Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Series on gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1 |
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Gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1.
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Contents |
Foreword / Ellen Greenblatt. pt. 1 rajectories. 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 |
Summary |
"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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 12, 2019) |
Subject |
Gay librarians -- Employment -- United States
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Bisexual librarians -- Employment -- United States
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Transgender librarians -- Employment -- United States
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Nectoux, Tracy Marie.
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ISBN |
1936117541 |
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9781936117543 |
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