May 31, 2022
Celebrate Pride Month!
Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. Learn more about the history of Pride Month, and thank you for joining UW Libraries in sharing these many interesting collections and UW-only resources in celebration of Pride Month!
View:
The new display in Odegaard Undergraduate Library; Pride: Power and Love
Read:
Underflows Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice (UW Press, April 2022), by Cleo Wölfle Hazard, UW faculty, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA). At the intersection of river sciences, queer and trans theory, and environmental justice, Underflows explores river cultures and politics at five sites of water conflict and restoration in California, Oregon, and Washington. The result is a deeply moving account of why rivers matter for queer and trans life, offering critical insights that point to innovative ways of doing science that disrupt settler colonialism and new visions for justice in river governance.
Recommendations from the recent book display in Odegaard Library, Queer Joy: a curated list of graphic novels, novels, poetry, manga, movies and TV, including trigger warnings along with keywords and descriptions.
Watch:
AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS: TOWARDS A QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR (QTPOC) FILM CANON A film cannon that explores QTPOC representation in American cinema; a spotlight on high-quality, unique and exceptional films that illuminate experiences that have been rendered invisible or marginalized in American mass media.
Discover:
- UW Tacoma Library’s Gender and Sexuality Guide for Pride 2022 has an excellent list of community resources, including this Gender and Sexuality subject guide.
- Check out journals like Feminist Studies; GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies; and Transgender Studies Quarterly available through UW Libraries with your UWNet ID! Learn more.
- From UW Libraries’ Special Collections:
- oral histories from the Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Project-check it out!
- Learn more about the The Precious, Precarious Work of Queer Archiving in the Pacific Northwest in this in-depth profile from Atlas Obscura.
Rainbow Book Month LGBTQIA+ Book Awards and Bibliographies from the American Library Association 
The American Library Association supports LGBTQIA+ literature through the Stonewall Book Awards (in Children’s and Young Adult, Non-Fiction, and Literature categories), as well as two bibliographies including the Rainbow Book List and Over the Rainbow Book List. These awards and lists serve to recognize the very best in contemporary literature and serve as invaluable tools for building quality LGBTQIA+ collections.
- Stonewall Book Awards – The first and longest-enduring award for LGBTQIA+ literature
- Rainbow Book List – LGBTQIA+ Books for Kids and Teens
- Over the Rainbow Book List – LGBTQIA+ Books for Adult Readers
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