Gerber Hart Library and Archives

Gerber Hart Library and Archives Gerber/Hart is an LGBTQ library and archives - one of the largest such organizations in the United States.

02/2021 - Gerber/Hart is resuming its regular hours of operation for walk-in patrons and for viewing exhibits. Researchers (those making use of archives collections, periodicals, or items from Special Collections) should still make appointments by emailing [email protected]. Hours of operation are Wednesdays and Thursday 6-9 p.m., Fridays 12 noon-4 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Gerber/Ha

rt Library and Archives was founded in 1981 to be a depository for the records of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) individuals and organizations, and for other resources bearing upon their lives and experiences in American society. Gerber/Hart Library and Archives has since grown into being the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ circulating library with over 14,000 volumes, 800 periodical titles, and 100 archival collections. Hosting various programs and events that support its beliefs that knowledge is the key to dispelling homophobia and that affirming information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons is critical to fostering pride and self confidence, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives seeks to not only preserve and protect items of LGBT individuals and organizations, but to be a conduit for change. Recently relocated in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives serves the research and recreational reading needs of the Chicago metro area and the Midwest, and through participation in the Interlibrary Loan program, people throughout the U.S.

Three days away! Stock your shelves at the Ge**er/Hart Book sale! Saturday, June 6th, from 10 AM - 3:30 PM we will have ...
06/03/2026

Three days away!

Stock your shelves at the Ge**er/Hart Book sale! Saturday, June 6th, from 10 AM - 3:30 PM we will have a wide selection of erotica, rare books, periodicals, VHS tapes, mystery books, book bundles, awesome comics, DVDs, and magazines, all individually priced!

Our pals from Poems While You Wait will be tabling again from 11 - 2 PM, drafting bespoke poems while folks wait in line to get in. Invite your bookish friends (or enemies!) to the sale and find some reads for your summer explorations! We’ll see you on June 6th! ***rbooks ***rarchives ***rchicago

Join us at Dorothy next Thursday, June 11th, for our fourth annual Q***r Elder History Panel! Snag your tickets before t...
06/03/2026

Join us at Dorothy next Thursday, June 11th, for our fourth annual Q***r Elder History Panel! Snag your tickets before they sell out at the link in our bio!

Ge**er/Hart and the LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project are partnering to bring the younger and older generations together in dialogue about q***rness over time. Join us for a panel discussion with Betty Akins, Jay Myers, Jocye Fernandes, and Norma Seledon, four incredible LGBTQ+ elders, moderated by Dialogue Project co-founder Karen Morris and hosted by Ge**er/Hart volunteer Kaitlyn Griffith.

The panel will be accompanied by a pop-up display of materials from Ge**er/Hart's LGBTQ+ library & archives and followed by Q&A & mingling. Celebrate Pride in community with our elders at Dorothy!

Doors at 6pm, and our panel kicks off at 7pm. Dorothy remains open after the event until 11pm.

Tickets are priced on a sliding scale of $15, $20, and $25! Proceeds are shared with our panelists, the LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, Dorothy, and Ge**er/Hart. If tickets are still available, they will be $25 at the door. But the last three years have sold out, so grab your tickets soon!

Dorothy is 21+ and requires a physical ID for all to enter. Dorothy is also ADA accessible with elevator access on Campbell Ave. If you are a guest who requires elevator access, please wait by the black door with our logo in the window and call our staff to assist: 773-770-3799

See you next week!

***relderhistorypanel ***rHistory ***rarchives

We’re coming in hot for Pride month! The calendar is stacked; we would love to see you at one (or many!) of our events!W...
06/03/2026

We’re coming in hot for Pride month! The calendar is stacked; we would love to see you at one (or many!) of our events!

Wednesday, June 3rd Join Ge**er/Hart at Women & Children First Bookstore from 6 PM - 8 PM in Andersonville to celebrate Jen St. Jude’s release of their newest YA novel, Where You’ll Find Us.

Friday, June 5th from 4 – 8:00 PM Ge**er/Hart will be tabling with a pop-up display at Exuberus Teen Night at the Art Institute of Chicago !

Saturday, June 6th from 10 AM – 3:30 PM join us for an incredible selection of books, media, periodicals, and more at the Big Ge**er/Hart Book Sale! will be tabling with us from 11 AM - 2 PM :)

Wednesday, June 10th from 6 PM - 8 PM Q***r Stitch Night�� celebrates one year, and we'd love for you to join us for a night of fiber arts, crafts, and sweet community.

Friday, June 11 at 7 PM Q***r Elder History Panel at - Get your tickets because they will go quick!

Saturday, June 13 from 1 PM - 2 PM Ge**er/Hart’s Play Reading Club: The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel.

Saturday, June 13 from 3 PM - 5 PM Pop Up Book Tour with The Le***an Bar Chronicles at (stay tuned for more info!)

Save this post, share it with your friends, and help us spread the word! We hope you’ll join us for the festivities in the weeks ahead! Most of our events are free, but we do have a couple of ticketed events coming up - attending events, buying a ticket, and helping spread the word are all wonderful ways to help support Ge**er/Hart this month. ***rHistory ***rarchives

We are counting down the (5!) days till we kick off the start of Pride Month with the book sale of the season at our ann...
06/02/2026

We are counting down the (5!) days till we kick off the start of Pride Month with the book sale of the season at our annual June Ge**er/Hart Book Sale!

Saturday, June 6th, from 10 AM – 3:30 PM, join us for an incredible selection of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ fiction, non-fiction books, media, periodicals, and more!

Make sure you come early and are ready to browse. Our friends from Poems While You Wait will be tabling with us from 11 AM – 2 PM!

