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James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center - 3rd Floor
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
Hours
About the Center
The James C. Hormel LGBTQIA+ Center is the gateway to the Library’s broader collections documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and allies’ history and culture, with a special emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area.
This lovingly-appointed space—funded 25 years ago by thousands of individuals and anchored by a $500,000 gift from James C. Hormel (1933 – 2021), the first openly gay U.S. ambassador—holds the collective memories and aspirations of our local LGBTQIA+ community. The hand-painted ceiling mural, wood-paneled walls and semi-circular shelves with their 1,000-title sampling of the collection’s 10,000+ books resonate with the collective kindness and attention we as a community give to our queer histories and experiences each and every day.
The Center also collaborates with other library departments and community organizations to sponsor a diverse array of exhibitions and public programs. It is also a resource for families, friends and allies to help support the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Hormel Center Reading Room on the 3rd floor of the Main Library serves as the home-base of the Center and houses a selection of non-circulating books and magazines.
The Center librarians are at the 3rd floor General Collections desk.
Collections
Highlights
- Hormel Center History
- Frameline @ the Library
- Past Exhibits
- Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch
- Subscribe to the LGBTQIA Center eNewsletter
- View LGBTQIA Center Staff Picks
- Hormel Center on Facebook
Drag Laureate program
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center New Acquisitions
![Books](/sites/default/files/2019-11/books_0.png)
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Trans Kids, Our KidsStratton, Alexis
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Christopher Isherwood Inside OutBucknell, Katherine
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The Color PynkTinsley, Omise'eke Natasha
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Blue HeatDe Veaux, Alexis
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DragstrippingBeatty, Jan
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Men Without MapsIbson, John
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Casa SusannaBonnet, Isabelle
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Letters to Home
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The Selected ShepherdShepherd, Reginald
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Queering Family TreesPatton-Imani, Sandra
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Making the Case for EqualityPizer, Jennifer C.
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TranzWilliams, Spencer
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Sky. Pond. MouthMcLellan, Kevin
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Country QueersGarringer, Rae
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The Modern Queer TarotBarber, Robert
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It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets WorseMaines, Nicole
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Glorious BodiesGordon, Colby
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Archive ActivismFrancis, Charles C.
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Queer as FolkloreCoward, Sacha
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Queer Jews, Queer Muslims
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A Place of Our OwnThomas, June
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The Pinko Commie DykeEnszer, Julie R.
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Scientia Sexualis
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Dear Bi MenYussuf, J. R.
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The Chromatic FantasyH. A.
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Queering UrbanismYeros, Stathis G.
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Sluts
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming OutRusso, Kristin
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The Perfect BastardJohnson, Quinn Carver
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Dream of the Divided FieldYanyi
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2 Trans 2 Furious
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The Day's Hard EdgeRodríguez, José Antonio
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My Body Is PaperCuadros, Gil
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A Sense of ShiftingRomack, Coco
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The Magic BorderParks, Arlo
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The Struggle to Be GayLancaster, Roger N.
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Low-hanging FruitRainbow, Randy
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Can the Monster Speak?Preciado, Paul B.
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The Queer ParentJeffs, Lotte
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Fat HamIjames, James
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An Apartment on UranusPreciado, Paul B.
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Drop inStoll, Deborah
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Gender StudiesMance, Ajuan Maria
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TransitoryBacon, Subhaga Crystal
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Make It CountTelfer, CeCé
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This Has Always Been A WarFox, Lori
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El Ghourabaa
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Dances of Time and TendernessCarter, Julian B.
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Information ActivismMcKinney, Cait
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Together, SomehowGarcía-Mispireta, Luis Manuel
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Faces and PhasesMuholi, Zanele
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Zanele MuholiMuholi, Zanele
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Zanele MuholiMuholi, Zanele
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The Queer & Transgender Resilience WorkbookSingh, Anneliese A.
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PhotographyDunster, Flora
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Vicious and ImmoralMcCurdy, John Gilbert
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Some Men In London
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PrettyKB
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TeeterAlidio, Kimberly
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Crying WolfBoudreau, Eden
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Bisexual Men ExistMehta, Vaneet
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Queer ArtRolls-Bentley, Gemma
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Angry Queer Somali BoyAli, Mohamed Abdulkarim
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The Only Way Through Is OutMullen, Suzette
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Survival Is A PromiseGumbs, Alexis Pauline
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UnsuitableMedhurst, Eleanor
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Butt SeriouslyGoldstein, Evan
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Who's Afraid of Gender?Butler, Judith
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Queer Power CouplesMurphy Winter, Hannah
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Love Offers No Safety
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When Monsters SpeakStryker, Susan
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Morally StraightDe Socio, Mike
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The T in LGBTRaines, Jamie
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Gender/fuckingAshley, Florence
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About Face
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Welcome to the ClubDJ Paulette
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Breaking the Rainbow CeilingMcCay, Layla
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Great Gay Book
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Authentic SelvesGillespie, Peggy
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My Boyfriend ApocalypseMendoza, Antmen Pimentel
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Mean BoysMak, Geoffrey
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TranslandSly
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My Child Is Trans, Now What?Greene, Ben V.
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FirebugsBulling, Nino
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InfluencaPeters, Jade LFT
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Neither Created Nor DestroyedJamshed, Zara
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I Am the Most Dangerous ThingWilliams, Candace
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Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry
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No MamesToledano, Mayan
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In the Shadow of DiagnosisKunzel, Regina G.
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I Heard Her Call My NameSante, Lucy
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Alt-natureMorgan, Saretta
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Str8 up Queer AfricanMwaluko, Nick Hadikwa
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The City ArousedScott, Damon
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Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
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Travels Over FeelingKing, Richard
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RadiantGooch, Brad
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House of Our QueerMui, Bex
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Long Live Queer NightlifeGhaziani, Amin
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Thunder SongLaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu