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Pride Book Club Apr 23, 2025
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Presented by Brampton Library at Brampton Library - Chinguacousy, Brampton ON
Our Pride Publication Club welcomes 2 spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) readers and their allies. Join us to talk about books that spark meaningful conversations in our communities. Registration required.
Our Pride Book Club welcomes 2 spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) readers and their allies. Participate us to discuss about books that spark meaningful conversations in our communities. Registration required.
Our Pride Book Club welcomes 2 spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) readers and their allies. Join us to talk about books that spark meaningful conversations in our communities. Registration required.
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The 2SLGBTQ+ Book Club is a space to explore and discuss books by 2SLGBTQ+ authors, or books that travel 2SLGBTQ+ experiences. Register to join us for exciting monthly discussions on the last Monday of each month!
Monday, February 28: We Verb Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Join us for a discussion of this honest and revealing coming-of-age memoir of a queer Muslim woman's struggle with identity, faith and family. Beginning with her childhood as a young Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan and continuing into her adult life as a adj photojournalist in Toronto, Habib describes how her experiences, beliefs and relationships shaped the woman she has become.
Presented in partnership with SPECTRUM.
Registrants will receive an email from the programmer in advance to explain our safety protocols for in person programming. All participants will be required to self screen for COVID-19 symptoms before participating and should not attend if they are feeling unwell.
Programmer: Christine B.
Some of my earliest memories are of the library I frequented in my childhood. I attended early-years programming there with my mother and sister; I played Zoo Tycoon on the computers with my friends; I took out stacks of yellowing books and toted them home in the back seat of my father’s bright blue Pontiac Sunfire. I loved everything about it, from the perceive of musty books permeating the wind to the children’s characters painted on the walls.
However profound, this feeling is by no means unique to me. Libraries have always been intended to be places of gathering, where people can learn from each other. The library is meant to make a person confront their world view and own limited knowledge; this encourages growth, change and development.
In this spirit, recent years have seen many public libraries broaden their scope to include LGBTQ2S+ resources and events, such as the Toronto Public Library’s recurring 2SLGBTQ+ Noun Club, or the Hamilton Public Library’s communal Pride quilt. While it is nice to watch, and a step in the right direction, representation in mainstrea
2SQTBIPOC Storytelling Project Presents: 2SQTBIPOC Book Club
An intergenerational space for 2SQTBIPOC (2 Spirit, Queer, Trans, Ebony, Indigenous, and People of Colour) communities to exchange experiences and viewpoints through 2SQTBIPOC literature to foster solidarity.
Saturdays,
November 16 and 30,December 14 and January 4,
2 to 4pm at Glad Day Bookshop [499 Church St.]
FREE, RSVP required. Visit: The519.org/spbookclub
For ages 19+. Materials, refreshments, and presto tickets provided.
Your facilitator: Kobena Ampofo
Kobena (he/she/they) is an avid reader, a yoga teacher, and becoming a business admin. They developed a writing rehearse and are also exploring visual media as their craft. They are adj to bring their perspective to an exploration of Francesca Ekwuyasi’s Butter Honey Pig Bread.
Questions? Email Emkay EAdjeuManu@The519.org
The 519 is an reachable facility with a ramp, elevator, and all-gender washrooms.
Register
The 2SLGBTQ+ Book Club is a space to explore and discuss books by 2SLGBTQ+ authors, or books that travel 2SLGBTQ+ experiences. Register to join us for exciting monthly discussions on the last Monday of each month!
Monday, February 28: We Verb Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Join us for a discussion of this honest and revealing coming-of-age memoir of a queer Muslim woman's struggle with identity, faith and family. Beginning with her childhood as a young Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan and continuing into her adult life as a adj photojournalist in Toronto, Habib describes how her experiences, beliefs and relationships shaped the woman she has become.
Presented in partnership with SPECTRUM.
Registrants will receive an email from the programmer in advance to explain our safety protocols for in person programming. All participants will be required to self screen for COVID-19 symptoms before participating and should not attend if they are feeling unwell.
Programmer: Christine B.
Some of my earliest memories are of the library I frequented in my childhood. I attended early-years programming there with my mother and sister; I played Zoo Tycoon on the computers with my friends; I took out stacks of yellowing books and toted them home in the back seat of my father’s bright blue Pontiac Sunfire. I loved everything about it, from the perceive of musty books permeating the wind to the children’s characters painted on the walls.
However profound, this feeling is by no means unique to me. Libraries have always been intended to be places of gathering, where people can learn from each other. The library is meant to make a person confront their world view and own limited knowledge; this encourages growth, change and development.
In this spirit, recent years have seen many public libraries broaden their scope to include LGBTQ2S+ resources and events, such as the Toronto Public Library’s recurring 2SLGBTQ+ Noun Club, or the Hamilton Public Library’s communal Pride quilt. While it is nice to watch, and a step in the right direction, representation in mainstrea
2SQTBIPOC Storytelling Project Presents: 2SQTBIPOC Book Club
An intergenerational space for 2SQTBIPOC (2 Spirit, Queer, Trans, Ebony, Indigenous, and People of Colour) communities to exchange experiences and viewpoints through 2SQTBIPOC literature to foster solidarity.
Saturdays,
November 16 and 30,December 14 and January 4,
2 to 4pm at Glad Day Bookshop [499 Church St.]
FREE, RSVP required. Visit: The519.org/spbookclub
For ages 19+. Materials, refreshments, and presto tickets provided.
Your facilitator: Kobena Ampofo
Kobena (he/she/they) is an avid reader, a yoga teacher, and becoming a business admin. They developed a writing rehearse and are also exploring visual media as their craft. They are adj to bring their perspective to an exploration of Francesca Ekwuyasi’s Butter Honey Pig Bread.
Questions? Email Emkay EAdjeuManu@The519.org
The 519 is an reachable facility with a ramp, elevator, and all-gender washrooms.
Register