Towards a new specialization in health librarianship: LGBTQ health
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5596/c16-007Keywords:
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, LGBTQl information needs, information-seeking behaviourReferences
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2. Katz S. The homosexual next door: a sober appraisal of a new social phenomenon. Maclean’s. 1964 22 February: 28–30.
3. Katz S. The Harsh Facts of Life in the ‘Gay’ World. Maclean’s. 1964, 7 March;18:33–4.
4. McLeod DW. Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: a selected annotated chronology. Toronto, ON: ECW Press/Homewood Books; 1996. 302 p.
5. Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives. Association for Social Knowledge (ASK): Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Canadia Gay and Lesbian Archives; 2012 [cited 5 Dec 2015]. Available from: http://clga.ca/association-social-knowledge-ask.
6. Toronto Public Library. 50 Years of Toronto Pride at the Toronto Public Library 2014 [Internet]. Toronto: Toronto Public Library; 2014 [cited 10 Dec 2015]. Available from: http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/trl/2014/06/50-years-of-toronto-pride-at-the-toronto-reference-library.html.
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10. Morris M, Roberto KR. Information-seeking behaviour and information needs of LGBTQ health professionals: a follow-up study. Health Info Libr J. doi: 10.1111/hir.12139.
11. Pride at Work Canada. In & out – diverging perspectives on LGBT inclusion in the workplace. Toronto, ON: Pride at Work Canada; 2015. 40 p.
12. Mitra S, Globerman J. Facilitators and barriers to health care for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Toronto, ON: Ontario HIV Treatment Network; 2014. 2 p.
13. McLeod DW, Miller AV. Medical, social and political aspects of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis: a bibliography. Toronto, ON: Canadian Gay Archives; 1985. 314 p.
14. Creelman JA, Harris RM. Coming out: the information needs of lesbians. Collect Build. 1990;10(3/4):37–41. doi: 10.1108/eb023281.
15. Joyce S, Schrader AM. Hidden perceptions: Edmonton gay males and the Edmonton Public Library. Can J Info Libr Sci. 1997;22(1):19–37.
16. Caudra CA, Bates MJ. Library and information service needs of the nation. Proceedings of a Conference on the Needs of Occupational, Ethnic, and Other Groups in the United States. 1974.
17. Schaller S. Information needs of LGBTQ college students. Libri. 2011;61(2):100–15. doi: 10.1515/libr.2011.009.
18. McGill Centre for Applied Family Studies. Access to care: exploring the health and well-being of gay, Lesbian, bisexual and two-spirit people in Canada. In: Health Canada/Santé Canada, editor. “Certain circumstances” – issues in equity and responsiveness in access to health care in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada/Santé Canada; 2001. pp. 145–60.
19. Veinot TC, Meadowbrooke CC, Loveluck J, Hickok A, Bauermeister JA. How “community” matters for how people interact with information: mixed methods study of young men who have sex with other men. J Med Internet Res. 2013;15(2):e33. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2370.
20. O’Grady L. Meeting health information needs of people with HIV/AIDS: sources and means of collaboration. Health Info Libr J. 2008;25(4):261–9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00764.x.
21. Gray NJ, Klein JD, Noyce PR, Sesselberg TS, Cantrill JA. Health information-seeking behaviour in adolescence: the place of the internet. Soc Sci Med. 2005;60(7):1467–78.
22. Lesley JI. Libraries and the AIDS crisis: information is the only vaccine. In: American Library Association, editor. The ALA yearbook of library and information services. Chicago, IL: American Library Association; 1988. pp. 157–8.
23. Flemming T, Sullivant J. Consumer health materials for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered people. Pub Libr Q. 2000;18(3–4):95–107.
24. Perry G. Health information for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered people on the internet: context and content. Inf Ref Serv Q. 2001;6(2):23–34.
25. Mulé NJ. Much to be desired: LGBT health inequalities and inequities in Canada. In: Fish J, Karban K, editors. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities. Bristol, UK: Policy Press; 2015. pp. 27–44.
26. Canadian Blood Services. MSM policy [Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Blood Services; 2016 [cited 24 Jan 2016]. Available from: https://www.blood.ca/en/about-us/msm-policy.
27. Bauer GR, Scheim AI, Pyne J, Travers R, Hammond R. Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada. BMC Pub Health. 2015;15:525. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1867-2.
28. Amnesty International. Disappointing Senate decision exposes transgender people to threats and violence [Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Amnesty International; 2015 [cited 19 Jan 2016]. Available from: http://www.amnesty.ca/news/news-releases/disappointing-senate-decision-exposes-transgender-people-to-threats-and-violence
29. Bauer G, Scheim A. Transgender people in Ontario, Canada. London, ON: TransPulse Project; 2015. 9 p.
30. Davidson T. A review of transgender health in Canada. Univ Ottawa J Med. 2015;5(2):40–5. doi: 10.18192/uojm.v5i2.1280.
31. Koester KA, Collins SP, Fuller SM, Galindo GR, Gibson S, Steward WT. Sexual healthcare preferences among gay and bisexual men: a qualitative study in San Francisco, California. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e71546. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071546.
2. Katz S. The homosexual next door: a sober appraisal of a new social phenomenon. Maclean’s. 1964 22 February: 28–30.
3. Katz S. The Harsh Facts of Life in the ‘Gay’ World. Maclean’s. 1964, 7 March;18:33–4.
4. McLeod DW. Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: a selected annotated chronology. Toronto, ON: ECW Press/Homewood Books; 1996. 302 p.
5. Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives. Association for Social Knowledge (ASK): Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Canadia Gay and Lesbian Archives; 2012 [cited 5 Dec 2015]. Available from: http://clga.ca/association-social-knowledge-ask.
6. Toronto Public Library. 50 Years of Toronto Pride at the Toronto Public Library 2014 [Internet]. Toronto: Toronto Public Library; 2014 [cited 10 Dec 2015]. Available from: http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/trl/2014/06/50-years-of-toronto-pride-at-the-toronto-reference-library.html.
7. Smith M. Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: social movements and equality-seeking, 1971–1995. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press; 1999. 211 p.
8. Mazur P. Gay and lesbian rights in Canada: a comparative study. Int J Pub Admin. 2002;25(1):45–62. doi: 10.1081/PAD-120006538.
9. Fikar CR, Keith L. Information needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered health care professionals: results of an Internet survey. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004;92(1):56–65.
10. Morris M, Roberto KR. Information-seeking behaviour and information needs of LGBTQ health professionals: a follow-up study. Health Info Libr J. doi: 10.1111/hir.12139.
11. Pride at Work Canada. In & out – diverging perspectives on LGBT inclusion in the workplace. Toronto, ON: Pride at Work Canada; 2015. 40 p.
12. Mitra S, Globerman J. Facilitators and barriers to health care for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Toronto, ON: Ontario HIV Treatment Network; 2014. 2 p.
13. McLeod DW, Miller AV. Medical, social and political aspects of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis: a bibliography. Toronto, ON: Canadian Gay Archives; 1985. 314 p.
14. Creelman JA, Harris RM. Coming out: the information needs of lesbians. Collect Build. 1990;10(3/4):37–41. doi: 10.1108/eb023281.
15. Joyce S, Schrader AM. Hidden perceptions: Edmonton gay males and the Edmonton Public Library. Can J Info Libr Sci. 1997;22(1):19–37.
16. Caudra CA, Bates MJ. Library and information service needs of the nation. Proceedings of a Conference on the Needs of Occupational, Ethnic, and Other Groups in the United States. 1974.
17. Schaller S. Information needs of LGBTQ college students. Libri. 2011;61(2):100–15. doi: 10.1515/libr.2011.009.
18. McGill Centre for Applied Family Studies. Access to care: exploring the health and well-being of gay, Lesbian, bisexual and two-spirit people in Canada. In: Health Canada/Santé Canada, editor. “Certain circumstances” – issues in equity and responsiveness in access to health care in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada/Santé Canada; 2001. pp. 145–60.
19. Veinot TC, Meadowbrooke CC, Loveluck J, Hickok A, Bauermeister JA. How “community” matters for how people interact with information: mixed methods study of young men who have sex with other men. J Med Internet Res. 2013;15(2):e33. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2370.
20. O’Grady L. Meeting health information needs of people with HIV/AIDS: sources and means of collaboration. Health Info Libr J. 2008;25(4):261–9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00764.x.
21. Gray NJ, Klein JD, Noyce PR, Sesselberg TS, Cantrill JA. Health information-seeking behaviour in adolescence: the place of the internet. Soc Sci Med. 2005;60(7):1467–78.
22. Lesley JI. Libraries and the AIDS crisis: information is the only vaccine. In: American Library Association, editor. The ALA yearbook of library and information services. Chicago, IL: American Library Association; 1988. pp. 157–8.
23. Flemming T, Sullivant J. Consumer health materials for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered people. Pub Libr Q. 2000;18(3–4):95–107.
24. Perry G. Health information for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered people on the internet: context and content. Inf Ref Serv Q. 2001;6(2):23–34.
25. Mulé NJ. Much to be desired: LGBT health inequalities and inequities in Canada. In: Fish J, Karban K, editors. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities. Bristol, UK: Policy Press; 2015. pp. 27–44.
26. Canadian Blood Services. MSM policy [Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Blood Services; 2016 [cited 24 Jan 2016]. Available from: https://www.blood.ca/en/about-us/msm-policy.
27. Bauer GR, Scheim AI, Pyne J, Travers R, Hammond R. Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada. BMC Pub Health. 2015;15:525. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1867-2.
28. Amnesty International. Disappointing Senate decision exposes transgender people to threats and violence [Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Amnesty International; 2015 [cited 19 Jan 2016]. Available from: http://www.amnesty.ca/news/news-releases/disappointing-senate-decision-exposes-transgender-people-to-threats-and-violence
29. Bauer G, Scheim A. Transgender people in Ontario, Canada. London, ON: TransPulse Project; 2015. 9 p.
30. Davidson T. A review of transgender health in Canada. Univ Ottawa J Med. 2015;5(2):40–5. doi: 10.18192/uojm.v5i2.1280.
31. Koester KA, Collins SP, Fuller SM, Galindo GR, Gibson S, Steward WT. Sexual healthcare preferences among gay and bisexual men: a qualitative study in San Francisco, California. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e71546. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071546.
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2016-04-01
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Morris, M., & Hawkins, B. (2016). Towards a new specialization in health librarianship: LGBTQ health. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association Journal De l’Association Des bibliothèques De La Santé Du Canada, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.5596/c16-007
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