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How Two Artists’ Transformation of a Portland Museum May Provide a Blueprint for Larger Institutions

By Claire Voon, ARTnews.com

Washington County Museum in Portland, Oregon brought itself back from the brink of failure through decolonizing its practices and reinventing itself as the Five …

Lessons on Resilience From LGBTQ Elders

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Researchers studying LGBTQ elders find that the unfortunate experience of resisting homophobia and/or transphobia provides the emotional and psychological tools needed to resist a…

Telling Trans Stories Through Collections and Exhibitions

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By American Alliance of Museums
View this recorded webinar organized by the co-chairs of the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance’s Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, panelists Margaret Middleton and Eric Feingold share their …

An Intergenerational “School of Drag” Connects LGBTQIA+ Youth and Elders

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By Eli Burke
Last year, 20 organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime …

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Trans Allyship 101

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By American Alliance of Museums
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View this recorded webinar organized by the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance. LGBTQ+ Alliance Chairperson Anna Woten, and Task Force for Transgender Inclusion Co-chairs Alison Kennedy and Alex Lussenhop …

Think of a Time When You Didn’t Feel Welcome

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By Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
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Aligning and applying the LGBTQ welcoming guidelines in your internal and external museum operations. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Museum magazine. …

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