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Saturday, September 12 • 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Think Forward, Not Straight: Understanding the LGBTQIA+ Spectrum

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The LGBTQIA+ community is expanding and already exists in your schools, churches, libraries and other social spheres. Learning to use inclusive language and avoiding exclusive language is an important way to welcome LGBTQIA+ individuals within the communities you already share.

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Mahasin Martinson

Teaching and Learning Librarian, IUPUI
Mahasin Ameen has worked in libraries for over 16 years. She worked for the Indianapolis Public Library starting in 2005 and worked in Information Technology before finishing her MLS in 2016. As an Adult Services Librarian. Mahasin facilitated a Grow with Google grant to circulate... Read More →
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Jayne Walters

Branch Manager, Indianapolis Public Library
Jayne Walters is the first openly transgender woman to work at the Indianapolis Public Library and to become a branch manager. She specializes in both children's and teen literature, as well as literature by and about the LGBTQIA+ community. She is a founding member of the LGBTQ... Read More →

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Edith Campbell

Associate Education Librarian, Indiana State University; Cunningham Memorial Library
Edith Campbell is an Associate Education Librarian in the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. Edith is a founding member of the We Are Kidlit Collective and of See What We See. She currently serves is on the Advisory Board for the Research on Diversity in Youth... Read More →

Saturday September 12, 2020 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
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