Devotional literature
USE LITERATURE, DEVOTIONAL
Diaries
USE POCKET DIARIES for blank personal diaries as a form
(e.g. Gay Men's Diary). For journals and diaries of
individuals use NAME - DIARIES
Dictionaries
USE [LANGUAGE] - DICTIONARIES e.g. ENGLISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES; NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH - DICTIONARIES; GERMAN - DICTIONARIES. For biographical dictionaries use BIOGRAPHIES - DICTIONARIES. For dictionaries of quotations etc use QUOTATIONS
*DISABILITY LAW (GEOG.)
SN Refers to laws and policies protecting people with
disabilities from discrimination.
*DISABLED PERSONS
SN Use for material on physically handicapped people,
whether disabled congenitally or by injury e.g. paraplegics,
spastics, the deaf, the blind and the mute and whether gay
or not.
DISCO
SN Refers to discotheque music, allegedly of gay origin.
RT GAY DANCES
*DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
*DISCRIMINATION, AIDS-RELATED (GEOG.)
SN Use for materials relating to discrimination against
people with AIDS ARC or HIV and people alleged to have AIDS
etc .
*DISCRIMINATION, ANTI-GAY (GEOG)
SN Use for discussion of discrimination in relation to
sexual orientation in areas protected by legislation or
proposed legislation. This is a narrower term than PUBLIC
ATTITUDES TO GAYS or HOMOPHOBIA, which include speech and
thought as well as actions
1) USE HOMOPHOBIA for general discussions of anti-gay
discrimination, beliefs and attitudes with appropriate
geographic subdivisions.
2) USE VIOLENCE, ANTI-GAY or POLICE HARRASSMENT for material
on verbal or physical assault by members of the public or
police.
3) Use specific headings beginning with the name of a
specific social group or institution for anti-gay
discrimination in that group.
4) The term "discrimination" is used without qualification
in headings (e.g. D1SCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT) denoting
specific forms of discrimination against gay people (i.e.
"gay" is understood). Where a heading is required to refer
to discrimination against other groups (e.g. women,
Polynesians) the appropriate qualifier should be used .
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