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ECC Library

Official account of the Equality Community Center (ECC) Library. Providing LGBTQ+ books since 2016. Our online catalog is linked! Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

09/02/2026

Come check out our book sale at First Friday this week! We’ll be set up from 5-8pm.

08/24/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult

Join us Monday, September 28th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

The ECC Library has one copy available for check out, so come snag it!

07/27/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity by Eugene McCarraher

Join us Monday, August 24th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

07/01/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Join us Monday, July 27th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

The ECC Library has one copy available for check out, so come snag it!

06/08/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Join us Monday, June 22nd @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

05/27/2026

Book of the day: Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel

• anthology
• original gay and le***an writing of science fiction
• published 1998

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

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05/26/2026

Here are some of the books that have been popular at the ECC Library this month! ➡️

🇮🇶 Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

🇮🇷 Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case-Study by Haleh Afshar

🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity, Race, and S*xuality: Charting the Connections, edited by Toni Lester

🌸 The Va**na Monologues by Eve Ensler

🎵 Jazz by Toni Morrison

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

05/19/2026

A look into the Archives 👀 — Polysexuality, edited by François Peraldi

• sexuality
• “Originally conceived as a special Semiotext(e) issue on homosexuality at the end of the 70s, ‘Polysexuality’ quickly evolved into a more complex and iconoclastic project whose intent was to do away with recognized genders altogether, considered far too limitative.”
• published 1981

The ECC Library keeps an archive of various materials. These items aren’t on display on the public floor, but all items are available to be checked out upon request. The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

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05/13/2026

Book of the day: Ace by Angela Chen

• subtitled What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of S*x
• addresses questions like the following: “What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society?”
• published 2020

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

Shout out again to for another amazing book!!!

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05/12/2026

Book of the day: Genderqueer Menopause by Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW

• subtitled Navigating Menopause for Trans, Gender-Nonconforming, Genderfluid, and Other Queer-Bodied Folx
• this is the first book of its kind that we’ve encountered and we’re very excited to have it as an addition!
• “resource for those navigating symptoms and seeking gender-affirming care during the menopause transition”
• published 2026

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

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Portland, ME
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Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
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Website

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