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WEDNOV 11
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
💰 PaidDocumentariesBooksAuthor TalksLGBTQ+Talks & LecturesCultural Heritage

A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy: Book Release + Queen of New York

Join a special evening with trailblazing drag artist, activist, and political candidate Marti Cummings and Portland-based constitutional law professor and author Robin Maril. Before the film, Marti and Robin will sit down for a live conversation...
FRINOV 6
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
MusicDrag, Burlesque & CabaretLGBTQ+BooksReadings

Live Music: Derek Eisel: songs of Lesbian Potlucks and Husbands Who Fix Tractors

Farm Fresh Cabaret and mischief with Derek Eisel, aka Beto Renaud. Eisel sings the good news from Lopez Island with songs of Lesbian Potlucks and Husbands Who Fix Tractors, and performs from his book A Little Spanish by Beto Renaud, a fable about a five inch tall gay troll who migrates to a family farm in Mexico. This performance is in conjunction with the Portland Book Festival’s Cover to Cover Program.

Farm Fresh Cabaret and mischief with Derek Eisel, aka Beto Renaud.
WEDDEC 2
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
BooksAuthor TalksTalks & LecturesLGBTQ+

Colby Martin in Conversation With Scott Erickson

For centuries, debates over LGBTQ inclusion have circled the same question: "But what about what the Bible says?" In But What About… (St. Martin’s Essentials), pastor and author Colby Martin — whose bestselling book UnClobber reframed our understanding of the “clobber...

Multi-day events

SATNOV 7
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
BooksClubs & MeetingsLGBTQ+

Adult LGBTQ+ Book Group

Join us for a lively discussion about this month’s title, Robbie McNeil's Hit List by Brianna Heath.

For adults 18+

Limited copies are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the library.

Online Attendees: Register to receive the online link.

Join us for a lively discussion about this month’s title, Robbie McNeil's Hit List by Brianna Heath. For adults 18+ Limited copies are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the library. Online Attendees: Register to receive the online...
SATNOV 7
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
+2 dates
BooksStorytimesLGBTQ+Under 5

Rainbow Family Storytime

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment.

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment. Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation .
TUENOV 10
6:30 PM – 7:15 PM
+2 dates
StorytimesBooksLGBTQ+Under 5

Rainbow Family Pajama Storytime

Put on your pajamas, grab a bedtime buddy, and join us for stories, songs and fun! Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment. Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

FRINOV 20
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
LGBTQ+Clubs & MeetingsSupport GroupsYouth ProgramsTeensBooks

Queer Youth Club

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8.

Queer Youth Club is a youth-run club for that unites LGBTQIA+ and allied youth from neighboring schools.

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8. Queer Youth Club is a youth-run club for that unites LGBTQIA+ and allied youth from neighboring schools.
THUDEC 3
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
BooksAuthor TalksPoetryTalks & LecturesLGBTQ+Cultural Heritage

T.S. Leonard in Conversation With Wayne Bund

A time traveler crashes into a gay bar, and from that electric collision unfolds Another Anthem of Fabulous Survival (Fordham University Press), T.S. Leonard's dazzling debut poetry collection. Moving through glitter, ash, memory, and music, these poems follow a queer time...
TUEDEC 1
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
BooksLGBTQ+TeensClubs & MeetingsYouth Programs

Rainbow Reads

Rainbow Reads is a book club for LGBTQIA+ teens and their allies. We will be reading YA fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels that feature LGBTQIA+ characters & themes, or literature written by someone from the LGBTQIA+ community. This month’s...

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