In the post-Stonewall era, the role of libraries in providing information and services to LGBTQ individuals has been a topic of discussion in library profession.
Shannon has published two novels and three short stories with LGBTQ publisher Bold Strokes Books.
In 2013, QuAIA partnered with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival to present lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer's "Witness: Palestine," which Hammer had created in response to her experiences on the first LGBTQ Solidarity Tour of Palestine in 2012.