Lending Library

Turn the page on your story

Everyone loves a good story – and there are stories for you in the LGBTQ+ Center’s Lending Library.

Started in 2022 by a grant from the IU Queer Philanthropy Circle featuring books purchased from Beyond Barcodes, a minority-owned independent bookstore in Indianapolis, the lending library supplements the holdings of the IU Kokomo library with titles focused on the voices and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.

About 70 titles are housed in the MCC Lounge, resting on a rainbow-painted bookshelf. Books are available to check out by request from the Multicultural Center during normal business hours.

Explore our shelves

Titles in the lending library include:

  • The Stonewall Reader
  • A Queer History of the United States, Michael Bronski
  • The Guncle, Steven Rowley
  • Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas
  • The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo
  • Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, Sarah McBride
  • Filthy Animals, Brandon Taylor
  • Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, Jonathan Van Ness
  • David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music, Darryl W. Bullock