Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors: Exploring the 2020 Rainbow Book List

Authors

  • Tadayuki Suzuki
  • Darryn Diuguid
  • Barbara A. Ward

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.19.3.3

Abstract

Being familiar with the Rainbow Book List is one easy way for librarians to support the LGBTQ+ community and address the American Library Association’s (ALA) Response to Service for LGBTQ+ People.

As stated on their website: “Libraries can serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGTQ) people by ensuring that this population is reflected in library collections and provided with services at the library. It further states, “As a population which is often the subject of discrimination and harassment, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people can benefit from the access to information which libraries provide and the sense of community which library programs can help foster. It is important to note that the LGBTQ population is diverse, spanning age groups, ethnic and racial groups, socio-economic groups, and personal identities.”

Author Biographies

Tadayuki Suzuki

Tadayuki Suzuki is an Associate Professor in the Literacy Department, State University of New York at Cortland, teaching both undergraduate and graduate literacy courses. His academic interests are literacy methods, teaching ESL, and multicultural education, especially the use of multicultural literature.

Darryn Diuguid

Darryn Diuguid, PhD, is a professor in the School of Education at McKendree University where he teaches future teachers and observes them in field experiences. He received the US Fulbright Scholar Award and Fulbright Specialist Award where he conducted seminars with education faculty and teacher candidates in Vietnam. He has served on the Stonewall Youth Book Award Committee.

Barbara A. Ward

Barbara A. Ward spent twenty-five years teaching English/language arts in New Orleans before working as an associate literacy professor at Washington State University. She is currently an adjunct at the University of New Orleans.

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Published

2021-09-03

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2021): Fall

Section

Features

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