Stay tuned for sneak peeks on our channel here. Find the event in our comments below to preview the prices and other rare finds for sale; we can't wait to see you on June 6th! ***rbooks ***rarchives

Don't miss the one-year anniversary of Q***r Stitch Night this month! Join fiber artist, educator, and researcher Isabel...
05/31/2026

Don't miss the one-year anniversary of Q***r Stitch Night this month! Join fiber artist, educator, and researcher Isabel Sperry (she/her) for an evening of crafting on Wednesday, June 10th, from 6-8 PM at Ge**er/Hart!

Whether you are an experienced fiber artist or are looking to start your first project, you are welcome at this free community event! While Isabel isn’t an expert at every fiber art form out there, she is more than happy to provide some technical support and help to foster a community of crafters. Fiber arts not your thing? No worries! Bring a sketch book, a laptop to write on, or a novel to read and enjoy this community space.

Supplies are not provided, but we will have a limited number of collage materials, scissors, glue, markers, etc. available. Hope to see you on Wednesday, June 10th. We will be located at 6500 N. Clark St., on the second floor, across the hall from the elevator. See the library front desk if you have trouble finding us! ***rstitchnight

🏳️ The Ge**er Hart website is currently down, and we’re working on getting it back online as soon as possible. We greatl...
05/31/2026

🏳️ The Ge**er Hart website is currently down, and we’re working on getting it back online as soon as possible. We greatly appreciate your patience!

Stay tuned for the June newsletter coming your way in the week ahead for the full download of festivities and activities for Pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 ***rlibrary ***rarchives

Join Ge**er/Hart’s Play Reading Club Saturday, June 13th, from 1 PM - 3 PM as we read along to 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙯 by Pa...
05/30/2026

Join Ge**er/Hart’s Play Reading Club Saturday, June 13th, from 1 PM - 3 PM as we read along to 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙯 by Paula Vogel. We’ll divvy up the roles, read aloud, and have a short discussion after. Hope to see you there!

A few copies of the script will be available for use, but please bring a phone, laptop, or other device to read the online .pdf if you can! This event will be held in Ge**er/Hart’s Community Room (6500 N Clark Street, 2nd floor). The elevator is located at the end of the hallway (past the Howard Brown front desk), and the Community Room is just outside the elevator doors through the hallway on your right.

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: After Anna is diagnosed with the fatal disease, ATD or Acquired Toilet Disease, she departs on a vacation overseas with her brother Carl and his stuffed rabbit. They are quickly drawn into an absurd Third Man-esque caper across Europe in search of a cure, pleasure, and acceptance. Written by renowned q***r playwright Paula Vogel after her brother Carl died from complications of AIDS, this play is about the worlds we invent to outrun grief.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: death, illness, medical issues in explicit detail, and heteros*xual s*xuality. 🫣

***rchicago ***rhistory

🏳️‍🌈 We know your calendar is full of Pride celebrations already, so why not take a beat and join the Ace Book Club on J...
05/29/2026

🏳️‍🌈 We know your calendar is full of Pride celebrations already, so why not take a beat and join the Ace Book Club on June 20th from 1-2 PM in the Ge**er/Hart Library Community Room!

Our Pride Month meeting will be discussing Michael Paramo’s Ending the Pursuit: As*xuality, Aromanticism, & Agender Identity.

This blend of memoir and poetry, online articles and discussions, traces the emergence of online communities to the Victorian binaries that still restrict us today and gives a voice to an often-misunderstood community.

The Ace Book Club, a collaboration between AforAce and Ge**er/Hart Library and Archives, is a welcoming space for aces, allos, and allies to explore the diverse world of as*xuality through literature.

Join us in person or virtually on June 20!! We can’t wait to see you.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻
𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝟭:𝟬𝟬–𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. 𝗖𝗧

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿/𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺
𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 (𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗴)

𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀!

𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘆
𝗔𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗔𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿/𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆

***rbooks

Tomorrow! You don't want to miss a one-night-only, 18+ event featuring an aural art installation exploring q***r debauch...
05/27/2026

Tomorrow! You don't want to miss a one-night-only, 18+ event featuring an aural art installation exploring q***r debauchery.

Exhibitionism by Clover Tipton is an aural exhibit, a tape recorder for participants at q***r s*x parties and public cruising events. They were given the prompt “talk about your debauchery” and this installation is a result of those recordings. The talkback with the artist Clover, hosted by Chijioke Williams, will begin at 7pm and dive into audio, desire, ephemerality, and denial.

We can't wait to connect and enjoy the visual stimulation provided by , the aural titillation provided by Clover Tipton, and a fantastic panel hosted by Chijioke Williams!

Talkback questions are encouraged to be submitted beforehand, as time will be limited. Please utilize the anonymous form on our event page and get your tickets for the show in the comments below! ***rHistory ***rarchives

When: Thursday, May 28th, 6 PM - 8 PM
Where: Ge**er/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark Street, Chicago, Il 60626

We are counting down the days till we kick off the start of Pride Month with the book sale of the season! Saturday, June...
05/27/2026

We are counting down the days till we kick off the start of Pride Month with the book sale of the season! Saturday, June 6th, from 10 AM – 3:30 PM, join us for an incredible selection of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ fiction, non-fiction books, media, periodicals, and more.

Make sure you come early and are ready to browse. Our friends from Poems While You Wait will be tabling with us from 11 AM – 2 PM!

Stay tuned for sneak peeks on our channel here. Still curious? Follow the link in the comments to discover the price list and get a peek at what we'll have for sale.
See you soon! ***rbooks ***rarchives

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