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Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community. We're a US-based 501(c)3 non-profit. Launched in October 2023! (due to licensing limitations, our collection is only available to patrons in the US) linktr.ee/queerliblib
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Hey Tumblr, we're Queer Liberation Library (QLL)

we're a queer digital library, by & for the LGBTQ+ community

Our Mission: Queer Liberation Library fights to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.

Learn more about us on our website: https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/

or other socials:

(here’s our linktr.ee as well)

QLL launched on October 23rd, 2023, and are currently accepting membership applications on an ongoing basis! Please note we are a US-based organization and are currently only able to make our library available to patrons in the USA. If we are ever able to expand internationally we promise to shout the news from our proverbial rooftops <3

we’re a 501(c)3 non-profit, and are currently funded entirely by donations - you can support our mission by donating here.

you can also get some rad QLL (union made!) merch here!

#queer liberation library#qll
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Oh my fucking God, I've been on the waitlist for a book for 23 weeks and suddenly got the notification that @queerliblib got 66 new copies and I can finally read it!!

God bless u @queerliblib 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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😘 🎉 📚 <3

#queer liberation library#qll#we’re doing our best#every month we buy more new books (!!) and more copies of titles that have long hold times#as far as our budget can stretch!!#but we are primarily donation funded! so all the books we have are truly because of you
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it’s almost the end of the month, you know what that means…. 👀

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📚 books! books! books! 📚 📖 📕 new books!

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon starts today!!! 🎉

and we’ve got multiple titles by award-winning Canadian author Casey Plett for you

*important to note that only the audiobooks have unlimited checkouts, we do have ebooks of some of these, but those may have holds.

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next up: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

an “incisive overview of systemic transphobia” arguing that, “the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice"

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the trans rights read-a-thon continues!! today highlighting two trans Canadian authors: Vivek Shraya with She of the Mountains and Hazel Jane Plante’s Any Other City

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yet another book an unlimited number of people can read at once through the Queer Liberation Library! Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón

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last but not least or too late: Why I Was Late by Charlie Petch

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#trr2025#trans rights readathon
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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon starts today!!! 🎉

and we’ve got multiple titles by award-winning Canadian author Casey Plett for you

*important to note that only the audiobooks have unlimited checkouts, we do have ebooks of some of these, but those may have holds.

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next up: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

an “incisive overview of systemic transphobia” arguing that, “the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice"

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the trans rights read-a-thon continues!! today highlighting two trans Canadian authors: Vivek Shraya with She of the Mountains and Hazel Jane Plante’s Any Other City

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yet another book an unlimited number of people can read at once through the Queer Liberation Library! Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#book recs#trr2025#trans rights readathon
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Anonymous asked:

How do you get the books you have? There’s a few books on queer domestic violence that I really badly need to read, and I haven’t had luck finding them in your library or my local library. For reasons I won’t go in to, buying them isn’t an option for me rn. I realize being a nonprofit means running on donations and such so this isn’t at all a complaint! I love your library! I guess I just wanted to ask

hello - short answer: we purchase them from OverDrive and then we’re able to make them available to all the members of our library via Libby.

However, I suspect part of your question might be more of a ‘how do we chose what books to purchase’ and ‘is it possible for library patrons to suggest books’? In which case, I’d say we’re still fairly new! QLL is about 1.5 years old, so we’re still building up the collection - we’re trying to get all genres, all age ranges, formats (ebook & audiobooks), as well as nonfiction across the board: all queer! while being as smart with the money we’ve got as we can (because as you said, we are a nonprofit and primarily donation funded!) You can take a peek at our Collection Development Policy, available on our website, if you want to get a better sense of how we approach that work.

As far as patron input, we’ve done a few surveys both before and after opening, we’re also paying attention to things like checkout statistics over time. Folks can also use the ‘notify me’ tag feature to let us know they’re interested in a book we don’t have yet in the collection - we do see those and use them to help inform our purchasing decisions. and lastly, we do also have an acquisitions request form on our website that is another option to let us know about books you are interested in seeing in the collection!

