Libraries as Safe Spaces for LGBT+ Patrons

According to Jace Quinn, a writer specializing in gender issues, such learning is essential.Most people understand that words such as "faggot" and "she-male" are no-gos, but it might surprise you to learn that "homosexual" and "sexual preference" can be offensive. "Because of the clinical history of the word 'homosexual,'" the site tells us, "it is aggressively used by anti-gay extremists to suggest that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologically/emotionally disordered. ..."[...]these words appeared in Es- quire in 1969.[...]it may be tempting to keep LGBT+ materials in a special collection, but this isn't ideal, as those who ask to see the collection have possibly outed themselves.