{"id":4700,"date":"2023-06-21T11:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:50:10","slug":"celebrate-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.deakin.edu.au\/article\/celebrate-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Pride Month at your library!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pride Month is celebrated June and is a time to celebrate and commemorate LGBTIQA+ people, culture, and activism throughout history. With <\/span>increasing attacks on trans and gender diverse people<\/span><\/a>, it is an important time to uplift, share and learn from LGBTIQA+ community voices and histories.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

June is an important month for international LGBTIQA+ solidarity, particularly since a series of violent confrontations called the <\/span>Stonewall Riots in 1969<\/span><\/a>. June is also significant in the history of the LGBTIQ rights movement in Australia; the first <\/span>Australian gay mardi gras march<\/span><\/a> was held in Sydney in June 1978 to mark the tenth anniversary of Stonewall. The violent response to the march galvanised the movement further in Australia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Libraries have also recently come under attack for promoting diversity<\/a>, with groups attempting to limit access to LGBTQI+ content (and other diverse voices) through complaints, re-classification<\/a> and book banning. There have also been increasing high profile attempts to shut down rainbow and drag storytime events<\/a>. Deakin Library is and will remain committed to diversity and inclusion. Our Library Plan 2022\u20132025<\/a> features the strategic priority of Advancing human-centred and inclusive knowledge systems and spaces. In practice, this looks like promoting diverse voices in our collection, working to make our spaces safe and welcoming for everyone, and hosting events and activities that allow people to engage with diverse perspectives. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve finished study for the trimester, need a break or want to add LGBTIQA+ perspectives to your research, you can check out the following resources from our collection and beyond.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding queer and trans histories\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some books and more resources that we recommend to help you get started with your research:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rainbow History Class: your guide through queer and\u202ftrans\u202fhistory<\/span><\/a> by Hannah McElhinney<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria’s transgender history\u202f<\/span><\/a> by Noah Riseman<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NSW Trans History Report \u2014 TransHub<\/span><\/a> by Noah Riseman<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Australian Trans Health History Report \u2013 AusPATH<\/span><\/a> \u2013 by Noah Riseman<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A history of LGBTIQ+ Victoria<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>Graham Willett<\/span>, A<\/span>ngela Bailey<\/span>, <\/span>Timothy W. Jones<\/span> & <\/span>Sarah Rood<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trans erasure, trans visibility: History, archives, and art <\/span><\/a>by Archie Barry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trans people aren\u2019t new, and neither is their oppression: a history of gender crossing in 19th-century Australia\u00a0<\/span><\/a> by Robin Eames<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LGB and\/or T History – Digital Transgender Archive<\/span><\/a> by Hugh Ryan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer: a graphic history<\/span><\/a> by Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Colouring the rainbow: black queer and trans perspectives: life stories and essays by First Nations People of Australia<\/span><\/a> edited by Dino Hodge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing to Hide\u202fVoices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia <\/span><\/a>edited by Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees & Bobuq Sayed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Living and loving in diversity: an anthology of Australian\u202fmulticultural\u202fqueer adventures\u00a0<\/span><\/a> edited by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A feminist\u202fpost-transsexual\u202fautoethnography: challenging normative gender coercion<\/span><\/a> by\u202fJulie\u202fPeters.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In\u202fFlux: Trans and\u202fGender-Diverse\u202fReflections and Imaginings<\/span><\/a> edited by Urszula Dawkins & Alex Nichols\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Transgender warriors: making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul<\/span><\/a> by Leslie Feinberg<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Transgender\u202fhistory: the roots of today’s revolution<\/span><\/a> by Susan Stryker<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Turning archival: the life of the historical in queer studies<\/span><\/a> edited by Daniel Marshall and Zeb Tortorici<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer\u202fBetween the Covers:\u202fHistories\u202fof\u202fQueer\u202fPublishing and Publishing\u202fQueer\u202fVoices<\/span><\/a> by Leila Kassir & Richard Espley<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trans historical:\u202fgender\u202fplurality before the modern<\/span><\/a> edited by Greta LaFleur, Masha Raskolnikov, and Anna K\u0142osowska<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before\u202fTrans: Three Gender Stories From Nineteenth-Century France<\/span><\/a> by Rachel Mesch<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Black on both sides: a racial history of trans identity<\/span><\/a> by C. Riley Snorton<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The queer art of history: queer kinship after fascism<\/span><\/a> by Jennifer V. Evans.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Work!: a\u202fqueer\u202fhistory\u202fof modeling<\/span><\/a> by Elspeth H. Brown.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exquisite materials: episodes in the\u202fqueer\u202fhistory\u202fof Victorian style<\/span><\/a> by Abigail Joseph<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u202fqueer\u202fhistory\u202fof fashion: from the closet to the catwalk<\/span><\/a> edited by Valerie Steele<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer\u202fpublic\u202fhistory: essays on scholarly activism<\/span><\/a> by Marc Stein<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Female husbands: a trans history<\/span><\/a> by Jen Manion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia<\/span><\/a> by Benjamin Hegarty\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer Rebels: Rewriting Literary Traditions in Contemporary Spanish Novels<\/span><\/a> by \u0141ukasz Smuga Translated by Patrycja Poniatowska\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for even more, browse the shelves in the 305\u2013306 sections at your nearest campus as it can be one of the best ways to find books on LGBTIQ+ topics, especially if you\u2019re not quite sure where to start your research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also try the following databases:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n