#hope that helps#and also that you’re able to get the support you need#it sounds like some of those titles would certainly fit within our collection#it’s also possible that they’re in our wishlist already but we may not have been able to purchase yet#queer liberation library#qll#asks#<3
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First read for this years Trans Rights Readathon! Open Throat is this beautiful, fucked-up little book by genderfluid writer Henry Hoke, from the POV of an L.A. mountain cat figuring out gender, survival, and the knotty problems of tasty people. It's a funny, heartbreaking, poignant book written in an amazing prose-poem style and I really hope everyone gives it a read!

@queerliblib

#trans rights readathon#trr2025
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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon starts today!!! 🎉

and we’ve got multiple titles by award-winning Canadian author Casey Plett for you

*important to note that only the audiobooks have unlimited checkouts, we do have ebooks of some of these, but those may have holds.

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next up: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

an “incisive overview of systemic transphobia” arguing that, “the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice"

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the trans rights read-a-thon continues!! today highlighting two trans Canadian authors: Vivek Shraya with She of the Mountains and Hazel Jane Plante’s Any Other City

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#book recs#trr2025#trans rights readathon#unlimited access to these books through QLL!
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The Trans Rights Readathon is here!

I'll be posting at least one free trans book by a trans author each day of the readathon. In the meantime, here's a list of free books with trans characters to start your readathon! I'll update this pinned post throughout the readathon to show active offers.

Since these books are free, the best way to support the authors is to leave a review if you like the book. Happy reading, and please rec and review!

Free ebooks with trans umbrella characters written by trans umbrella authors:

And other free books for Trans Rights Readathon:

#trr2025#trans rights readathon#queer books
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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon starts today!!! 🎉

and we’ve got multiple titles by award-winning Canadian author Casey Plett for you

*important to note that only the audiobooks have unlimited checkouts, we do have ebooks of some of these, but those may have holds.

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next up: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

an “incisive overview of systemic transphobia” arguing that, “the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice"

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#book recs#trr2025#trans rights readathon#unlimited access to these books through QLL!
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on it 🫡 🌈 📚

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Libraries should be free and gay, and art shouldn't be reposted especially without artist credit!

This is by Sprinkles Studios/The Bearcub Book Den, who has both this and many many other wonderful library and queer sticker designs for sale in either their Etsy shop or storefront. I've bought many of their stickers and absolutely adore them. They're sturdy vinyl and so brightly colored, I can't recommend them enough.

Please support independent creators and indeed, keep libraries free and gay!

@queerliblib and/or @certifiedlibraryposts if y'all would be willing to reblog this version again with the artist's credit now added, that would be great <3 I don't have the reach to get this seen.

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

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Trans Rights Read-a-thon starts today!!! 🎉

and we’ve got multiple titles by award-winning Canadian author Casey Plett for you

*important to note that only the audiobooks have unlimited checkouts, we do have ebooks of some of these, but those may have holds.

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#book recs#trr2025#trans rights readathon#casey plett#little fish#a dream of a woman
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Anonymous asked:

Do you or your followers have recommendations for fantasy romance? Especially written by POC

ooo definitely!

this is far, far from an exhaustive list! happy reading <3

#queer liberation library#qll#asks#queer books#book recs#<3
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Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2025 !! 📚🏳️‍⚧️

March 21st-31st is the trans rights read-a-thon, and we’re highlighting a few trans books that are ALWAYS AVAILABLE to checkout from the Queer Liberation Library! that’s right, an unlimited number of people can read these at the same time - no wait, no holds!

first up: we’ve got My Body is Distant by Paige Maylott,

"Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love."

#queer liberation library#qll#queer books#book recs#trr2025#trans rights readathon
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sadieb798 asked:

Hi, what's the best way to ask for a book from the QLL?

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Hi! we have an ‘acquisitions request form’ available on our website that we recommend using for requests. While we are delighted to hear about the books you love and will consider adding them to our collection we cannot guarantee that every request will result in the purchase of a specific item*.

We also encourage our patrons to use the ’notify me’ tag feature on libby. We are able to see those tags from the back end, and we do use them to inform purchasing decisions as well!

#*partially because not all books exist in OverDrive/Libby for us to purchase!#so there are some we’ll just never be able to get#others we may add to our wishlist but it could take months before we’re able to buy it#etc..#there are (amazingly!!) a lot of queer books out there that we want to add to our library and only so much money in which to purchase them#queer liberation library#qll#asks#queer books#libby
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