Welcome back. We’ve missed you!

It’s been a tremendously difficult couple of years for us all. We know that our LGBTQ+ community is in need of healing and support, and we are honored to provide that space.

Thanks to your past support, the Lavender Library has remodeled and started to reopen in 2022 for the LGBTQ+ community to again have access to relevant books, support groups, and social events in the wake of the pandemic. This Giving Tuesday we are raising $5000 in donations to support our general operations so we can expand the Lavender Library’s capabilities to support and reach the full spectrum of our community members.

We’re looking for 500 of our dedicated community members to each give just $10 — because we know we are powerful when we pool our resources. Will you help us reach our goal?

The Lavender Library is an all volunteer run lending library, archive, and community space with LGBTQ+ books, films, and more. We are a hub of learning and connection for Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community. We host events, support and social groups, and a safe space to be yourself and meet unique spirits.

Here’s what we’ve been up to this year!

1. Board members — We added 6 new board members to strengthen our leadership within our organization. This includes two dedicated volunteers who have chosen to take on a larger role of joining the board to dive deeper on their ongoing projects and collaboratively invest in the space we all love.

2. Events — We brought back some of our favorite events to the library’s physical space, the Other Mic and Queer Crafternoons, to connect with our community members and provide a space for laughter and creativity. We’re planning on adding additional book clubs and events at LLACE in the new year with your continued support.

3. Volunteers worked over 1200 hours supporting LLACE this year. Not only did the community come out to help beautify and glow up our space, but we recruited over 50 new volunteers and they have dedicated their time to bringing back Queer Crafternoon and the Other Mic, but also an oral history project collecting the stories of LGBTQ+ Sacramentans.

4. Keyholders — 3 of our dedicated volunteers became key holders, allowing us to be open for browsing every weekend and reintroducing Saturday’s! Having a total of 12 keyholders! With your support we hope to bring back Thursday and Friday hours in 2023.

5. 10+ outreach events — We’ve participated in several outreach events including Art Mix at the Crocker Museum, Placer Pride, the FIRE Community Event in Elk Grove, various college and high school resource fairs, National Coming out Day events, Rainbow Day in Woodland, and other local community gatherings.

6. Added over 45 of new books purchased and added to our shelves, and received the Whitney Pinkerton grant to purchase even more. Some of our most notable added titles include: Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture, Paper Girls: The Complete Story, Forget Burial: HIV Kinship, Disability, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care, Boys Run the Riot 1, Funeral Diva, and The Woman’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.

7. Featured in multiple local news stories — our favs include our feature on Cap Radio and a banned book piece by ABC 10.

8. Community groups meet here — 7 groups meet regularly at LLACE including Bi+Pan Sacramento, FTM Support Group, Gender Quark, and the Lavender Library’s original reading group Eclectic? Trash? We’ll be adding a banned book club in the new year with your financial support.

9. And most importantly, over 50 community members joined LLACE in 2022. With expanded hours in 2023 we’re hoping to meet and have even more join us.

In tremendous appreciation for your continued support to this magical queer space in Sacramento.

- The Lavender Library board of directors

We’re raffling off 5 free annual memberships (worth $60) for every 100 donors who participate in Giving Tuesday. Donate now for your chance to win! The winners will get our “Super Membership '' which gives you 1 year of access to check out 6 books at a time from our 100% LGBTQ+ collection of 23,000 books and movies in every genre. Take home pieces of gay history!

Giving Tues 2022

We’re looking for 500 of our dedicated community members to each give just $10 — because we know we are powerful when we pool our resources. Will you help us reach our goal?

Team Members