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Selected Readings - Collection Development Selected Books and Services The Berenstain Bears and The Bully – Stan Berenstain Alyson, Sasha. (1984). What librarians should know about gay and Bootsie Barker Ballerina – Barbara Bottner lesbian publishing. Collection Building, 6(Spring), 22-23. Jake Drake, Bully Buster – Andrew Clements American Library Association. (2009). Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. Mean, Mean Maureen Green – Judy Cox http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/index.cfm. Radio Fifth Grade – Gordan Korman American Library Association GLBT Round Table. (2010, July). Stonewall Funny Boy (Harvest Book) - by Shyam Selvadurai book awards. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts /glbtrt/stonewall/index.cfm Boy Meets Boy – Daniel Levinthal The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chobsky American Library Association. (2010). Banned & challenged books. http://ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/index.cfm Hero - Perry Moore Cart, M. (1997). Honoring their stories, too: literature for gay and lesbian Geography Club – Brent Hartinger teens. The ALAN Review, 25(1). Freak Show – James St. James http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall97/cart.html. Tales of the Madman Underground – John Barnes Flemming, T. & Sullivant, J. (2001). Consumer health materials for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered people. Public Library Quarterly, 18(3), 95-107. Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws - Kate Bornstein Gardes, T. (2008). Serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning teens in your library media centre. CSLA Journal, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity 32(1), 23-24. –Matt Bernstein Sycamore Greenblatt, E. (2005). Exploring LGBTQ online resources. Journal of Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Library Administration, 43(3), 85-101. RuPaul - Leslie Feinberg Greyson, D. (2007). GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens. Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Collection Building, 26(4), 130-134. Loved Ones - Mary Boenke Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits - Loren Cameron Hilton Boon, M., & Howard, V. (2004). Recent gay/lesbial/bisexual/transgender fiction for teens: Are Canadian Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North public libraries providing adequate collections? Collection America - Will Roscoe Building, 23(3), 133-138. Gay, Lesbian, And Transgender Issues In Education: Programs, Lambda Literary. (2010). Awards. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/ Policies, And Practice - James T. Sears, Ph.D. Lane, D. (2002). The emergence of gay literature for young people. Young I Could Not Speak My Heart: Education and Social Justice for Gay and Lesbian Youth - James McNinch & Mary Cronin Adult Library Services, 1(1), 18-21. Quick Resource Sites: Manfredi, A. (2009). Accept the universal freak show. Young Adult Library Services, 7(4), 26-31. PFLAG site, resources section: Norton, T.L., & Vare, J.W. (2004). Literature for today's gay and lesbian http://www.pflagcanada.ca/en/index-e.asp teens: subverting the culture of silence. The English Journal, 94(2), 65-69 Lambda Literary Books for Teens about bullying: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/10/28/10-lgbt-books- Sanchez, A. (n.d.). Great books for gay teens. for-teens-that-tackle-suicide-bullying/ ://www.alexsanchez.com/gay_teen_books.htm Whelan, D. L. (2006). Out and ignored. School Library Journal, 52(1), 46- ALA Rainbow Books 2010: 50. http://rainbowlist.wordpress.com/rl-2010/

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Resources for Educators/ Librarians Support: Montreal and Beyond http://www.glsen.org Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network: anti-bullying and safe schools advocates and educational resources www.gayline.qc.ca A listening & information phone line for Quebec's http://www.glbtq.com/ gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered Anglophone population. World’s largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and One of Montreal's oldest gay organizations queer culture. Excellent source for literature reviews, art, music www.p10.qc.ca and more Project Ten - a support group for young LGBT people in

Montreal http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/library www.alterheros.com American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Youth & Schools Resources Excellent bilingual portal website for queer Quebec youth, educators and allies - full of useful information and Links (including ACLU guides) www.nomorepotlucks.org A bilingual portal (aka mangeuse de pantoufle) for Montreal's http://0- lesbian community www.ala.org.sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/popularreso http://www.thegyc.com/ urces/index.cfm The Gay Youth Corner: community, resources, podcasts ALA GLBTRT Roundtable Resource Guides, Bibliographies, Collection Development and Awards Lists http://www.pflagcanada.ca/ PFLAG Canada: Parents and Friends of LGBTQ people, 24 http://0- hour support, shared stories, wealth of resources for entire www.ala.org.sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits community, including a section on Books Worth Reading /glbttoolkit/glbttoolkit.cfm

ALA Out in the Library: Policy Statements, Challenge Strategies, http://www.hrc.org/issues/coming_out.asp Human Rights Campaign Coming Out Project: Guides, Bibliographies support, and stories http://www.lambdaliterary.org/ http://www.trans-health.com/ Lambda Literary: Comprehensive source of reviews, interviews, Trans Health, providing health and fitness resources for trans and awards of LGBT books people http://www.stance.org.uk/ http://www.coalitionjeunesse.org/ STANCE Against Montreal Youth Coalition Against Homophobia Homophobic Bullying Suicide and Depression http://www.wegiveadamn.org/about-damn/ (UK) Give a Damn Campaign: Information About the Issues, particularly for straight allies http://www.glbtrt.ala. org/overtherainbow/ http://www.halfofus.com http://makeitbetterproject.org/ Over the Rainbow Half of Us: Depression and Suicide resources Make it better Project; tools for youth to make a difference Books Blog: A Book now List from Gay, 1-800-668-6868 www.kidshelpphone.ca Lesbian, Bisexual, Kids Help Phone: 24/7 Counseling advice for kids and Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association (for adults) http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ The Trevor Project: suicide resources, resources http://rainbowlist.wordpress.com/ for educators, the It Gets Better Project ALA Rainbow Project: Recommended GLBTQ Books for Young Readers

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McGill Resources Resources for Professionals www.mcgill.ca/queerequity/ http://www.gba.org.uk/whoweare.htm McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People Gay Business Association

www.queermcgill.ca http://www.outprofessionals.org/ Queer McGill

Out Professionals (networking) groups.yahoo.com/group/QueerGradCaucus Queer Grad Caucus http://www.noglstp.org/ National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Science www.outlaw.mcgill.ca Professionals and Technicians LEGALE-OutLaw

http://unionforgenderempowerment.wordpress.co m/ Union for Gender Empowerment

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10061 6313719#!/group.php?gid=100616313719&v=w all Internet Safety QTEAM, a working group of QPIRG McGill https://www.wiredsafety.org Wired Safety: Internet Safety, Help and Education Academic Resources Resource http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711#id994 Voice of the Shuttle: Queer Studies http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety Facebook Safety Centre http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/res guides/gay/index.html http://twitter.zendesk.com/entries/15794- New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Research harassment-and-violent-threats-policy Guide Twitter’s Abusive Users Policy

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/glq/ http://www.myspace.com/help/safety GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies My Space Safety (through Project MUSE)

History and Archives http://www.agq.qc.ca/ The Quebec Gay Archives, committed to collecting and preserving the gay history of Quebec http://www.stonewall-library.org/ Stonewall Library and Archives http://www.gayheroes.com/main.htm Gay Heroes: colourful site with biographies on gay scientists, artists, musicians and kings

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