June 2021 Virtual Display: LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple rainbow pride flag with an additional a chevron along the hoist that features black, brown, light blue, pink, and white stripes.

Clark College student library worker Austin Ada assisted in the creation of this post.

June is LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month, in honor of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. Since then, June has been a month for celebrating queer love and visibility, along with recognizing queer accomplishments and struggles. For more information about pride month check out our three part series of blog posts from last year, about the history of pride month, queer resources, and current activism and movements.

Follow the links below to check out some ebooks, videos, articles, and other digital resources. To access ebooks click on the title below, and once you are on the library website click the link next to “Get It Now At:” and sign in with your lab username and password. Some may have a link at the top of the page that says “Check for full text” instead. Non-Clark Libraries resources do not require a Clark Labs account.

Ebooks

Hello Sailor: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea by Paul Baker and Jo Stanley	School’s Out: Gay and Lesbian Teachers in the Classroom by Catherine Connell
Queer People of Color: Connected but Not Comfortable by Angelique Harris, Juan Battle, & Antonio Jay Pastrana	Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries by Bruce Henderson
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer	Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians by Tracy Marie Nectoux
LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century: Emerging Directions of Advocacy and Community Engagement in Diverse Information Environments by Bharat Mehra	Queer Ancient Ways: A Decolonial Exploration by Zairong Xiang

Outside Resources

Articles

7 Facts You Should Know About Aromantic People

” Aromanticism (or aromanticity) is an orientation in which someone does not experience romantic attraction. Aromanticism is often confused for asexuality, but asexuality is only a lack of sexual attraction. Not all asexuals are aromantic, nor are all aromantics asexual.”

11 People Explain What Bi+ Visibility Means to Them

“Whatever you think you know or understand about bisexuality from tropes in pop culture, TV, movies, or even conversations with people might not necessarily be correct. To set the record right, the best thing we can do is listen to bi+ folks themselves, because it’s clear there are many ways to own your identity and experience bisexuality, pansexuality, or queerness.”

Farms Run by Queer and BIPOC People Are Sites of Community and Strength

“For the BIPOC land stewards Teen Vogue spoke to, land has myriad meanings. It can be a space for sovereignty — a space to grow food for themselves and their communities while divesting from a system that refuses to condemn the structures perpetuating climate change and white supremacy. For others, it is reparation for generations of slavery and land theft from Black and Indigenous peoples, which, as the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust writes, ‘built the foundation of the United States, cutting us off from health, wealth, language, knowledge, and sense of place.’ For others still, it is simply about the healing act of digging one’s hands in the dirt among friends, breathing fresh air, and powering off the doomscroll.”

A Guide to Understanding Gender Identity and Pronouns

“Issues of equality and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people — along with challenges to their rights — have become a major topic in the headlines. These issues can involve words and ideas and identities that are new to some. That’s why we’ve put together a glossary of terms relating to gender identity. Our goal is to help people communicate accurately and respectfully with one another.”

LGBT Navajo Youth Discover Unlikely Champions

“But returning to understandings that predate colonialism has helped the families of LGBT Navajos. Traditionalists believe that the “two spirited,” as they’re sometimes called, are powerful and that not all humans can be classified as male or female.”

Non-Binary Lesbians Have Always Existed | by Jules Rylan | Medium

“A lesbian subverting gender expression with he/him pronouns deserves just as much respect as a cis feminine lesbian, and they are both real lesbians. Our culture allows different rules when it comes to gender and an expansive freedom to express that. Above all: Lesbianism is liberation.”

Perspective | The push for LGBTQ equality began long before Stonewall

“And yet, there were activists advocating for LGBTQ Americans decades before the gay liberation movement of the 1960s. This history has been largely forgotten, because their work was tied to a radical social movement critiquing capitalism.”

Pride Flags 101: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Gay, Trans, and Other Pride Flags

“So where did all those Pride flags come from, why do we need them, and what do they mean? The answers to the first two questions are simple: They emerged from a need to assert the presence of LGBTQ+ people and their community at a time when they tended to be overlooked by mainstream culture. By displaying a flag, activists of decades past were able to draw attention to their existence, find each other, an push for more inclusion.”

Pride Month 2021: LGBTQ parades, events and activities this June

“June marks the 51st celebration of Pride Month, a time when millions of people come together in support of the LGBTQ community by walking in parades and attending festivals. This year, many celebrations across the globe will resume as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and more people receive a coronavirus vaccine. Below, we suggest ways you can get involved, what you can watch and read, and other ways to celebrate the LGBTQ community.”

There Are Not Two Sides to the Trans Rights Debate

“All humans, including trans people, deserve humanity, dignity, respect and safety, and how we get there is on all of us to recognize misinformation and propaganda, our biases, and the power structures at play. We need to learn to recognize that white supremacy, internalized antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, classism, and beyond, are often silent sponsors of most conversations we’re having. Let us recognize when we are benefitting from these sponsors and when we are oppressed by them, then break it all down and start again.”

What Is Asexuality: Myths and Truths About Being Asexual

“For Asexuality Awareness Week, model Yasmin Benoit answers the question ‘what is asexuality’, and busts some common myths about what it means to be asexual.”