Lovely time in London on Saturday visiting the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for a tour of the exhibition ‘Tenderness and Rage’, an exploration of HIV & AIDS stories from the UK and beyond. Thanks to @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social for organising. This Pride month see the exhibit, join the Network 🌈

In 2 weeks’ time you could be hanging out with the CILIP LGBTQIA+ Network in London for a special Wellcome exhibition visit, casual social, and lots of library chat. Join the Pride on 13 June 🌈 More info & reg: www.eventbrite.com/e/cilip-lgbt...

CILIP LGBTQ+ Hangout: ‘Tenderness and Rage’ Exhibition Tour and Social!

Join us for our inaugural hangout that’ll feature a guided tour of ‘Tenderness and Rage' followed by a social at a nearby pub.

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It's nearly Pride month & CILIP’s LGBTQ+ committee is coming out and wants the world to know! Join us 13 June for a guided tour of ‘Tenderness and Rage’, exhibition at the Wellcome Collection (London), followed by a friendly social. Registration required. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cilip-lgbt...

CILIP LGBTQ+ Hangout: ‘Tenderness and Rage’ Exhibition Tour and Social!

Join us for our inaugural hangout that’ll feature a guided tour of ‘Tenderness and Rage' followed by a social at a nearby pub.

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Happy New Year Again! (𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠) 😉

CILIP LGBTQ+ Network@ciliplgbtq.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Happy New Year! 🎉 We're the network for LGBTQIA+ Library workers🏳️‍🌈💜📚 Follow us to keep in the loop for what we're up to. More about us here: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou... Contact: cilip.lgbtqnetwork@cilip.org.uk #LGBT #Librarian

📚Book: Radical Cataloging- Essays at the Front Includes chapters: 📗Latina Lesbian Subject Headings: The Power of Naming 📘A Hidden History of Queer Subject Access tinyurl.com/bdzde3sa #Catalogue #Metadata #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #EDI #DEI #LGBTQ

Radical Cataloging - McFarland

Radical Cataloging Essays at the Front Edited by K.R. Roberto 978-0-7864-3543-2 978-1-4766-0512-8

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📰'LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans' www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lg... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #LGBT #Gay #Bookban #Book

LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans

"We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.

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A Soft Silencing in Children’s Publishing Are LGBTQIA+ voices being quietly pushed out by publishing decisions? www.slj.com/story/Soft-S...

A Soft Silencing in Children

Are LGBTQIA+ voices being quietly pushed out by publishing decisions?

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"With Book Bans on the Rise, Pressley Introduces Bill to Fight Back, Promote Inclusive #Literature" (via @ayannapressley.bsky.social) pressley.house.gov/2026/04/07/p... #books #bookbans #uscongress #legislation #libraries

Check out the new website for the Library Freedom Journal, published by the folks at the Library Freedom Project. journal.libraryfreedom.org They're looking for submissions for articles, reviews, hot takes, zines, & artwork focused on privacy, intellectual freedom, information democracy, & more! 📚

“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said… “Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement. Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section

A county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books.

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"as #librarians, #lesbian and #bisexual women may have higher success and satisfaction in the management of sexual identity in the #workplace than women in other professions." From the archive: Workplace identity management issues of Lesbian and Bisexual Librarians⬇️ cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/mast...

a librarian is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf

ALT: a librarian is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf

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Happy New Year Again! (𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠) 😉

CILIP LGBTQ+ Network@ciliplgbtq.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Happy New Year! 🎉 We're the network for LGBTQIA+ Library workers🏳️‍🌈💜📚 Follow us to keep in the loop for what we're up to. More about us here: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou... Contact: cilip.lgbtqnetwork@cilip.org.uk #LGBT #Librarian

"Trans & #gender diverse people are present in all areas of #library work" from 'Decistifying #trans & gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review' ⬇️ www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decisti... #Librarian #LibraryWorker #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NonBinary #Queer

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.

We've got a great programme, we've got tickets, now we need you! Tickets and bursary applications now available for #CALC26, taking place online from Tuesday 12th-Thursday 14th May. Hope you can join us! sites.google.com/view/calccon...

“Conciencia” (Awareness),2015 by Spanish artist Alicia Martin, created with thousands of donated books #womensart

📘Book: 'Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians' ▶️ litwinbooks.com/books/out-be... #Library #Librarian #LibraryWorker #Research #Employment #Workplace #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer

Out Behind the Desk - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press

Number one in the series Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians is an anthology of personal accounts … R...

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'Interrogating queer silence in the archive: A multiversal approach to archival justice' 💻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #Research #Catalogue #Metadata #Library #Archive #Collections #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer #History #Heritage

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Archival Activism, Symbolic Annihilation, and the LGBTQ2+ Community Archive muse.jhu.edu/pub/302/arti... #Research #Archive #Collections #LGBT #Lesbian #Gay #GLAM

The power of inclusive practices in #academic libraries for LGBTQIA+ communities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Library #Librarian #Research #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer #EDI

The power of inclusive practices in academic libraries for LGBTQIA+ communities

This research investigates the experiences of LGBTQIA+ academic library patrons with reference librarians and other staff to identify strategies for i…

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The ALN Staff Development Weekly Update provides info on how you can apply to the ALN EDI Innovation Fund, last chance to submit to #ALN26's call for papers (theme of openness) & contribute to the next Frontline Forum. We'd love for you to get involved: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

Time is running out! Submissions close 11:45pm today so get your proposals in! More details on how to submit can be found at www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26

Librarians enter the chat

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Every physical copy of a book should include a free digital copy available for all my electronic devices. I love reading „the old way" at home but can't be bothered to carry around one pound of paper just to read a few pages during my lunch time.

if any library folks are thinking about looking for a new social media home, discord has #CripLib (and LibraryFreedomProject and LibraryPunk and many others, I just have an invite code for CL) and also mastodon has glammr.us

glammr.us Mastodon

glammr.us is a space for folks interested in galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records. But you don't only have to post about GLAMMR-related topics, bring your whole self!

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I have a sweet spot for online #archives, this digitised collection of 226 #LGBT badges is worth a little look if you've 5 mins to spare. From the archive at @lselibrary.bsky.social digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... #Library #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer #GLAM

Shocking this level of censorship is happening at home.

CILIP School Libraries Group@cilipslg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A concerning case of school library censorship in Greater Manchester: Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho... SLG supported the librarian with expert guidance, and CILIP continues to speak out against censorship. School libraries must remain safe, inclusive spaces @cilip.bsky.social

A concerning case of school library censorship in Greater Manchester: Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho... SLG supported the librarian with expert guidance, and CILIP continues to speak out against censorship. School libraries must remain safe, inclusive spaces @cilip.bsky.social

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

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Just before LGBTQI History month wraps we have a new blog in our Diversity Allies series - read all about it here www.archives.org.uk/diversity-allies-blog/accessibility-and-archives-i-have-been-gifted-with-obstinacy-in-the-face-of-physical-and-other-disadvantages

Accessibility and Archives: “I have been gifted with obstinacy in the face of physical and other disadvantages” — Archives & Records Association

In this blog for LGBTQ+ History Month, Philip Milnes-Smith reflects on the particular challenges of finding queer disability history.    Indigo Dunphy Smith’s 2025 toolkit ( How to Qu...

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It's friday! time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news from the week? What's made you smile? Me? It's been reconnecting with Buffy fandom.

The NAG Public Library Project Grant for 2026 is OPEN! This year, thanks to sponsorship from @openfifth.bsky.social, we have TWO grants of £1500 available for NAG member libraries. Full info: nag.org.uk/public-libra...