Out and Ignored: Why Are so Many School Libraries Reluctant to Embrace Gay Teens?
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| author | Whelan, Debra Lau |
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| contents | Out and Ignored: Why Are so Many School Libraries Reluctant to Embrace Gay Teens? Whelan, Debra Lau School Libraries Library Services Homosexuality Student Needs Adolescent Literature Librarians Web Sites Internet User Needs (Information) Access to Information Social Bias According to the 2003 National School Climate Survey, a biannual study by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, an organization which ensures safe schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) students, only 50 percent of students say they have access to community LGBT Web sites, such as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (www.pflag.com), and gay-related resources in their media centers. Internet-filtering software on school computers and the lack of federal and state funding for school libraries are partly to blame for the inadequate school library services for gay teens. But librarians themselves are the most likely culprits because they dislike controversy. This article conveys opinions on why it is hard for school libraries to adopt gay literature and the impact this has had on the gay student community. The article concludes with suggestions on how to build a gay-themed collection (while avoiding book challenges). (Lists 6 resources and 4 online resources.) |
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| spellingShingle | Out and Ignored: Why Are so Many School Libraries Reluctant to Embrace Gay Teens? Whelan, Debra Lau School Libraries Library Services Homosexuality Student Needs Adolescent Literature Librarians Web Sites Internet User Needs (Information) Access to Information Social Bias Out and Ignored: Why Are so Many School Libraries Reluctant to Embrace Gay Teens? Whelan, Debra Lau School Libraries Library Services Homosexuality Student Needs Adolescent Literature Librarians Web Sites Internet User Needs (Information) Access to Information Social Bias According to the 2003 National School Climate Survey, a biannual study by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, an organization which ensures safe schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) students, only 50 percent of students say they have access to community LGBT Web sites, such as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (www.pflag.com), and gay-related resources in their media centers. Internet-filtering software on school computers and the lack of federal and state funding for school libraries are partly to blame for the inadequate school library services for gay teens. But librarians themselves are the most likely culprits because they dislike controversy. This article conveys opinions on why it is hard for school libraries to adopt gay literature and the impact this has had on the gay student community. The article concludes with suggestions on how to build a gay-themed collection (while avoiding book challenges). (Lists 6 resources and 4 online resources.) |
| title | Out and Ignored: Why Are so Many School Libraries Reluctant to Embrace Gay Teens? |
| topic | School Libraries Library Services Homosexuality Student Needs Adolescent Literature Librarians Web Sites Internet User Needs (Information) Access to Information Social Bias |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ755121 |