Libraries Learning Commons: 2SLGBTQQAI+: Online Information & Community Resources: Home

Need Assistance?

For 2SLGBTQQIA+ topics, your best bet is to consult the Librarian assigned to your subject area or discipline, as this is likely to be the perspective that you will work from.

You can find a full listing HERE

Inclusive Pronouns

Inclusive Teaching@NC: Inclusive Pronouns
Pronouns are how we refer to each other in the 3rd person and are the words that serve as a placeholder for someone’s name. Gender pronouns specifically associate gender with the individual who is being referenced or discussed, but there is also a range of gender-neutral pronouns.

Discussing LGBTQ+

Trans and Gender-diverse People: A Reference Guide
The language you use is important! Demonstrating sensitivity towards others' experience is an important part of being an academic. See the resource below for some respectful terminology and helpful 'dos' and 'don'ts'.
GENDER-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IN FRANCE: A MANUAL
Our inclusive writing manual is based on an array of previously published resources, especially the Practical guide for public communication without gender stereotypes, published by the Haut
Conseil à l’Égalité entre les Femmes et les Hommes
High Gender Equality Council¹ ). Public institutions or organizations may support our project by signing the convention for public communication without gender stereotypes proposed by the HCE.

Key Databases

These databases are your first best picks for 2SLGBTQ+ topics.
**It's important to remember that words and terms change frequently over time and as ideas progress - try several searches, using all the synonyms you can think of. Using current language will retrieve current information while historical terminology will find older information. For example, searches with the words homosexual, gay and queer will each give different results.

Gender Studies Collection

Gender Studies Collection provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society. The database offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

News & Newspapers

With its Current News and Historical Newspapers, ProQuest provides the most comprehensive resource for nearly every kind of researcher seeking news information from today all the way back to 1764. From a single interface, researchers can access news reports, editorials, and, with ProQuest Historical Newspapers, advertisements, stock tables, cartoons, and more. With our powerful search engine, more than 3,000 of the world’s news sources, such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian & Observer, The Globe and Mail, and more are open to discovery.

ProQuest Ebook Central

You need credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources. Ebook Central delivers, with breadth and depth of ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.

Trans Awareness Week

Friday March 31, 2023 is International Transgender Day of Visibility

Niagara College is proud to recognize these days of significance, offer learning opportunities, and show support for valued members of our community. Link here to view Learning opportunities at NC.

Teaching & Learning Spaces: Resources Supporting Trans, Nonbinary, & 2Spirt Students

Supporting Trans, Nonbinary, & 2Spirt Students in Your Teaching & Learning Spaces
Slide deck from March 31, 2021 presentation.
The 519’s Creating Authentic Spaces Toolkit
A gender identity and gender expression toolkit to support theimplementation of institutional and social change.
The LGBTQ2+ Inclusiveness – Toolkit for Inclusive Municipalities in Canada &
Coalition of inclusive municipalities fostering equity and diversity.

Article Searching Tips

Finding too much?

Use AND between ideas to search for BOTH terms
Put “Quotation Marks Around Your Search"to search for exact phrases

Finding too little?

Use OR between your ideas to search for EITHER term
Put * after the root of a word to look for multiple endings