Queer Liberation Library helps people access books by LGBTQ+ authors amid book ban waves [Video]

SAN ANTONIO – Kieren Hickey and his team of librarian volunteers work to elevate queer voices in places where LGBTQ+ people may not have access to those types of books at their home libraries.

Queer Liberation Library operates as a nonprofit with librarians who have specialized knowledge in curating for specific audiences, spanning from adult fiction to young adult to children’s books. Their goal is to find and share queer stories in various formats.

“What we wanted to do was to make queer literature and information and resources just more accessible in the United States. Because, one, we’re living in a scary time where there’s been a lot of pushback to queer books and queer stories that are very dependent upon where someone lives — state to state, county to county,” Hickey said. “So, we were able to sort of build something that is a little bit less dependent on the geographical location of the …