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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Sex and Gender

Information about various prejudices and discrimination.

June is Pride Month. Look at the resources in this Guide, and read this coming-out essay by Charles Blow.

2021 is the 30th anniversary of the release of the ground-breaking film Thelma and Louise.
This article summarizes its importance to the representation of women in film and culture.

Recommended Websites and Articles for Gender Issues

100 Years of Women's Suffrage in the U.S.
A New York Times series exploring the history and the variety of people in the movement for women's political equality.
The Library of Congress
The national library of the United States collects almost everything published, including material about sex and gender.
The Feminist Majority Foundation
News and resources.
Gender Unicorn
from the Transstudent website.
National Organization of Women
A mainstream American organization, "The grassroots arm of the women's movement," NOW was founded in 1966 by a diverse group of women which included one male.
"Gender Identity'
A page from Planned Parenthood, an organization which has expanded its scope far beyond its original mission to provide birth control for women.
"Stonewall Then and Now"
A fifty-year retrospective from Harvard University scholars.
GLAAD
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a media organization
International Calendar
from IGLTA, International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association
Rainbow Book Month
A program of the American Library Association
"Pinkwashing"
An article by Stephan Dahl about corporate marketing geared to LGBTQ+
Larry Kramer, founder of ACT UP
A profile obituary by Masha Gessen.
"The Police Killing You Probably Didn't Hear About"
A story about police killing of Tony McDade, a black transgendered person.
"Gender and Genetics"
from WHO, the World Health Organization (a UN member organization)
National Women's History Museum
An online museum with resources for students, historians, activists, and everyone else.

Online Books about Feminism

NSULA Libraries contains at least 1,634 ebooks related to feminism. Here is a short list, mixing classics and new works.

Black Female Sexualities by Trimiko Melancon and Joanne M. Braxton, Editors
ISBN: 9780813571744
Publication Date: 2015
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction by Margaret Walters
ISBN: 9780192805102
Publication Date: 2006
Feminism and Christianity: Questions and Answers in the Third Wave by Caryn D. Riswold
ISBN: 9781556358371
Publication Date: 2009
Feminism and Men by Nikki van der Gaag
ISBN: 9781780329123
Publication Date: 2014
Feminism and Popular Culture: Investigating the Postfeminist Mystique by Rebecca Munford; Melanie Waters; Imelda Whelehan (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780813567426
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Understanding Feminism by Peta Bowden and Jane Mummery
ISBN: 9781844651948
Publication Date: 2009

Notable Women Activists

Emma Goldman
"I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things." Goldman was a Lithuanian who emigrated with her sister to the U.S at age 18.
Rosa Luxemburg
“Freedom only for the supporters of the government, only for the members of one party – however numerous they may be – is no freedom at all." Luxemburg was born in Poland in 1871, earned a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Zurich, and was a political activist in eastern Europe.
Shirley Chisholm
The first African American woman in Congress, she made history by running for president in 1972. "Of her legacy, Chisholm said, 'I want to be remembered as a woman … who dared to be a catalyst of change.' ”

Greta Thunberg, environmental activist, born in Sweden in 2003, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.

Online Books about LGBTQIA+

Authentic Leadership: An Engaged Discussion of LGBTQ Work as Culturally Relevant by Lemuel W. Watson and Joshua Moon Johnson, editorss
ISBN: 9781623962593
Publication Date: 2013
LGBTQ Stats by Bennett Singer and David Deschamps
ISBN: 9781620972441
Publication Date: 2017
A Positive View of LGBTQ by Ellen D. B. Riggle and Sharon Scales Rostosky
ISBN: 9781442212824
Publication Date: 2014

Standards of Care, from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Includes a section on “Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Gender Dysphoria.”

"Coming Out: Voices of Gay and Lesbian Teens and Their Families." A video from the library's Alexander Street collection.

"When Children Say They're Trans"
An in-depth article from the Atlantic magazine.