LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Children's Librarianship (eBook)

Policies, Programs, and Practices

Spiering Jenna Spiering, Erlanger Julia Erlanger, Green Lucy Santos Green, Kitzie Vanessa Lynn Kitzie (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
152 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-216-11079-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book breaks new ground, offering school and public librarians serving children in grades K-8 a roadmap for implementing and upholding queer-inclusive programs, policies, and services.School and public librarians are serving ever greater numbers of LGBTQIA+ children and families. Transgender children may begin to express a strong sense of gender identity as early as 2-3 years of age. Children are also identifying as gay much sooner than earlier generations-often between the ages of 7 and 12. Additionally, more children than ever before are living with LGBTQIA+ caregivers.In seeking to make our programs and services inclusive and equitable for these growing populations, librarians may court controversy and face community backlash from patrons who feel queer-inclusive content is inappropriate for young children. This book codifies a set of best practices for librarians as they rise to this challenge, defining queer-inclusive programs, identifying potential barriers to implementation, and offering strategies and resources to overcome them.Resources for Additional Support

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2022
• Vorwort: Collins Anastasia M. Collins
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-13: 979-8-216-11079-8 / 9798216110798