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Updates: As of June 16, 2025, panelists have still not been paid. SILS staff have misgendered some of the panelists in email communications. They have completely stopped responding to our emails asking for updates on the payment process. As of April 18, 2025, some but not all panelists have been paid. The SILS dean had…

The chain cable I used on this sweater didn’t have a written version; I transcribed it from this video tutorial. So here are the instructions in case they’re helpful to anyone else: 9 stitches across I alternated it with seed stitch panels; the knitter in the tutorial does something else. It’s very fiddly and takes…

Heard a Gender Reveal guest using Elverson pronouns, realized I’d never in my life actually connected with a pronoun set before, trying them out. People seem to be very puzzled about how to use them, so here is an overview. These are pronounced like they/them without the th. More information here. (He/him is still fine…

Recently, after thinking about the math of the old ones enough that it became demoralizing, I raised my knitting prices. (Did you know that, in addition to being a librarian and Having Opinions about trans things, I also sell knitting? My Etsy shop is here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KruegerKnitting.) I thought it might be useful to share how…

This is not a call-out piece. I want to be very clear about that, because if I am not, a lot of people are going to decide that it doesn’t apply to them, and they will be wrong. So maybe it is a bit of a call-out, but it’s for all y’all. A story: I…

Webinar recording Slides Q&A, Part 1 (terminology and pronouns, resources, legal issues) Q&A, Part 2 (names and such, trainings) Q&A, Part 3 (employee support, management/HR/system buy-in) Q&A, Part 4 (employee and patron interactions) Workplace interactions Q: How to best respond to transphobic attitudes and remarks at work. A: You can’t tell people what to think…

Webinar recording Slides Q&A, Part 1 (terminology and pronouns, resources, legal issues) Q&A, Part 2 (names and such, trainings) Q&A, Part 3 (employee support, management/HR/system buy-in) Q&A, Part 4 (employee and patron interactions) Employee support Q: Is the main idea w/inclusivity, especially regarding trans inclusivity, to have as little of the pressure be on the…

Update, 6/10/2020: Library Journal has announced that while they are not going to rescind the award, they will make a donation to Seattle’s Gender Justice League; they also outline some plans for improved representation in the publication, among other things. This is frankly a lot more than I expected from them, but that was pretty…

Webinar recording Slides Q&A, Part 1 (terminology and pronouns, resources, legal issues) Q&A, Part 2 (names and such, trainings) Q&A, Part 3 (employee support, management/HR/system buy-in) Q&A, Part 4 (employee and patron interactions) Names and such Q: I’m a nonbinary librarian applying for jobs. My name of use differs from my legal name. Is it…