The gay librarian: a parative analysis of attus towards profsnal genr issu

WOKE CIA: RECMENT VIO FEATUR GAY LIBRARIAN WEARG RABOW LANYARD

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June is pri month, which means that our exhib Out of the Closet & Onto the Shelv: Librarians and the Olst Gay Profsnal Organizatn the U. This exhib documents the early history and velopment of the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Round Table of the Amerin Library Associatn.

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Barbara Gtgs and thor Isabel Miller kiss at the Task Force on Gay Liberatn’s kissg booth at the ALA Annual Conference Dallas 1971. Ja Cooper and Israel Fishman met 1970 at the ALA Annual Conference Detro at the Social Rponsibili Round Table ssn, and cid to form an official gay and lbian uc at ALA. The Task Force on Gay Liberatn would be the first of s kd any natnal profsnal anizatn.

It formed a climate of social and polil prott cludg the anti-Vietnam War movement, the civil rights movement, the women’s liberatn movement, and the gay liberatn movement the wake of the Stonewall Rts 1969. Barbara Gtgs, a self-scribed “full-time gay activist, ” got volved the Task Force soon after s formatn and began pilg the first Gay Biblgraphy, a list of gay-posive books and rmatn rourc.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

Librari n serve lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LBGTQ) people by ensurg that this populatn is reflected library llectns and provid wh servic at the library. As a populatn which is often the subject of discrimatn and harassment, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people n benef om the accs to rmatn which librari provi and the sense of muny which library programs n help foster. It is important to note that the LGBTQ populatn is diverse, spanng age groups, ethnic and racial groups, soc-enomic groups, and personal inti. * gay librarian *

Hear for the send edn of the “Gay Biblgraphy, ” 1971. In s early years the Gay Task Force foced s efforts on improvg library service and rmatn accs for gay and lbian library ers, and on the profsnal needs of gay and lbian librarians cludg job discrimatn.

Gtgs’ Gay Biblgraphy was part of this ial effort to improve patron accs to gay rmatn and materials that have a posive view on homosexualy. The Task Force also started the Gay Book Award 1971, which would later bee the Stonewall Book Awards.

Sign for the “Hug a Homosexual” booth n by the Task Force on Gay Liberatn at the 1971 Annual Conference Dallas.

NEW JERSEY LIBRARIAN FIL FERAL COMPLAT AFTER BEG FIRED FOR 'GAY LIFTYLE'

The LGBTQ Iniative was created to nnect lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muni wh the wi array of rourc, servic, and expertise that The New York Public Library has to offer. * gay librarian *

In June 1978, Sanford Berman’s article “Gay Accs: New Approach Catalogg” was published the Gay Teachers Associatn Newsletter, and later reprted Gay Insurgent.

Berman argued that the current methods of classifitn and subject headgs for gay materials were largely sensive or even homophobic, cludg the headgs “Homosexuals” and “Homosexuals, Male. ” Berman proposed new headgs like “Gays” and “Gay Men, ” and lled for more nsistent applitn of the subject terms to fictn and non-fictn materials to facilate accs and disvery. He also proposed expandg the Dewey Decimal Classifitn schl to have more specific notatn for different subject wh gay materials.

Members of the Task Force on Gay Liberatn at the ALA Annual Conference Dallas 1971. Another highlight of the Gay Task Force’s early history is their efforts to bat job discrimatn for gay librarians.