Out behind the desk : workplace issues for LGBTQ librarians / edited by Tracy Nectoux.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nectoux, Tracy Marie.

Series:

Gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1.

Series on gender and sexuality in librarianship ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay librarians--Employment--United States.

Gay librarians.

Bisexual librarians--Employment--United States.

Bisexual librarians.

Trans librarians--Employment--United States.

Trans librarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Gay librarians on the tenure track : following the yellow brick road? / Paul Blobaum

Out all over : giving voice to lgbts on campus / Donna Braquet & Roger Weaver

Managing outside the closet : on being an openly gay library administrator / Matthew Ciszek

Homophobia in San Antonio / David Allen White

Leather librarianship / John Bradford

Gender changer / Jim Van Buskirk

The secret life of bis : on not quite being out and not quite fitting in / BWS Johnson

Pronoun police : a guide to transitioning at your local library / K.R. Roberto

Out lines : an lgbt career in perspective / Robert B. 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

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

Maria t. accardi / Pride and Paranoia @ Your Library

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) Smith

On being as if : imagination and gay librarianship / William A. Thompson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-936117-54-1

OCLC:

929119004