Library Guides: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Intersectionality

Recommended Books & eBooks

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Publication Date: 2018

eBook
Explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people.

Let’s Talk: Mental Health in Color (Video Duration 56 minutes)
Takes a look at unaddressed and misdiagnosed mental health challenges of children in communities of color.
Black Feminist (Video Duration 53 minutes)
Feature length documentary film surrounding the double edged sword of racial and gender oppression that black women face in America.
Patient No More (Video Duration 1 hour 47 minutes)
Feature documentary about the barriers LGBTQ+ women navigate across health care systems.
Picture This (Video Duration 34 minutes)
Andrew Gurza, a self-described “queer cripple” has made it his mission to make sex and disability part of the public discourse.
Understanding Intersectionality (Video Duration 3 minutes)
In this course psychologist Eve Ash discusses the impact of intersectionality.

Black & LGBTQ+: At the Intersection of Race, Sexual Orientation & Identity
Webinar featuring a panel of experts who shared information and insights about the health and well-being of Americans who identify as Black and LGBTQ+.
The Diversity Style Guide
Contains more than 700 terms related to race/ethnicity, disability, immigration, sexuality and gender identity, drugs and alcohol, and geography.
Glossary of Human Rights Terms
Source: Ontario Human Rights Commission
‘Intertwined’: Disability and Queerness Intersect to Form Community
Being both disabled and queer means being at an intersection of two communities — two groups that share a lot of the same history but don’t always agree on everything.