if y'all see that your local libraries and museums are doing pride displays and events, PLEASE INTERACT WITH THE MATERIALS AND/OR ATTEND THEM! even if its just a pretty arrangement of lgbt books, borrow the materials amd make comments about how much you like them.
libraries in particular take a lot of heat for showcasing lgbt stuff, but having supporting statistics in hand to defend ourselves helps to keep the directors from backing down when confronted by conservative blowhards. but we only get those statistics if youβre actually there supporting us. my system dropped our Storytime with a Drag Queen events because of this.
please boost this, and as always, support your local queer librarians!
We recently had a display of local queer events for teens get challenged (and it went mildly viral on Facebook because the guy posted a photo of it there) and I just wanted to share the emails that the director printed off for the drama of it all
The tiny stack is people complaining.Β
The giant stack is people supporting us and telling us their stories and affirming how important it is to have queer representation in libaries.