James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library

01/27/2025

We are so excited to host Day 1 of The Transgender District's TGNC Health and Wellness Fair!
Where: The San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St. SF CA 94103)
When: February 4th 2025, from 11 am to 3 pm.🏳️‍⚧️

Mark your calendars for our 2025 Health and Wellness Fair🏳️‍⚧️💫

During such an unprecedented time, our resource fair would be an opportunity to know of any upcoming events, programs, projects, or initiatives that our community partners have planned for the new year.

Where: The San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St. SF CA 94103)

When: February 4th 2025, from 11 am to 3 pm.

During the fair, we will provide light refreshments during lunchtime. We believe that this discussion will shed light on innovative and inclusive approaches to healthcare and well-being for our community.

See you there!

01/02/2025

We are so excited for this new event series with SNJV!💋🎤✨

11/13/2024

Join us at the Eureka Valley Branch on Sunday, Nov. 17, 3-4 P.M. for a very special event featuring the New Voices Bay Area Trans, Inters*x and Genderq***r Chorus. A one-hour musical community event to remember our trans, inters*x and non-binary family who have been lost to violence and oppression. People of all genders and backgrounds are encouraged to join: there will be community singing, musical offerings by the Chorus, time for silent reflection, and opportunities for all to share names. The event is outdoors, so please dress warmly. 🏳️‍⚧️

10/25/2024

We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of trans activist and performer, Adela Vázquez. We're so blessed to have met Adela and have her grace our library stage last year — almost one year exactly — at our VIVA 16th event. How fortunate that we recorded the event so we can see her and all the other fabulous queens again and again.

Community members are invited to celebrate the life and legacy of Adela Vázquez on October 27th at 4pm at the Women’s Building.

San Francisco's 16th Street was known as a mecca for Latinx q***rness during the 1980s and 90s. With bars like Esta Noche and La India Bonita, it was a hub ...

06/28/2024

Very excited to share this important update on our digitization project of SF Bay Times! 🎉

https://sfbaytimes.com/partnership-with-james-c-hormel-lgbtqia-center-of-san-francisco-public-library-forges-increased-access/

06/23/2024

Today at 1 p.m.! See the amazing Per Sia at Medicine for Nightmares!

TOMORROW in The Mission! 🌸📚 Exciting News! SFPL is partnering with the San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival for a magical weekend in The Mission! 🎉✨

Join us for Drag Queen Storytime with the incredible PERSIA, a Latinx and non-binary youth educator, Drag Queen, and storyteller! 📖👑

📅 Date: June 24, 2024
⏰ Time: 1 PM
📍 Location: Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore y Galeria - 3036 24th St.

SFPL will be there with free book giveaways, button-making fun, and lots of library love! Don't miss out on this celebration of literature, art, and community spirit. Let's make memories together! 🌟❤️

06/21/2024

Shouting out the incredible work that Fabulosa Books is doing to fight book bans! 🙌🏽 Grateful to the Los Angeles Times for shining a light this incredible work (and for including a bit about the Hormel Center in it!). 😁

Books Not Bans, the non-profit initiative started by our phenomenal event manager Becka, has been featured in today's LA Times🕺🏻Check it out! And next time you're in the store, please consider donating so we can continue to support our community and spread q***r joy & resistance across the nation :)

06/20/2024

We’re proud to intersect with and co-present Sally! on Wed. June 26 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at KQED Studios! Get your tickets now for 11 days of world-renowned q***r films, performances, and parties. Journey with us across the intersections of LGBTQ+ identities and to theaters around the Bay Area. Explore more at frameline.org and 🎥🌈

06/14/2024

We are so proud to know thatthe U.S. Embassy Luxembourg has partnered with the Ville de Luxembourg to honorarily re-name the street in front of the U.S. Embassy in honor of Ambassador Hormel during the months of June (U.S. pride month) and July (Luxembourg Pride Month)!

06/01/2024

Happy ! We out here! San Francisco Public Library & of course the Hormel LGBTQIA Center team is out here giving away books from 10am-3pm in the gorgeous Presidio with our partners Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Bring a windbreaker & sunnies and bring home a free LGBTQIA book. Did we mention DJ Brown Amy is spinning at a free tea party from 1-4pm too?

05/22/2024

Happy Day! 🥳 We celebrate Harvey’s life and legacy on this day and EVERY DAY. ⬇️

✨Did you know that Hormel LGBTQIA Center archives is the proud home of Harvey Milk Archives – Scott Smith Collection?
🔉Did you know you can actually listen to Harvey’s “political will” on the digital archives ➡️ digitalsf.org?

🎁 Some additional digitized treasures for you:
📸 #1: Harvey Milk at the opening of his 1975 campaign for Supervisor
📸 #2, 3: Past celebrations by the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club
📂 All located in the Harvey Milk Archives-Scott Smith Collection (GLC 35)

🚪Our doors are open for you! Access the SFPL LGBTQIA+ archives every day through the Center located on Floor 6️⃣of the Main Library and at 🔗digitalsf.org.

05/07/2024

Don’t miss this rare West Coast opportunity to see Kristen Lovell live in-person discussing her award-winning documentary, The Stroll, a film that reminds us that trans women of color and s*x workers continue to forge a path forward, thriving through their resilience, community organizing and sisterhood.

Tuesday, May 14, 5:30 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library. Free event! 🏳️‍⚧️🎬