LGBTQ+ Allyship Resources
Anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, can support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Deepening your understanding of LGBTQ-related issues, including , can help you support LGBTQ-identified people. You may have heard of the term “ally” in relation to LGBTQ issues. Allies are some of the most effective and powerful voices of the LGBT movement. A straight ally can merely be someone who supports and accepts the LGBTQ+ person, or a straight ally can be someone who personally advocates for equal rights and fair treatment. Not only do allies help people in the coming-out process, they also help others understand the importance of equality, fairness, acceptance, and mutual respect. These multi-media resources have been curated to both educate and entertain you and to provide you with an understanding of LGBTQ+ experience in society.
Articles
Video
Podcasts
Film
TV
- Apple TV
- Hulu
- Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Starz
- Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Showtime
- Difficult People
- Netflix
- Gentleman Jack HBO
- Cheer Netflix
- The Other Two Comedy Central
- Feel Good Netflix
- Netflix
- Pose Netflix and FX on Hulu
- Mindhunter Netflix
- EastSiders Netflix
Music
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Non-Fiction Books
Fiction Books
- A Bastard Out of Carolina
- Borderlands/La Frontera
- Giovanni's Room
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
- The Hours
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post
- Middlesex
- For Today I Am A Boy
- Less
- The Laramie Project
- The Normal Heart
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
- Like a Love Story
- Sadness is a White Bird
- If I Was Your Girl
- Me Talk Pretty One Day
- Lies We Tell Ourselves
- We the Animals
- The Book of Salt
- The Color Purple
- Highly Illogical Behavior
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- What They Always Tell Us
- Drowning in Fire
- Red at the Bone
- Mrs. Dalloway
Organizations
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Influencers
Resource List Compiled by: Gillian Oakenfull, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing | Faculty Director of Diversity and Inclusion | Farmer School of Business |
Faculty Affiliate | Department of Emerging Technology in Business & Design | Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies |
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Forbes.com CMO Network Contributor |
Contact me at goakenfull@miamioh.edu with suggested additions to the list.