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What do you tell a resource parent who is struggling to accept their foster child?

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What do you tell a resource parent who is struggling to accept their foster child?

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What are some things we can do to support our LGBTQ+ siblings working in DEIA in other states with hostile climates?

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What are some things we can do to support our LGBTQ+ siblings working in DEIA in other states with hostile climates?

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What’s the single most important piece of advice you can to parents of a trans daughter?

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Please tell more about what you think we could be doing to increase indigenous student enrollment 

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Please tell more about what you think we could be doing to increase indigenous student enrollment 

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What would you tell an LGBTQ+ youth who is afraid to become an adult in a world that is so opposed to their existence?

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What would you tell an LGBTQ+ youth who is afraid to become an adult in a world that is so opposed to their existence?

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How do I address someone whose physical appearance appear to be different from their biological appearance?

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My institution talks a big game about supporting marginalized students but I see nothing for queer students (no learning community, no center, no events, no robust website with resources). I started a convo with other faculty around supporting queer students and brought some ideas to admin but without dedicated time and $ it fizzled out. What can I do?

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I sometimes struggle with remem bering folks' preferred pronouns, especially when they don't necessarily have the signifiers or present as their preferred pronouns, say, with colleagues. Then I remember and feel bad and am not sure how to respond esp if it has happened more than once. Do they secretly hate me? I realize it takes practice.

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I sometimes struggle with remem bering folks' preferred pronouns, especially when they don't necessarily have the signifiers or present as their preferred pronouns, say, with colleagues. Then I remember and feel bad and am not sure how to respond esp if it has happened more than once. Do they secretly hate me? I realize it takes practice.

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We have a library employee who is going through transitioning. Any advice to help library staff support and affirm?

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We have a library employee who is going through transitioning. Any advice to help library staff support and affirm?

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Not sure if there’s a good answer but I and others in my library have been struggling how to respond to a fellow librarian who is actively against their teenager’s transition and who has sent them to a yearlong religious camp in Arizona that doesn’t respect their pronouns or gender identity.

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How can we design, build, and create queer/LGBTQ+ inclusive and celebrated spaces -what do they look like, feel like? 

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How can we design, build, and create queer/LGBTQ+ inclusive and celebrated spaces -what do they look like, feel like? 

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How sad that public and school libraries, traditionally safe LGBTQ+ spaces, are now so threatened ☹️

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How sad that public and school libraries, traditionally safe LGBTQ+ spaces, are now so threatened ☹️

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What influence does social media play in LGBTQ+ identity & the explosion of such??

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What influence does social media play in LGBTQ+ identity & the explosion of such??

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Is there room for a non-polarized discourse addressing nature/nurture?

Is there a viably nuanced distinction between cultural “outside” influence on gender expression and internal knowing of queer identity?

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Our college doesn't have a LGBT+ Center. How would we start one?

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If resources are limited (money, space, staffing) and we couldn’t do a center, what are the next best things to do?

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What is the best way to correct a colleague who frequently misgenders trans students and employees?

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What is the best way to correct a colleague who frequently misgenders trans students and employees?

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How do you help front line staff use students’ preferred names? 

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How do you help front line staff use students’ preferred names? 

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Some refer back to ALMA or student ID and disregard preferred name.

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I worry about having a pride section in the library because of othering and potential for loss/damage/hate crimes; we center new works by/for/about the LGBTQIA+ community in our new books area but don’t have them separated permanently in our stacks. Pros and cons there?

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I worry about having a pride section in the library because of othering and potential for loss/damage/hate crimes; we center new works by/for/about the LGBTQIA+ community in our new books area but don’t have them separated permanently in our stacks. Pros and cons there?

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While many people feel safe in libraries, I think they are unsafe places. Thefts, assaults, authoritarianism, discrimination, and other harmful activities and conditions are the norm in libraries.

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How can we ensure students know we will support them?

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How can we ensure students know we will support them?

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We need to ensure we have books in our collection that talk about LGBTQ+. Most libraries have limited books or budgets.

We also have to think about intersectionality! Do we have any books on Blacks/Latinx/indigenous and queer in our collections?

Libraries put out cultural heritage months displays, but we can be more proactive by intentionally including books that talk about being a person of color and gay, etc.

Small steps but increases awareness and shows that we care.

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My college has a preferred-name option, but some campus software and/or APIs don’t support diacritics like accent marks, so onscreen names are misrepresented. Are there coding standards to ensure accent marks are retained across platforms?

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My college has a preferred-name option, but some campus software and/or APIs don’t support diacritics like accent marks, so onscreen names are misrepresented. Are there coding standards to ensure accent marks are retained across platforms?

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The Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association has freely available resources such as a tool kit as well as lists of award-winning and recommended books. Even if you are not an ALA member, you can find support from the Round Table.

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Sacramento has an awesome communitarian Lavender Library on 21st St. Check it out before leaving town if you have time.

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Sacramento has an awesome communitarian Lavender Library on 21st St. Check it out before leaving town if you have time.

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/t4YVbx6g4vc95kgu9?g_st=ic

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Lavender Library · 4.8★(16) · Gay & lesbian organization

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Lavender Library · 4.8★(16) · Gay & lesbian organization

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How much does it cost to have you come and speak at our college or library!?

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Is it advisable to have a default practice of using they/them to refer to people in third person when they haven’t otherwise identified a preferred pronoun?

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Is it advisable to have a default practice of using they/them to refer to people in third person when they haven’t otherwise identified a preferred pronoun?