Spanish Homosaurus Summit: Making Spanish Language LGBTQ+ Collections Accessible

The CSRC is proud to host the 2024 Spanish Homosaurus Summit!

The Homosaurus is an international linked data vocabulary of LGBTQ+ terms. Designed to enhance broad subject term vocabularies, the Homosaurus is a robust and cutting-edge thesaurus that advances the discoverability of LGBTQ+ resources and information.

The Homosaurus was originally created in 1997 by IHLIA LGBT Heritage as a Dutch and English gay and lesbian thesaurus that was used as a standalone vocabulary to describe their collections. Over time, terms relating to bisexuality, trans, gender, and intersex concepts were added, but not methodically. This original version of the vocabulary (which we refer to as version 0) had an overly flat structure and, due to the lack of connections, terms were too isolated from one another and therefore easily missed. But, it became apparent that a vocabulary developed by an LGBTQ archives to describe LGBTQ resources could be a powerful tool.

In September 2021, version 3 of the Homosaurus changed identifiers to be more consistent along with adding some initial language support. This is the current version of the vocabulary available today at: https://homosaurus.org/v3.

The Homosaurus project is led by Marika Cifor, associate professor of information studies at the University of Washington, and K. J. Rawson, professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern University. CSRC Library is a project partner. The project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information, visit: https://homosaurus.org/

SUMMIT PROGRAM

10a-12p: Workshop the Spanish Homosaurus: Work with grant partners to review terms from the initial draft of the Spanish Homosaurus. This event is open to all but designed for Spanish-speakers (of any level).

12-1p: Lunch

1-2p: Project Introduction and LGBTQ Collections Tour at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

2-4p: Community Co-Design Sessions: An opportunity for those interested in the accessibility of LGBTQ+ cultural heritage resources to identify challenges, opportunities, and engage in collaborative visioning.

Sessions will be conducted in English and are open to all.