What we’re about
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER. STOP AAPI HATE. END ANTI-SEMITISM. CHOOSE LOVE. The Canandaigua (CDGA) Queer Lit Book Club has been welcoming readers since 2018. In partnership with Wood Library, we are an inclusive community of readers who meet bi-monthly in a hybrid format to discuss LGBTQAI2S+ books and/or books by LGBTQAI2S+ authors. Representation matters. Join the conversation!
The Canandaigua Queer Lit Book Club respectfully acknowledges that we operate on land, which is the territory of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) Nation, a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Learn more with Ganondagan and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center.
Book Club
- ASL Interpreter Request Form
- Book Recommendation Form
- Code of Conduct
- Feedback Form
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Season 7 Poster (Previous Posters)
- What We've Been Reading
Community
- AAA Travel with Pride (Overview)
- Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues
- Archivist Books
- Blaque/Out Magazine
- Chorus- Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse
- 490 Farmers
- Flower City Pride Band
- Gleaners Community Kitchen- 183 N Main St, Canandaigua, NY
- ImageOut
- Little Free Farm Stand @ Wood Library- now open
- Next Generation Men of Transition (NGMT)
- Noire Reading Room
- Penn Yan PRIDE Coalition
- Pittsford CommUNITY
- Pride Center of Western New York
- Queering Environmental Justice- (Goldsmith & Bell, 2021; Goldsmith et al., 2022)
- Rochester LGBTQ+ Together
- Rochester Rainbow Union
- the Center of the Finger Lakes
- Voter Registration (Register to Vote- New York State)
- WAVE Woman Inc.
Health
- A.A.
- Active Shooter Safety Resources
- Caring Relationships, Healthy You- English, Spanish
- Erie County LGBTQIA2S+ Healthcare Resources
- Evergreen Health Services
- HIV
- How to Find a Therapist You Connect With
- Mpox
- Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
- STI Testing and Treatment
- Support- The Trevor Project; Veterans; 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; 988 Chat & Text
- Trillium Health
- UR Medicine Thompson Health LGBTQ+ Patients
Pride
Credits
CDGA Queer Lit Book Club Logo design by Jacob Marsh
Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce. [canandaiguachamberofcommer1916]. (2015,
October 26). Canandaigua, NY: The chosen spot. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44X0HKR9Vuc&t=5s
Video (CC) [♪♪ "Miracles Exist In You- Full Length/Underscore" by Adam John Salkeld, PRS and Neil Pollard, PRS playing]
YOU'RE INVITED
This is a VIRTUAL event and will be held online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed 24 hours in advance and posted on Meetup, visible to those who RSVP Yes.
- Join your friends and meet new ones as we continue our seventh season of CDGA Queer Lit Book Club and discuss Small Joys: A Novel by Elvin James Mensah.
OVERVIEW
- "An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances."
WE ♥ LIBRARIES
- Our event title is available to borrow through the OWWL, Monroe, and New York Public Library systems.
WE ♥ INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
- Noire Reading Room is Rochester's online/pop-up Black Feminist Bookstore, featuring Black, Queer, and Radical texts. Support Noire Reading Room when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- Ampersand Books is the Neighborhood of the Arts' independent bookstore owned and operated by Writers & Books, Rochester’s leading nonprofit literary arts center. Support Ampersand Books and get 15% off when you purchase this event's selection on their website.
CREDITS
- Small joys. (n.d.). OWWL library system. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://search.owwl.org/Record/679970?searchId=21093258&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex
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See all- Small Joys: A Novel | A Virtual Book DiscussionLink visible for attendees
YOU'RE INVITED
This is a VIRTUAL event and will be held online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed 24 hours in advance and posted on Meetup, visible to those who RSVP Yes.- Join your friends and meet new ones as we continue our seventh season of CDGA Queer Lit Book Club and discuss Small Joys: A Novel by Elvin James Mensah.
OVERVIEW
- "An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances."
WE ♥ LIBRARIES
- Our event title is available to borrow through the OWWL, Monroe, and New York Public Library systems.
WE ♥ INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
- Noire Reading Room is Rochester's online/pop-up Black Feminist Bookstore, featuring Black, Queer, and Radical texts. Support Noire Reading Room when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- Ampersand Books is the Neighborhood of the Arts' independent bookstore owned and operated by Writers & Books, Rochester’s leading nonprofit literary arts center. Support Ampersand Books and get 15% off when you purchase this event's selection on their website.
CREDITS
- Small joys. (n.d.). OWWL library system. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://search.owwl.org/Record/679970?searchId=21093258&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex
Featured photo created with Canva Pro
