Que(e)ry News

Que(e)ry in Print

July 3, 2024

Que(e)ry's in print! A chapter in Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice, just published by Library Juice Press, features an oral history of Que(e)ry parties and fundraising since 2010. Along with Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries, this two-volume set contains several other thoughtful and entertaining conversations on queerness in library and archives work. You can buy your own copy of volume 1 here and volume 2 here. Use the code TEATIME for 30% off until August 31!

Also, some of the Que(e)ry team were involved in this new volume Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches, just published by ALA Publishing. A number of chapters deal with gender, sexuality, and queer topics in cataloging and metadata. 

Fall 2021 Reads

October 1, 2021

Here's another selection of recent and forthcoming books that have caught our eyes. What's on your list? Send us your recommendations to add here, and look for these titles at your local libraries and independent bookstores!

Fiction:

Memoir/Biography:

Non-Fiction:

Poetry:

Graphic Novels/Comics:

Pride Month 2021

June 2, 2021 - UPDATED June 12, 2021

Happy Pride Month! Que(e)ry turns 11 years old this month, and while we don't have an in-person celebration in the works yet, we want to share some other events, and a few recent and forthcoming queer books that have caught our eyes, including some Lammy winners! Pick them up from your local queer bookstore or library! 

Fiction:

Non-Fiction:

Poetry:

Events:

June 10: Queer Love in Color: Jamal Jordan with Blair Imani (NYPL)

June 12: Brooklyn Pride

June 13: Brooklyn Liberation Action for Trans Youth

June 17: Ice Cream Social Celebrating Pride Month (Brooklyn; METRO Library Council)

June 27: Queer Liberation March (NYC)

June 27: Rainbow Roundtable Virtual Social (ALA Annual)

June 28: Stonewall Book Awards Celebration (Virtual, ALA Annual)

June 28: Virtual LGBTQ Pride Night (Library of Congress)

More June and Pride events hosted by:

Fall 2020 Reads

November 17, 2020

Need some books for cozy nights at home? Gift ideas for the holiday season? Here are a few recent and forthcoming books that have caught our eyes. What's on your list? Send us your recommendations to add here, and see our list from the spring below, too. Look for these titles at your local libraries and independent bookstores!

Fiction:

Non-Fiction:

Poetry:


Juneteenth

June 19, 2020

Happy Juneteenth! We honor the historic and ongoing fight for Black Freedom. 

Here are a few resources we'd like to highlight today:

We have added these resources to our own Black Lives Matter Library Resource List which we are continuously updating.

Happy Tenth Birthday, Que(e)ry!

June 18, 2020

Que(e)ry's first event took place 10 years ago today, on June 18, 2010, at Blackout Bar in Brooklyn. Sadly, the bar has since closed, but you can check out some pictures of the party on Flickr. 

That party was a fundraiser for the Tom of Finland Foundation Archives, and the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Since then, we've raised over $20,000 for them and other queer libraries and archives!

While the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago was cancelled, we do look forward to celebrating with you in person whenever we can!

Update on COVID-19

March 15, 2020

We hope you're taking care of yourselves and each other during these difficult times! Check out Libraries Resists' Health and Pandemic Page containing information and resources for libraries' responding to COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus, and the latest information from the CDC and WHO.

If you're looking for something to read while staying home, check out our list of queer reads from last summer; and here are a few more recent or upcoming titles that caught our eyes:

Fiction:

Non-Fiction:

Poetry:

And check out the Stonewall Book Award winners of 2020, and the 2020 Rainbow Book List too.

Que(e)ry Summer Reads 2019

June 4, 2019

Happy Pride Month! Here are some queer reads we're excited to check out this summer. What do you have in your beach bags?

Poetry

Fiction

Graphic Novels/Comics

Non-Fiction

Site migration

December 4, 2018

Que(e)ry has hosted its main website queeryparty.org on Tumblr since 2010 but recently found our site had been terminated without warning or explanation. It was restored, thankfully. But now, even before Tumblr's revised policy on adult content goes into effect December 17, we already notice a number of our posts incorrectly flagged as explicit or "adult," evidently because they contain LGBTQ-themed content. Both as queers and as information professionals, we recognize that every online platform we use comes with problems, but we no longer feel that Tumblr is a responsible or reliable home for our site. Both the new policies and the algorithmic methods for enforcing them are misguided and will especially impact the queer and trans folk, fetish and fandom communities, sex workers, and other marginalized groups who have used Tumblr as a tool for expression, activism, community, and livelihood. Also, we don't want to risk losing our content again, should Tumblr decide to terminate our account or delete posts.

Thank you for your patience while we migrate as much of our content as possible off of Tumblr. (We will not be migrating reblogs of other people's content). All of our (unflagged) content is all still there at http://queeryparty.tumblr.com/ (for now). You can also view our Tumblr site as preserved on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (most recently captured on November 30, 2018).

ALA midwinter in Denver

January 2018

Going to ALA Midwinter 2018 in Denver? We sadly don't have a Que(e)ry party planned, but check out these events and resources:

Friday, Feb 9:

7:30-9:00pm: Feminist Task Force Meeting, CCC#110

Sunday, Feb 11:

1-2:30pm: Trans intersectionality discussion group, CCC #711

1-2:30pm: Building GLBTRT Archive and Planning GLBTRT Jubilee, CCC #106

3:30-5:30: ALA President’s Program: Are Libraries Neutral? CCC Ballroom 2/3

4-4:50: We Need Diverse Books: To Niche or Not to Niche? Shelving Diverse Books, PopTop Stage, Exhibit Hall

6:30-9:30pm: GLBTRT Social and Stonewall Adult Award Winner Announcement, Blush & Blu Bar

Ongoing Events:

Friday-Monday: 7-10am: EveryLibrary Stacks for the Stacks Pancake Fundraiser

Local resources:

Terry Mangan Library, GLBT Community Center, Denver

It Takes A Village Colorado

Gender Identity Center of Colorado

Minority and Women-Owned Businesses in Denver

See our older posts at queeryparty.tumblr.com