LGBT Center of Raleigh Library

05/19/2022

Our q***r literary festival, Pages of Pride, presented by Quail Ridge Books is happening THIS SUNDAY! Come along for your chance to win tickets to RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the Tour and book bundles! More information on the event can be found at pagesofpride.com

04/26/2022

Due to overwhelming interest, Pages of Pride has moved to a new, larger location! The book fair celebrating all things q***r literature will now be held at the amphitheater and large shelter at Apex Nature Park from 11am-3pm on Sunday May 22nd.

04/24/2022

Volunteer applications and exhibitor expressions of interest are now open for Pages of Pride! We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help run the event, as well as a number of exhibitors to host a table/booth.

Volunteer Application Form:
https://forms.gle/BbinTFc9Jfneqb6C7

Exhibitor Expression of Interest Form:
https://forms.gle/xTkhvJnJmQaKu7Hs6

Feel free to reach out with any questions via DM or email!

04/06/2022

We hope you can join the next LGBT Center of Raleigh Family Outing this Saturday!

Can't wait to see you at our next Family Outing day!

03/28/2022

The LGBT Center of Raleigh announces "Pages of Pride”, a family friendly literary festival celebrating all things q***r literature!

The festival will be held 11am-3pm on Sunday May 22 at Apex Community Park's large shelter, 2200 Laura Duncan Road, Apex.

In the face of news about LGBTQ+ centred books being challenged and censored, the Center is providing the Triangle community an opportunity to engage with books, honor the stories of LGBTQ+ people, and celebrate.

Stay tuned for more information!

02/20/2022

Upcoming virtual screening of Mama Has A Mustache!

Register here: https://chapman.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctceisqDkoGtODmJKZZ56Fxfr5AfADde9b

Join the LGBT Center of Raleigh and partners for a Q&A with Sally Rubin filmmaker of Mama has a Mustache, a short, quirky, fully animated documentary about gender and family, as seen through children’s eyes. Driven completely by audio interviews of kids ages 5-10, the film uses these sound bites combined with clipart and mixed media to explore how children experience a world outside of the traditional gender binary.

Live Q&A is Thursday, March 3 at 8pm ET. The film will be screened at the beginning of the event and you can also access the film anytime between Mar. 1 and Mar. 9. This event is open to the public; youth, parents, other adults, and supporters are welcome.

Register here:
https://chapman.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctceisqDkoGtODmJKZZ56Fxfr5AfADde9b

Check out the website for more info on the film and partners helping make this happen:
https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/mama_centerlink

10/14/2020

Since Indigenous People's Day was just avcouple of days ago, we want to offer some recommendations on LGBT Native AMerican books and writers!

https://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.com/2017/05/12/5-incredible-two-spirit-and-q***r-indigenous-writers-to-read-right-now/

https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9780816502424

https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uwm.edu/dist/f/241/files/2016/11/Queer-LGBT-Two-Spirit-Bib-1agod1i.pdf

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/102007.Two_Spirit_Indigenous_LGBTQ_Books

https://nativemaxmagazine.com/5-books-written-by-two-spirit-indigiq***r-authors/

https://nativemaxmagazine.com/5-books-written-by-two-spirit-indigiq***r-authors/

This is a beautiful article from 2020 on the history of LGBT Indigenous people of different tribes, and how they were viewed: (several tribes see them as holy-spiritual): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/06/17/pride-2020/

And to conclude, a bit of info on what it means to be Two-Spirit: https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/8-things-you-should-know-about-two-spirit-people-294cNoIj-EGwJFOWEnbbZw.

The LGBT Center Library stands on Tuscarora land. Celebrate those who came before you. Happy Indigenous People's Day!

Two Spirit has been present for countless generations that predate LGBTQ terminology.

10/08/2020

Such a fun, fascinating event with V.E. Schwab and Naomi Novik tonight! Thank so much to Quail Ridge Books for organizing and hosting - we were so glad to be part of it!

As a follow-up, I want to share again this essay about the long, painful, liberating process of coming out:

"You didn’t need walls—you needed space. Out here, there are no rooms, no roof. There are no walls, no doors, just open ground, a sprawling night filled with radiant riotous blooms....There are people out here in the garden, and they welcome you without asking where you’ve been, and you say you’re sorry you’re late, you got lost, and they fold you into their arms and says it is okay, you are here now."

For the writer, it was more like coming out of a house.

10/08/2020

Don't forget our event with V.E. Schwab tonight! We're so excited to be doing this with Quail Ridge books! If you haven't been able to find the link, we finally have the event listing up! You can also find that information here:

A No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of adult, YA, and children's fantasy, V.E. Schwab opens her latest work in 1716 France, where young Addie LaRue makes a Faustian bargain: She will live forever, significantly shaping the course of history and art, but will be forgotten by everyone she enc...