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Special Pride Day at the UOC Library: readings, degree final projects and more

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26/06/25

Take a look at the latest degree final projects by UOC students that address issues including LGBT-phobia and the representation of the LGBTI community in the media

Visit LGBT Thought and Culture, a digital archive documenting the struggle and social movement

Every 28 June, we celebrate International Pride Day and the values it represents: diversity, tolerance and freedom. For this reason, Mireia Castillón, our equality,
diversity and inclusion coordinator, has prepared a selection of reading matter, degree final projects and other resources that address LGBTI issues. Will you join us?

The #GenderUOC collection: new learning resources

Did you know that the Library offers learning resources on gender studies created by the UOC? Just type #GenderUOC in the search box to access  materials on feminisms, women and sexualities. We present some of the latest additions, which focus on the LGBTI community in the workplace and in the social sphere.

  • La desinformación y sus consecuencias

    This module looks at the consequences of disinformation for some groups that are the subject of specific campaigns, such as migrants, feminists and members of the LGBTI community.  

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  • Políticas sociolaborales para la no discriminación en el siglo XXI

    This module looks at the evolution of policies that seek to respond to various situations for groups that have difficulties with integration in
    the workplace and society in general, including LGBTI people. 

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  • Diversidad en el trabajo y en las organizaciones del siglo XXI

    Diversity in the workplace brings important social and employment benefits. This module examines how to manage it, analysing everything from the conflicts it can create to the best strategies to actively promote it within an organization.

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  • Acoso laboral, sexual y por razón de sexo en las relaciones laborales

    This training video explains how to identify the various types of harassment that can take place at work, such as discriminatory harassment. It also sets out the procedures to eradicate them, such as the application of equality protocols and plans.

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Be inspired by other students: a collection of works on gender

The best way to start your own bachelor's or master's degree final project is to look at what other students before you have done. With this in mind, we have created a collection of bachelor's and master's degree final projects focused on gender studies in the O2, the UOC's institutional repository.

  • Stop LGTBI-fòbia! L'assetjament escolar per motius d'orientació sexoafectiva, d'identitat o d'expressió de gènere 

    A bachelor's degree final project containing an in-depth examination of the legislation and protocols of action to ensure the rights of the LGTBI community in Catalan classrooms. The project also uses questionnaires and interviews to explore the role of education professionals in dealing with LGBTI-phobia in schools. 

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  • Com acompanya l'escola pública l'alumnat amb expressió de gènere no normativa? Un estudi de cas a l'Escola Jaume I de Barcelona 

    A master's degree final project focusing on everyday life at a public sector school in Barcelona to learn about the processes, practices and mechanisms it uses with students with a non-normative gender expression. The project uses interviews with the administration team, teachers, families and children.

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  • L'accés al mercat laboral de les dones trans: una mirada interna i externa 

    This degree final project carries out a qualitative and quantitative analysis to highlight the barriers that trans women face in the labour market, given the limited academic literature on the subject. 

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  • Luces, cámara, diversidad: la representación mediática del colectivo LGBTQ+

    The aim of this master's degree final project is to raise public awareness of the limited and stereotyped representation of the LGBTQ+ community in the audiovisual sector, by writing a digital report based on research and interviews.

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  • Amb el cap ben alt. Referents i impuls per als col·lectius LGTBIQA+ en format pòdcast 

    A creative degree final project in podcast format: Amb el cap ben alt (With Heads Held High). This journalistic study seeks to take advantage of the potential of audio to give a voice to leaders and members of LGTBIQA+ groups which are often invisible.

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Inclusion and diversity at universities

This year, our university was the venue for the VI Meeting of the Network of Universities for Diversity (RUD), an event that brought together experts from over forty universities to discuss the challenges of inclusion and equality in the university environment. In the wake of this event, the Library has added two key publications to the Equality Unit's special collection.

  • Guía práctica para la inclusión de la perspectiva de la diversidad sexual y de género en la investigación 

    This guide provides recommendations for incorporating sexual and gender diversity in academic research. It was published by Rey Juan Carlos University and the Spanish Government's Ministry of Equality, and includes practical tools to avoid bias and ensure inclusive research.

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  • PIDUC: Pla d'Inclusió i Diversitat a les Universitats Catalanes 

    This plan was produced by the Government of Catalonia, and seeks to establish strategies to guarantee inclusion and diversity at Catalan universities by promoting equal opportunities and non-discrimination in academia.

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Pride memories, just a click away

We invite you to take a trip back in time with the LGBT Thought and Culture database. It's not just a collection of documents, it's an archive of the movement's struggle and culture from the twentieth century to the present day. It contains more than 150,000 pages of historical documents: speeches and interviews by leading figures in the movement, photographs and other materials selected by international experts. 

LGBT Thought and Culture

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From letters and magazines to books and interviews, this collection provides an overview of the LGBT movement.

Understanding for action: the UOC library guide on LGBTI-phobia

Content for detecting, combating and preventing discrimination and violence towards LGBTI people. It includes protocols, guides, and good practices for preventing this type of discrimination and violence, as well as learning materials for understanding gender identities and sexual orientations in classrooms, workplaces and the media.

Combatting LGBTI-phobia

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Content relevant to detecting, combatting and preventing discrimination or violence towards LGBTI people. It includes...

Tecommended reading

We offer a selection of books of different types and in various fields.

Find out more, read and reflect. Celebrate Pride with the UOC Library on 28 June and beyond!

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