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Thank u for ur service 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫡

it’s an honor 🫡 🌈 📚

[queerliblib]

is there a way for people outside the US to use your libby?

Unfortunately, we aren't able to offer international memberships at this time - it's a little complicated in terms of nonprofit funding and digital book licensing. This is something that we have on our to-do list, but since we're still pretty new it looks like it won't be something we can offer in the near future. Please believe this is something we want to do, and plan to prioritize once we have the structure to!

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that’s us! we plan to stick around, we’re here for the long haul. we want to give as many people access to as many queer books as we can - nationwide.

if you want to help us out with that, the best thing you can do (besides using the library and telling everyone you know about us) is set up a reoccurring donation. everyone who is giving $5 or $10 a month is truly making a difference in our ability to keep this ship sailing sustainably

Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

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<3 we built this list for a little hope for everyone - words for resilience, community care, & survival. love you all! we’re here for the long haul

Oh diety of catboys science, how shall we survive the next 4 years?

Love each other, at the very least.

Know how to DIY.

Volunteer in local environmental initiatives.

Do not cooperate with ICE. DO NOT COOPERATE.

And fuck if I know. I don't know much more than you. But if you want bumps in visibility for advice you can give or resources, please put them here.

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THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. Censorship affects all of us, and if Project 2025 gets its way, the entire trans publishing industry is at a significant risk of criminalization. In this article, I lay out the problem and the stakes, and suggest a broad action plan with dozens of potential response ✊

[queerliblib]

beautiful things are happening over on bsky

go find us there to ease your way into queer literature

[queerliblib]

Hello beloved QLL people!

Do y’all happen to have a list of books written by men of transgender and/or transsexual experience ? Or know where I might find one? I saw the trans* list in the library and will comb through that but thought I’d ask here as well just in case!

Thank you for your hard and remarkable work!!

hello! that list is a really great place to start, but of course it’s not exhaustive. in addition to titles in that list, a few more we’ve got are:

Leo Fox’s Boy Island & My Body Unspooling

To Be A Trans Man by Ezra Woodger

Vantage Points: on media as trans memoir by Chase Joynt

Normal Life by Dean Spade

[queerliblib]

oh shit I can’t believe I forgot that one! we do have it!!

hi! I love what y’all do with this project!

I wanted to ask if u know any queer books (especially graphic novels/manga) set in a bakery or that has to do with baking?

I also wanted to know if u know any fiction w qprs in it? again especially graphic novels

I also generally prefer more lighthearted n not heavy reads, but I’m happy to hear any suggestions!

hello!

Okay so for queer bakery graphic novels or manga we’ve got Confessions of a Shy Baker vol 1-4, The Baker and the Bard and Mooncakes (though this last is less centered on food) for you. we also recommend the whole foodie fiction list we’ve got up currently - Time for a Tasty Treat! though that’s a mix of formats

As for qprs our aro/ace spectrum list is a great place to start (shoutout to Common Bonds an anthology we love in that list) there’s not a ton of graphic novels or manga in this list, but there are a few

happy reading 🌈 📚

[queerliblib]

hi! I love what y’all do with this project!

I wanted to ask if u know any queer books (especially graphic novels/manga) set in a bakery or that has to do with baking?

I also wanted to know if u know any fiction w qprs in it? again especially graphic novels

I also generally prefer more lighthearted n not heavy reads, but I’m happy to hear any suggestions!

hello!

Okay so for queer bakery graphic novels or manga we’ve got Confessions of a Shy Baker vol 1-4, The Baker and the Bard and Mooncakes (though this last is less centered on food) for you. we also recommend the whole foodie fiction list we’ve got up currently - Time for a Tasty Treat! though that’s a mix of formats

As for qprs our aro/ace spectrum list is a great place to start (shoutout to Common Bonds an anthology we love in that list) there’s not a ton of graphic novels or manga in this list, but there are a few

happy reading 🌈 📚

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Hi! I have a question - if we have a book that we think would be beneficial for the library to carry where would we send that recommendation/request? I'm halfway through The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen (a nonfiction book on meaningful friendships/platonic partnerships with several beautiful stories written about and by queer people in their own words) and think it would be a great addition that could be really helpful to folks.

Thanks so much!!!

(Alsohiiloveyouallyouveliterallychangedmylifewiththisiniativethankyouforexistingandtheworkyoudoeverydayahhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

hi! that book is actually already on our radar and is hanging out in our non-fic wishlist until we’re able to (eventually) purchase!

but one of the best ways for us to know you’re interested in books we don’t have is via the ‘notify me’ tag feature in Libby - we see those on the back end & they’re quite helpful

<3333

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Hi! Happy New Year! Just wondering how backed up you are with support requests from the security update. I sent in an email asking for help quite some time ago and I'm starting to worry it didn't make it. No rush, I know you are all volunteers and very busy. I am possessed of a frankly glacial patience and could calmly wait months for a response, but it occurred to me that there might actually be a problem lol. If you're like 'In fact, our inbox is empty and all support requests have been cleared' then I'll know I need to try again! Looking forward to more queer reading in 2025!

hi! happy new year <3

we’re still working through a few 😅, although we’re caught up on most. I’d say if you still haven’t heard anything in another week you should send a follow up email!

[queerliblib]

Do you have/know of any gay viking books?

we’ve got The Valkyrie’s Daughter in both e- & audio!

also not sure from the summary & haven’t read so can’t confirm it’s actually about vikings but if you like comics/graphic novels we’ve got Vulva Viking -a oneshot off of the fungirl comics

a few others we don’t have in our library atm but are queer & exist out there include:

rosie jarvis’ series Valhalla Warriors

Valkyries Rising series (multiple authors)

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hey I'm trying to verify my account to use my library card on Libby and it's not working.

the verification link just leads to a black screen (dark mode?) and when I click the color palette changer it just takes me back to login for another verification link.

and the cycle continues

Hi! for all account access questions you should email librarian@queerliberationlibrary.org

that is not an error we’ve been seeing in other cases, but we’ll do our best to see what’s causing it & get you sorted out asap

[queerliblib]

Since the account update, I haven't been able to access my account on the libby mobile app (I lost access to my card while trying to verify my account via mobile). I was able to verify my account on desktop, but I mostly use Libby when commuting via the mobile app, and so I really miss having phone access. Do you know of any fixes to this problem?

Hi! for all account access questions you should email librarian@queerliberationlibrary.org

we’ll do our best to get you sorted out asap

[queerliblib]

happy new year, happy new books!!!!

check out our ‘just added’ titles on libby for more queer books to start your 2025 off right

[queerliblib]

Happy reading to all <3 🌈📚

hope you had as much fun with QLL this year as we did

[queerliblib]

not sure what you should do in the new year? feeling a bit burnt out on resolutions? fuck diets - support QLL!