OMA believes that context for any exhibition is important. Here are some sample resources and research recommendations that can enrich your exploration of the Undocumented Times / Queer Yearnings exhibition.
 

RESOURCES

National Coalition Against Censorship 

North County LGBTQ Resource Center

• LGBTQI A-Z Glossary
• The Center Library
• City Officials & LGBTQ Liaisons

RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS), the manual that ICE created for detention standards across the country.
• Immigration Advocates Network Nonprofit
• Migration Policy Institute
• We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life
• Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
• Definitions of LGBTQIA+ acronym (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and other underrepresented identities).
• Definitions of words, such as nonbinary, gender fluidity, or genderqueer
• The differences between biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation
• Neutral language, family inclusive language, and pronouns 
• LAMBDA Archives of San Diego
• Coming out vs. being outed
• The failed Briggs Initiative, officially California Proposition 6, in 1978
• The failed California Proposition 64, in 1986
• HIV AIDS timeline and epidemic

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