A Call to Action: Libraries Leaning in for Unhoused LGBTGEQ+ Youth
How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century
ISBN: 978-1-80382-436-9, eISBN: 978-1-80382-435-2
Publication date: 8 September 2023
Abstract
Libraries must acknowledge their role as gatekeepers for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender expansive queer and questioning (LGBTGEQ+) young people on their journey to home. By exploring the intersections of community, identity, accessible information, equitable practices, and leadership commitment, this chapter calls on the profession to lean in and no longer look away (K. Strowder, personal communication, 2022).
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Acknowledgment
I’d like to acknowledge my students, guest speakers, Point Source Youth, and Kevin Strowder, whose writing helped me find some of the words to perfectly express my thoughts and viewpoint.
Citation
Winkelstein, J.A. (2023), "A Call to Action: Libraries Leaning in for Unhoused LGBTGEQ+ Youth", Williams-Cockfield, K.C. and Mehra, B. (Ed.) How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 53), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020230000053010
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2023 Julie Ann Winkelstein