Sir Duncan Rice Library Display
There’s a Pride-themed book display on Floor 1 of the Sir Duncan Rice Library. The display contains a range of literature, fiction and non-fiction. Items can be borrowed by staff or students!
Pride Month
University of Aberdeen Celebrates Pride
June each year marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and the University of Aberdeen is hosting activities and events for our community and the general public to come together and celebrate.
Building on our foundational purpose to be open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others, Inclusive is one of the five pillars on which our Aberdeen 2040 strategy was developed.
Our commitment to inclusion will guide our education, our research, and the projects we deliver. We aspire to lead our sector in promoting health and wellbeing, and celebrating diversity. Aberdeen 2040 strategy
Pride Month Library Resources
Old Aberdeen Library Display
Old Aberdeen Library (City Libraries branch) have a display on the ground floor of the Sir Duncan Rice.
Medical Library Display
Also a Pride-themed display at Medical Library and very small one at Taylor Library.
Electronic Books Reading List
We’ve made a short reading list of electronic books for Pride Month! Scan the QR Code or click the link.
Broadcasts playlist for LGBT+ History Month
We made a Broadcasts playlist for LGBT+ History Month, with lots of of documentaries of interest during Pride Month. Search for University of Aberdeen and login using your usual login credentials.
Celebrating Pride Month Blog
Learn about the displays and resources that the Library staff have collated to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Click here and learn more about it.
Networks
Blogs & Podcasts
LGBTQ+ Mental Health in Education (Series 1 Episode 7)
Impact that inclusion or acceptance has on mental health, Perceptions of LGBTQI+ community, Breaking the stigma and creating a more inclusive campus, Advice and resources to support others.
Queerness and Horror
Horror has always been a rich tapestry for queer expression and has a unique capacity to imagine real-world issues as actual terrors that can take on fantastical, frightening, and monstrous forms.
A celebration of all kinds of love
Valentine’s Day is a product of capitalism, made up by the industry and society. But really, isn’t it nice to have a day for telling your important people (and yourself) that you love them?
Trans rights are human rights
Transgender Awareness Week is a time where staff and students come together to support to the transgender community and address the issues that many trans and non-binary people continue to face.
Laurence Michael Dillon: doctor, theologian, and trans pioneer
Learn about Laurence Michael Dillon, a doctor, theologian, and trans pioneer as part of this Men's Health Week special blog.
Coming out or inviting in: a shift in perspective
Does being proud mean being able to declare your labels proudly and openly to whomever you choose? And how are you meant to be out, loud and proud, if you are not even out yet?
Queer Religions
Samantha May explores the complex relationship between religion and sexuality.
We shouldn’t ask if you can be religious and LGBTQ. We should ask how you can be religious and LGBTQ
LGBTQ alumni Mie Astrup Jensen discusses her ESRC-funded PhD research at UCL on LBQ Jewish women's lived experiences.
LGBTQI Book Recommendations
Discover LGBT+ literature recommendations, in this blog post by Laura Malkia.
Being a rainbow for someone
What do you think of when you see a rainbow? Learn more about the rainbow and its association with the LGBTQ+ community.
Support
- Four Pillars
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Aberdeen based charity. Four Pillars’ mission is to support the LGBT+ community in manners of Mental, Emotional, Physical & Sexual Health and offer information & support on a person-to-person basis to build a community that supports itself through peer education; thereby allowing individuals to make informed choices to improve their overall health & wellbeing.
- LGBT Switchboard
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Switchboard is an LGBT+ helpline – a place for calm words when you need them most. They’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits and conversations are 100% confidential.
- FFLAG
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Supports friends and family members of LGBT people.
- Mermaids UK
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Family and individual support for gender diverse and transgender children and young people. Mermaids is passionate about supporting children, young people, and their families to achieve a happier life in the face of great adversity.
Visit Mermaids UK