“As far as I’m concerned, when you suppress a minority from your library catalogue, you’re making a statement: you’re pulling the welcome mat out from under that minority’s feet and you’re ensuring the dissolution of that minority and its history within your community. I’m proud of the consideration I see librarians give to their diverse communities of users. I’m proud to see Armistead Maupin on the quick-read shelves with Urdu and Polish texts around one corner and mental health texts around the next. I’m proud of these refuges and community centres and melting pots. I’m proud that despite the shushy stereotypes, these are places where anyone can have as loud an identity as they like and it will be catered to. I’m proud of libraries and of my choice to become a librarian.”
Boolean Berry - LGBT pride and libraries (via contrarylibrarian)
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