increased, and several prominent athletes have come out as gay, lesbian, or...

Intersex Resources

Table of Contents Introduction Glossary Resources Books – Nonfiction Books – Fiction Articles and Chapters Multimedia Internet Introduction The term intersex refers to a biological sex outside the typical “male” and “female” categories. Sex is a complex constellation of characteristics including chromosomes, hormone levels, reproductive organs, external genitals, and secondary sex characteristics. By way of example, a “typical” female-sexed adult person has XX chromosomes; an abundance of estrogens and progestogens; a uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and vagina; a vulva; and breasts. When an...

LGBTQ+ Health Resource Guide

Table of Contents Section I: Finding Information about LGBTQI Health Issues Section II: Locating LGBTQI-Competent Healthcare Professionals Section III: Searching for Clinical and Scholarly Articles Introduction Medicine has historically been a field that defines and pathologizes LGBTQ and intersex people. From DSM codes labeling trans identities “disorders” to surgeons routinely reconstructing the genitals of intersex babies, those outside the medical establishment’s norm (cisgender, heterosexual, and unambiguously male or female) have been variously victimized, underserved, and stereotyped...

‘Halfway to Somewhere’ and ‘One of the Boys’ win 2026 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Awards

“Halfway to Somewhere,” written and illustrated by Jose Pimienta, and published by RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House, and “One of the Boys,” by Victoria Zeller, published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido, are the 2026 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award.

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