Diversity in the Deaf Community: LGBTQAI+

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Finding DVDs and YouTube Videos

We have a few DVDs about Deaf LGBT people. You can use the keywords deaf* AND (lesbian OR gay OR bisexual OR transgender OR LGBT) to retrieve best results. The asterisk * next to the keywords will find variations in the spelling of that word, ie, Deafened, Deafblind, etc. Narrow the RIT Libraries catalog search to videos.

YouTube has online videos you can look at. Use the keywords deaf AND (lesbian OR gay OR bisexual OR transgender OR LGBT) . Do not use the asterisk for your keywords when searching for YouTube videos.

You can also check out the Gallaudet Video Catalog.

Finding Books

The image is a book cover entitled "Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader". The background is white with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple bordered black and white photos.

Use the keywords deaf* AND (lesbian OR gay OR bisexual OR transgender OR LGBT) to retrieve book results. Note that the LGBT communities have their own dialects as well. Check out these LGBT organizations for more information.

The Gallaudet Encyclopedia has articles on LG people (you would have to know their names to look them up). Also use the  Sage Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. Use Deaf biographies like Great Deaf Americans, Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, and Movers and Shakers: Deaf People Who Changed the World to find more articles about Deaf LG people.

Finding Deaf LGBT People

Use the Gallaudet Biography Database to find Deaf LGBT people. You can type in your keywords in the summaries field. You would need to know the names to find more information. . If interested in articles about Deaf LGBT in popular periodicals, check out the Deaf Life magazine. It is helpful to have the name of the person you are looking for. You can also search the Gallaudet Deaf Periodicals Database and scroll down to Gays or Lesbians to find articles in a variety of magazines.  Check the A-Z Journal Finder list to see if we have the title.

If we do not have the magazine, you can use Interlibrary Loan for free. You must register and then you can order articles and books.

This record is from the Deaf Biography Database. Note the References. These are articles, book chapters, and other items where you can find more information about the person. You can look up the title of books using our RIT Libraries Catalog,
Screenshot of Deaf Biography Database with bio description and citations of D'aoust, Vicky.

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