Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Identity and Libraries (Vol 1)
Brewing Narratives
1. Be Visible, But Not Too Visible
Bailey Anderson, Shannon Devlin and Sara Harrington……………………………11
2. My Identity on Hold? Queer Librarians on Professionalism and Being Out at Work
Becca Greenstein and Megan Wolf…………………………………………………………22
3. Dude-Looking People: Being Non-Binary and AMAB in Libraries
Alex Byrne and Karl G. Siewert…………………………………………………………..33
4. You Have the Power to Be Such an Influence by Simply Being
Hunter Albini and Liam Adler…………………………………………………………..444
5. The Gay Stuff Can Transfer Both Ways
Nae D’Archangel, Scott Clonan, and Megan Mac Gregor……………………….555
6. Queerness is Happening Right Here: Coming Out in Rural Libraries, and Coming Out of Rural Libraries
Lou Marie Judge and Zebulon Wimsatt………………………………………………..666
7. Different Parts of Belize: Compartmentalizing Queerness, Family, and Advocacy
Felene Cayetano and Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz………………………………………….777
Sipping Strategies
8. Explicit and Implicit Trans Work in the Library
Jeanie Austin and Lillian D. Maisfehlt…………………………………………………888
9. “I Had No Idea How Exhausting It was Going to Be”: Incorporating Transgender Inclusion Education into Library Work Stephen G. Krueger and Krista McCracken……………………………………………999
10. Queering EDI: Making Strategic Changes
Henry Handley and Matt Rohweder…………………………………………………….100
11. Pushing Past More Margins: Queers of Color in LIS
Lorraine LaPrade and Sam Sermeno……………………………………………………110
12. Free to be Openly Queer: Being a BIPOC Queer Library Worker
Hebah Emera and Laura Nemeth……………………………………………………….112
13. Navigating Queer Professionalism and NSFW Research in Libraries
Drew Balduff and Kel R. Karpinski……………………………………………………113
14. Remixing LIS Leadership: Re-Examining the Possibilities of Gender-Variant BIPOC Leadership in LIS
Lorin K. Jackson and kynita stringer-stanback……………………………………….114
15. Beyond the GSA: Middle School Libraries as a Queer Space
Laura Winnick and Rebecca Segal……………………………………………………….115
Seeping in Community
16. The “OTHER” Box: Non-Binary Staff Inclusion in Library Spaces
Andi Johnson and Luiza Wainer…………………………………………………………116
17. Progress, Iteration, and Queerness in Librarianship
Jill Anderson and Ari Goffman…………………………………………………………..117
18. Showing Up for Ourselves and Each Other: The Intersection of Race and Bisexuality in Libraries
Maria Mejia and Danielle Nista…………………………………………………………118
19. How Did You Survive? Unpacking the Jewish Queer Librarian Experience
Carol Kassel and Rachel Wexelbaum……………………………………………………119
20. The Strength It Lends: Reflections on Finding Queer Community in the Workplace
Sam Buechler and Carol Fisher……………………………………………………………120
21. Passing for Promotion: Emotional Labor and the Library
Teresa Slobuski and Sara Howard……………………………………………………….121
Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Archives and Practice
(Vol 2) Author Bios for Vol 2 here.
Brewing Narratives
1. On New Orleans and Its LGBTQ Community: A Microcosm
Frank Perez and Perry Brass……………………………………………….………………………………….……………….21
2. Towards a Many Gendered Daughters of Bilitis
Megan Paslawski and Meg Metcalf…………………………….…………………………………………………………….35
3. Ephemeral: Queer Felt Experiences in Archives
Xena Becker and Donna Langille…………………………………….…………………………………………………………49
4. Paint Me a Dangerous Woman: A Conversation about tatiana de la tierra’s Lesbian Poetics and Librarianship
Lizeth Zepeda and Liliana C. González………………………..………………………….…………..………………………63
5. Memory Work: Archival Evidences at The Schomburg and The Forward
Bridgett Kathryn Pride and Chana Pollack……………………………………..……………………………………………75
Sipping Strategies
6. A Responsibility to the Future: Sending Along the Record of LGBTQI Lives
RL Goldberg and Gerard Koskovich………………………….……………………………………..…………………………..95
7. Lessons for Archival Practice from Queer Resistance: Care, Intimacy, and Slowness
Jehan L Roberson and Shannon O’Neill……………………………………………………………………………………….111
8. Queer Tinge: Adjusting Archival Practice to Meet the Needs of Rural Communities
Emma Curtis and Nicole Martin………………………………………..…………………………………………………………129
9. (In) Terms of Who We Are: The Homosaurus Board in Conversation
Marika Cifor, Jay L. Colbert, Clair A. Kronk, K.J. Rawson, and Brian M. Watson………..……………………...141
10. Preserving Our History, Building Our Futures: Design, Naming, and Queering Library Systems
Danielle Pollock and W. Arthur Maurici ………………………………………..……………………………………………..167
Seeping in Community
11. Representing the Yoni, the Self-Naming & Signature Files
Polly Thistlethwaite and Morgan Gwenwald……………………..……………………………………..……………………183
12. Are You Family? Mapping the Genealogy of Black Queer Library Workers
Zakiya Collier and Steven G. Fullwood……………………………..………………………………………..…………………199
13. “It’s a Friendship, It’s a Kinship, It’s a Relationship”
Steven D. Booth and Tracy S. Drake……………………………….………………………………………..…………………..217
14. Moments of Complication: Navigating the Profession While Queer
Claudia Berger and Claire Fox ………………….………………..……………………………………………………………….235
15. Queer Time in Libraries and Archives: Democratizing Personal and Historical Narratives
Julie Adamo and Tanya Pearson……………………………………………………………………….………………………….247
16. Que(e)ry Inque(e)ry: Reflections on Ten Years of Fundraising for Queer Archives
M’issa Fleming and Matthew Haugen…………………………………………………………………………………………..259
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