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An upcoming LBGTQIA+ substance-free library and community space in the Boston area. We're dedicated to nurturing the curiosity and magic of the queer and trans community 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈📚 Check us out 👉 qtlibrary.org More links: https://linktr.ee/qtlibrary

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Feb 27

Hello #Booksky! We are the QT Library, and we're so, SO glad to be here 👏👏 If we've already met, happy to see you again! If you're meeting us for the first time, here's what you need to know 🧵

A flyer that says QT Library on top. There are four pictures on top of a pastel rainbow gradient background. The first pictures has "curiosity and magic at qt.library" on a rainbow board. Second pic is of a QT Library event. Third pic is of two volunteers at a QT Library table at an event. The fourth is of a hand flipping through prints.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 5h

Or maybe a library 👀

Since you can help build out our collection by buying a book off or @bookshop.org wishlist and all that

bookshop.org/shop/qtlibrary

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 1d

next time!

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 1d

JOIN US in celebrating #BannedBooksWeek with this amazing panel at @bpl.boston.gov 📚🎉We'll be discussing how we can push back against book censorship, along with other amazing guests.

Register to claim your seat 👉 https://loom.ly/Wkl8hoo

A graphic with the text "banned books panel: read with pride, resist with pages. Featuring a dynamic panel of authors, educators, and activists, we’ll discuss the alarming rise in book bans across the country—particularly those targeting queer narratives and diverse perspectives" and an illustration of a book with flowers growing out of it.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 6d

We have 3,000~ books to recommend, but what would you have the LQBTQIA+ community enjoy?

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

This is LGBTQ+ History Month, and I urge my followers who are LGBTQ+ (or just curious) to dive into one thing--a movie, novel, TV show--from your childhood or before. Look at an older gay work as something other than a relic or an error. You'll be rewarded. Your world, your SELF, will get bigger. >

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 7d

September 30 ➡️ October 1

Gideon the Ninth book cover

Harrow the Ninth book cover

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 8d

Our monthly newsletter has just... fallen 🍂

We’re just so excited for fall, and all that falls in fall, including a new QT book club, TWO author talks, and TWO important volunteer opportunities.

Read and subscribe 👉 mailchi.mp/qtlibrary/se...

A QT Library volunteer behind a table covered in books, QT Library signup sheets, and flyers.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 12d

📢 NEW GROUP! NEW GROUP!

Looking for some dedicated time to work on some crafts and engage in some tomfoolery with the queer community? That's why the QT Library is so excited to announce our newest virtual group: Stitch & Bitch! 🧶✂️🧵

RSVP on Eventbrite 👉 https://loom.ly/nU_C2LQ

A bright orange box that says "New group alert: crafting edition." A colorful mix of crafting supplies, including pens and paper, is strewn about with the text "Q.T. Library: Stitch and Bitch" on top.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 14d

📣👻 NEW BOOK CLUB ALERT

Hey #BookSky, the spookiest and queerest of all book clubs is coming to a Zoom near you! The QT Library's Queer Horror Book Club is having our very first meeting, when else, but in October.

RSVP now, if you dare! https://loom.ly/MvXVVt0

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 15d

Happy fall 🍁

A screenshot from Seinfeld of George saying "I gotta focus. I'm shifting into soup mode." Harrow Nonagesimus's head is copied over George's

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 19d

We hope that in 100 years, people will be going through old QT Library books and finding withered pride flags and Gideon the Ninth fanart doodles.

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 20d

Later in life! Still counts 👉👉

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 20d

Can confirm. We have many 30s-40s queers!

Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social · 20d

okay one, serious topic so if this impacts you, consider this resource

BUT ALSO (sorry, everyone) I love the "affinity group!" banner up top because it has "boss approaching overlay in a bullet hell" energy and I'm just imagining a screen full of queers in their 30s-40s offering to hug you

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 20d

How do you find your place in the larger queer community when you come out later in life? Many of us have been there, which is why we started the Late in Life Affinity Group. And we'll be meeting again next week! RSVP for our virtual (and anonymous!) group 👉 https://loom.ly/Hbd_DXg

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 20d

Weird because we do have a bunch of queers in their 30s and 40s who love to get sentimental!

