Month of Understanding Sources
Look here for articles, podcasts and more on the topics the MOU is covering. We will continue to add sources throughout the month--it's a community source so please let us know if you have something to add. Thank you!
Videos
Podcasts
- QueeryExplores individual stories of identity, personality and the shifting cultural matrix around gender, sexuality and civil rights.
- The Gender Rebels PodcastQuestion and answer podcast that explores life outside the binary.
- AfroQueerTelling the stories of Queer Africans from across the continent and diaspora.
- On Being with Krista TippettWhat does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives.
Books
All Out: the No-Longer-Secret Stories of Kick-Ass Queer Teens by Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens.
The Foley Artist: Stories by "A collection like a circus of daredevils, but with the determined charm of a Chinese drag queen making her home in Iowa. Siasoco takes us on a trip through the world we know by way of characters I've not seen in fiction before, or at least, not enough of--characters with stories I have been waiting for. A bravura debut." YAY, Ricco!!!
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by A coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears.
Intersectionality (Key Concepts) by How social inequalities of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, and ethnicity shape one another.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by In the form of a letter from a son to his mother, poet Ocean Vuong "writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years."
Queer: a Graphic History by Barker and Scheele invite you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly.
The Year of Blue Water by Yanyi’s poems weave experiences of immigration as a Chinese American, of racism, of mental wellness, and of gender from a queer and trans perspective.
The ABC's of LGBT+ by We are living in a post-binary world where gender fluency and awareness of gender identity and a real understanding of our LGBT+ family is essential. Ashley Mardell, one of the most trusted voices on YouTube, presents a detailed look at all things LGBT+.
The Self-Love Revolution by Publication Date: 2020-05-01It's time to ditch harmful, outdated beauty standards and build real, lasting body positivity. It's time for a self-love revolution! Every day we see movies, magazines, and social media that make us feel like we need to change how we look. This takes a toll on how we think about ourselves--and how we allow others to treat us.
- You Have the Right to Remain FatGrowing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over it—and gave herself the freedom to trust her own body again.
Articles
- How Are Religions Responding to the CoronavirusA Council on Foreign Relations report from the early days of the pandemic.
- The Zoom Gaze"You watch yourself as you speak, as you move. You are self-aware and self-correcting in real time..."
Resources
- GSA NetworkGSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
- Trans Student Educational ResourcesTrans Student Educational Resources is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender non-conforming students through advocacy and empowerment.
- Intersectionality - LGBTIQ IntersectHuman lives cannot be explained by single categories, such as gender, race and sexual orientation. The intersection of these categories can produce both experiences of privilege and oppression. Intersectionality addresses discrimination that arises at the specific intersection of multiple identities.
- GLAAD Where We Are on TVThe Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and looks at the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services for the 2020-2021 TV season.
- Combahee River Collective StatementBlack feminist statement from 1977! Key historic document!