LGBTQ Welcoming Guidelines for Museums

Developing a resource for the museum field

Bibliographic Data

ID12815151
AuthorsChristopher Leitch, Renae Youngs (Minnesota State Arts Board), Annette Gavigan (California Academy of Sciences), Michael Lesperance (corresponding author), William James Burns (University of Arizona), Barbara Cohen-Stratyner (New York Public Library), Paul Hammond (0000-0002-5495-5182, California State Railroad Museum), Jaden Hansen (Bakken Museum)
Year2016
Volume11
Issue2
Pages138-146
Publication date2016-07-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuseums & Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1559-6893 • E-ISSN: 2051-6193
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15596893.2016.1217460
OpenAlexW2520491550
LanguageEN
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Beginning in 2014, the LGBTQ Alliance professional network of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) met to develop and publish a broad set of LGBTQ Welcoming Guidelines for Museums. The authors sought to help museums be more inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer staff and visitors. The Guidelines conform to the most recent established standards of professional practice in museums and touch on all areas of museum work; they may be viewed as part informational reference, part institutional self-assessment tool. The Guidelines were unveiled at the AAM’s 2016 annual meeting, and are now available at no charge online (http://www.aam-us.org/resources/professional-networks/lgbtq). The LGBTQ Alliance encourages readers to use and review the Guidelines and to make observations, critiques and corrections directly to the current chair, Mike Lesperance ([email protected])

Alliance · Lesbian · Library science · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Publication · Queer · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Transgender · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Gender Studies · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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