Anti-Trans Bias and the New Federal Paradigm
eLearning
Description:
Anti-transgender rhetoric has been spreading for many years, but the inauguration on January 20, 2025 marked a sea-change in the sociopolitical situation and information ecosystem around trans Americans. This session will offer a comprehensive rundown of our new federal paradigm and discuss its impacts on trans people as well as on libraries, library workers, patrons, services, and librarianship as a profession. Please note that the presentation will focus on providing education and ethical guidance, rather than on hard policy prescriptions.
At the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
1. Understand the current sociopolitical context around trans people nationally, and how it relates to the sociopolitical condition of library work.
2. Explore the ethical considerations and professional values that library workers, and librarianship as a profession, can use for guidance moving forward.
3. Identify potential action steps to implement on the individual, institutional, and professional levels.
Who Should Attend: This webinar is geared toward a general audience of library workers, and especially library workers in leadership, supervisory, and/or administrative positions.
Presenters:
Heath Umbreit is an Adult Services Librarian at the Morrill Memorial Library
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