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 20d

How do you find your place in the larger queer community when you come out later in life? Many of us have been there, which is why we started the Late in Life Affinity Group. And we'll be meeting again next week! RSVP for our virtual (and anonymous!) group 👉 https://loom.ly/Hbd_DXg

Autumn leaves in the background of a graphic. A banner up top says "Affinity group." An illustration of an orange sun and the text "late in life Affinity group Q.T. library" is underneath. Topic: Finding your place in the larger queer community. Next meeting is on Wednesday, September 24 at 7 P.M. E.T. on Zoom.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 27d

And if you want to make this collection even bigger and force us to move spaces AGAIN you can buy us a book or donate on our website 👉 www.qtlibrary.org/books

Add to the QT Library's shelves: Donate or buy us a book — QT Library: A Boston queer and trans library

www.qtlibrary.org

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 27d

FUN FACT: It takes a lot of space to store around 2,500 books. 🫠

We quickly outgrew our current storage space for our LGBTQIA+ book collection. Thankfully, we were able to find a much bigger space just down the hall! Now we can admire the potential of our little library! 😍

Three polaroids on a beige grid. The first has books in cramped bins and says "before" on the bottom. The other two say "after" and feature a much more spacious storage space.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · Sep 8

Onion Dispatch headline redone by me: "IT NOT EVEN TUESDAY"

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Sep 8

We just hit 200 followers on Bluesky. We have over 5,000 on Instagram, so only... *does math*

Uh oh we're librarians and bad at math.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Sep 2

We're back from our break with not one but THREE book clubs in Sept.

😈 Trans YA: "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
🚀 Sapphic Sci-Fi & Fantasy: "Junker Seven" by @olivejkelley.bsky.social
🧱 Queer Nonfiction: "The Stonewall Reader" by NYPL

RSVP! https://loom.ly/-3Q8vh4

A book open on some grass with some apples next to it. Text at the top says, "September book clubs." On a piece of paper with punched out holes it says, "Trans Y.A. Book Club September 9 at 7 P.M. E.T., Sapphic Sci-Fi and Fantasy, September 10 at 7 P.M. E.T., and Queer Nonfiction, September 16 at 7 P.M. E.T." Text at the bottom says, "R.S.V.P. on Eventbrite."

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Aug 18

QT UPDATE: We are on ☀️summer break ☀️

The QT Library will be closed from Aug. 17 through Sept. 1, so we'll be back fresh, clear, and ready to do the library thing on Sept. 2.

You'll still see some pre-scheduled posts, but take this as our official OOO response. We'll be back soon 💜

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Aug 15

Here's a look back at some summertime fun with the QT Library! ☀️ While we're excited to share what we're cooking up for the fall (soon!), we'll still be basking in these sunny Chosen Family Reunion Pride Picnic photos by Adriana Arguijo for months to come. https://loom.ly/-kGOkEw

Three Polaroid-style photos with picnic imagery, featuring photos of a person with face paint on their cheek a person blowing bubbles, and someone applying face paint to another person.

Photos of two people painting their hands, volunteers setting up a food table, and someone creating a gigantic bubble, all outside in a park on a sunny day, set in the same Polaroid-style template with picnic imagery.

Three photos of people gathering and making friendship bracelets outside in a park on a sunny day, set in the same Polaroid-style template with picnic imagery.

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Aug 14

Us when our social media scheduler adds Bluesky functionality

A gay male couple relaxing on a couch holding hot drinks and cuddling with their eyes closed

A woman holding a cup of tea and taking in the aroma with her eyes closed.

A person wearing a rainbow top and holding out a rainbow flag. Their eyes are closed.

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Librariannie @your-librariannie.bsky.social · Aug 12

I volunteer with them sometimes! They're a good group and there's a lot of work that can be done remotely.

Carli Velocci👽 @carlivelocci.com · Aug 12

I've maybe mentioned this before but I'm a part of @qtlibrary.org, which is working to build an LGBTQIA+ lending library and community space in Boston!

www.qtlibrary.org

QT Library: A Boston queer and trans library

An upcoming brick-and-mortar LGBTQIA+ library coming to the Boston area.

www.qtlibrary.org

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Sunsette / Cynthia Skye @sunderedmarches.com · Aug 6

This website craves librarians, broadly speaking

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Aug 6

The QT Library urge to just put "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe on every book recommendation list ✌️

Horror list? "Gender Queer." Sci-fi list? "Gender Queer." A list of books that aren't "Gender Queer?" "Gender Queer"