Now through December 9, you are able to check out books featured in a special collection at the Hennepin Ave UMC Library!

The Queer Justice Team has partnered with the Library Team to feature this special collection of books! Please stop by the library to check out this month’s collection of books featuring LGBTQ-related topics.

We have all kinds of books — fiction, non-fiction, biblical study, even graphic novels — for youth, young adults, and older adults alike! Self-checkout is confidential and easy. Here is a full list of books available (the Library Team is always looking for new book ideas — email [email protected]). As we continue to showcase more books each week in Hennepin Happenings, we will feature them here as well!

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (Best friends, Middle School students, Transgender children, Fiction, Gender identity, Ghost stories, LGBTQ youth)

In the Margins, A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture by Shannon T.L. Kearns (Transgender men, Catholic church/clergy, Biography, Sex/Religious aspects, Bible, Meditations, LGBTQIA+)

Queerfully and Wonderfully Made, edited by Leigh Finke with an introduction by Jennifer Knapp (Nurturing for community, LGBTQ+ youth, United Women in Faith)

Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers, by Tyler Sit (Urban Ministry, Community, Radical Hospitality, Changemaking, UMC, Social Justice, LGBTQ+)

Parrotfish, by Ellen Wittlinger (Fiction, LGBTQ+, Transgender, High School, Bullying, Identity, Transsexuals)

Quench! Refreshing Devotionals by Gay Trans, and Affirming Christians, by Rev. Keith J. Phillips (LGBTQ+, Devotional Literature, Christian Gays, Prayers and Devotions)

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Retelling of Little Women, by Rey Terciero (Graphic novel, blended family, sisters, cancer, LGBTQIA+ youth)

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America, by Darnell L. Moore (LGBTQ+, Autobiography, memoir, African American gay men, racism, Black Lives Matter)