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Book

Trans and gender diverse voices in libraries

Call Number

  • 020.867 T7722 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2023.

Physical Description

viii, 547 pages ; 23 cm.

Summary

"In the library profession, and in the world as a whole, the experiences of trans and gender diverse people often go unnoticed, hidden, and ignored. But we are here. Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries is entirely written and edited by trans and gender diverse people involved in the field: its fifty-seven authors include workers from academic and public libraries, special collections and archives, and more; LIS students; and a few people who have left the library profession completely. This book is not intended to be the definitive guide to trans and gender diverse experiences in libraries, but instead to start the conversation. It is our hope that this book will help trans and gender diverse people in libraries realize that they are not alone, and that their experiences are worth sharing. This book also demonstrates some of the reality in a field that loves to think of itself as inclusive. From physical spaces to policies to interpersonal ignorance and bigotry, the experiences recounted in this book demonstrate that the library profession continues to fail its trans and gender diverse members over and over again. You cannot read these chapters and claim that Safe Zone stickers and "libraries are for everyone" signs have done the job. You cannot assume that everything is fine in your workplace because nobody has spoken out. You can no longer pretend that we don't exist."--Back cover.

Contents

  • Introduction. Section 1.
  • Personal Experiences: 1. Reflections of a Non-Binary Asian American in LIS / 2. And What Would We Have Been If We Were in the Stacks? / 3. Multiple Identities in a Trench Coat: Navigating Library Systems While Black and Trans / 4. On Fear, Professionalism, and Being That Trans Guy Library Technician / 5. A Different Breed of Cat: Finding My Queer Self / Section 2. LIS Education: 6. I Don't Want to Write This, or, Against Explanation / 7. Being Seen / 8. Freaky Gender Fluidity: Navigating Distance Education as Nonbinary LIS Students in a Default Cisgender Environment / 9. Genderqueerness in Bloom / 10. Genderqueering the MLIS / 11. Operationalizing Bias / 12. Two Sides of a Coin: Individual and Institutional Support for NonCisgender LIS Professionals in Academic Institutions / 13. No Gender, No Title / 14. A Nonbinary Experience of an LIS Program: Advice for Faculty / 15. Gender Class at Zoom University / Section 3. Public Libraries: 16. A Conspicuous and Wondrous Bloom / 17. Holding onto Dreams / 18. Embodied Multitudes: Resistance and Healing Beyond the Margins / 19. Standing Out / 20. I'm Not
  • 21. Transphobia and Healing in a People-Pleasing Profession: Reflections from a Public Library Employee / 22. Isosceles Triangle Out of the Box / 23. Transgender Circulation Blues: Service Positions in Librarianship and Transphobia / 24. Call Me by My Pronouns (and I'll Call You by Yours) / 25. Luck of the Draw: Coming Out, Transition, and How a Supportive Work Environment Helps / 26. A Rainbow Sticker on Every Door: A True Story / 27. What's A Gender Like You Doing in an Institutional Bureaucracy Like This? / Section 4. Academic Libraries: 28. I Remember, or the Transmigration of Hazel Jane Plante / 29. Thirteen Books / 30. My Name is Max / 31. On Being Seen, on Being Legible, on Being: A Black, Agender Perspective on a Career in Libraries / 32. Nail Polish Epiphany / 33. Survey Headaches / 34. Thank You for Calling the Research Assistance Desk, This Is ... / 35. A Queer Queer: Academic Librarianship as an Autistic Nonbinary Person / 36. Boundary Setting as a Non-Binary Librarian and Facilitator / 37. Metallic Ingenue: Reflections of a Trans Woman on Transition, Stealth, the LIS Field, and Heavy Metal / 38. Gender Inclusivity Trainings at Academic Libraries: Two Case Studies / 39. Classroom Disrupted: Being Trans and Disabled in Library Instruction
  • 40. 650_ $$a Libraries $$x Moral and ethical aspects $$v Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Section 5. Archives and Special Collections: 41. Trans Archival Practice : Cultivating Public Memory, Investigating Professional Binaries / 42. Getting the Trans Thing: Assigned Identities, Invisibility, and Anonymity / 43. Reflections: An Indigenous Non-Binary Experience in Archives and Libraries / 44. Appreciative and Cautious: Thoughts on Community, Libraries, and the Spaces Between / Section 6. Professional Reflections: 45. Visions of Liberation: Notes by a Trans Puerto Rican Librarian on LIS Oppression / 46. Asking the Bigger Questions: The Problem with LGBT+ Allyship in Libraries / 47. Remixing LIS Leadership : Considering Gender-Variant BIPOC : Are we there yet? / 48. LIS-Gendering: A Dialogue on Gender Diverse Labour in Libraries & Archives / 49. Bursting into the Building / 50. all i am is grieving / 51. Towards an Illegitimate Present / Section 7. Leaving Libraries
  • 52. Burnout and the Binary / 53. Pushed Out: Why I Left Libraries and Stayed Gone / Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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