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Virtual Exhibits

Here you can find our virtual exhibits, current and past, and access the materials that we highlighted through them.

Happy Pride! This guide offers additional resources related to the Health Sciences Library's Pride Month display (located on the third floor of the library) and to the HSC's 2024 Pride Month eventsExplore ebooks, articles, local resources, and more related to the LGBTQIA2+ community. Check out HSLIC's Research Guide for LGBTQIA+ Health Resources for clinical information and resources. 

Queer Liberation Library Event

 

Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community. We’re excited to share how we brought this project into the world, how we see QLL as an online extension of the queer history of creating our own spaces, and how we as a queer library are celebrating queer joy.

REGISTER HERE: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/event/12456185 

Book Bans

Book bans, both attempted and actual, have a disproportionate impact on literature for/by/featuring queer people and themes.  According to PEN America's 2023 report, Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor, 36% of books banned in US public schools during the 2022-2023 school year featured gender and/or LGBTQIA+ themes.  The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom's Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 list reports that seven out of the top ten titles were cited for LGBTQIA+ content, including all top five.  Please remember that scholarship includes the production of literature.  States banning or attempting to ban gender and sexuality studies at publicly funded schools are also repressing possible forms of queer literature.  

A brief list of additional content:

Queer Literature

Providers as Advocates

Health providers interested in understanding their role as advocates for their LGBTQIA+ patients' interests in public libraries may consult some of the following resources.

Staff Favorites

Check out these great titles for Pride Month, recommended by the librarians at HSLIC (use the arrows to scroll). Most of these titles are available through the Albuquerque Public Library-- just click on the book cover to check availability.   

You Should See Me in a Crown

Recommended by Arthur 

Determined to get out of her small town, Liz Lightly runs for prom queen in the hopes of receiving the scholarship that comes with it. Along the way, she finds herself falling for the new girl, Mack, who is also making a bid for prom queen.

Assistant Professor, Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian

Library Information Specialist

Student Support Coordinator

Pronouns

e-Books

A selection of over 50 e-books available from the library website. For the full list, click on the link below.