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"In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to...
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"What do Frank Ocean, Sally Ride, George Takei, and Sharice Davids all have in common? They're all proud LGBTQ Americans! Featuring people from a variety of occupations and backgrounds, this collection of 25 short biographies demonstrates the diversity, accomplishments, and pride within the American LGBTQ community."--Amazon.
Publisher
LookOut Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 educator guide (64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm)
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English
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Examines the special difficulties that the aging LGBT community faces: lack of resources including social services, loss of longtime partners due to AIDS, poor representation and commitment of governmental agencies, and lack of visibility to the younger LGBT population. Interviews and personal stories of four community elders are shared with the viewer, and positive efforts to address these issues are investigated.
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Rowman & Littlefield
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English
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"The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities. It is chock full of practical and useful tools for LGBTQ+ advocacy, including: Current and relevant information on identities and LGBTQ+ language, tips for what to say and what not to say when someone comes out to you, LGBTQ+ etiquette and techniques for respectful conversations,...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
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xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Captures the true story of the LGBTQ civil rights movement from the 1960s to the present through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the revolution and made it happen"--Page 2 of cover.
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English
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"An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!--and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself. ANSWER: Who Is Amy Schneider? In eighth grade, Amy was voted "Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!" by her classmates. Decades later, this trailblazer finally got her chance. Not only did she walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game...
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New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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vi, 405 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In 2015, when the Supreme Court declared that gay and lesbian couples were entitled to the "equal dignity" of marriage recognition, the concept of dignity became a cornerstone for gay rights victories. In Disrupting Dignity, Stephen M. Engel and Timothy S. Lyle explore the darker side of dignity, tracing its invocation across public health politics, popular culture, and law from the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis to our current moment. With a...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A glittering celebration of queer families puts Pride gently in perspective--honoring those in the LBGTQ+ community who fought against injustice and inequality. Pride Day is a day that means "Together, we are strong!" With bright, buoyant illustrations and lyrical, age-appropriate rhyme modeled on "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," it tackles difficult content such as the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS marches.
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Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Atria Paperback edition.
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257 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"From the director of fashion and culture at Refinery29 comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot-button topics for modern women, including the uptick in internet feminism versus ongoing impossible beauty standards in media, the battle against anorexia, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more"--
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ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Human rights advocates contend that the LGBT community has yet to achieve full equality and acceptance in the United States and elsewhere. In recent years in the United States, state legislators have introduced more than 250 bills that limit LGBT rights and twenty of these have become law. In other parts of the world, it remains shameful to identify as LGBT; in some countries, it is even punishable by death. These and other human rights concerns are...
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ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"This indispensable book debunks common myths and misconceptions about the LGBTQ community while providing accurate information about LGBTQ people, their successes and shared history, and the current challenges they face in American society"--
16) A child's introduction to pride: the inspirational history and culture of the LGBTQIA+ community
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Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
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"An essential and empowering introduction to the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement throughout history with kid-friendly explanations of important terms"--
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The New Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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339 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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English
Description
"LGBTQ Stats chronicles the ongoing LGBTQ revolution, providing the critical statistics, and draws upon and synthesizes newly collected data. Deschamps and Singer - whose previous books and films on LGBTQ topics have won numerous awards and found audiences around the globe - provide chapters on family and marriage, workplace discrimination, education, youth, criminal justice, and immigration, as well as evolving policies and laws affecting LGBTQ communities....
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Reference shelf volume 89, no. 4
Publisher
Greyhouse Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"LGBTQ Rights and the Law explores the history of legislation affecting the LGBTQ community, including the proposed ban on transgender soldiers. It also explores the lives of the people who have challenged anti-LGBTQ legislation and made a difference for LGBTQ people in America. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Publisher's website....
20) I'm a wild seed
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Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
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"In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing the effects of a patriarchal, colonial society on her self-image, her sexuality, and her concept of freedom. Reflecting on the ways in which oppression was the cause for her late bloom into queerness, we are invited to discover people and things in the author's life that helped shape and inform her LGBTQ identity. And we come to an understanding of...
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