| Brighton & Hove libraries are committed to providing a service
to the whole community, through the provision of information and book collections
to reflect the entire city population. |
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Both Jubilee Library
and Hove Library
have separate sections of LGBT interest books and films, and there is also a circulating
collection which moves around the community libraries, as well as a small selection
of books on the mobile library. New titles are being added to stock regularly,
covering contemporary fiction, including books from the Diva range and the Prowler
press for gay men, as well as a wide range of information books, covering subjects
such as lesbian parenting and gay health issues. If you have a suggestion for
a book or film you'd like to see added to the LGBT section, please email libraries@brighton-hove.gov.uk
There is a specialist collection of transgender interest books in the LGBT
sections at Hove and at Brighton libraries, which were bought in collaboration
with the Clare Project.
Information about local and national helplines and groups is included in every
copy.
As well as books and films on video and DVD, the LGBT sections include community
news magazines such as The Pink Paper, G-Scene and 3Sixty, and there are copies
of Diva and Gay Times available to read. There are also posters and leaflets about
local and national events of interest to the community.
A lively reading group
for the LGBT community meets at Hove
Library on the third Tuesday of each month at 6.45pm. New members are always
welcome to the group, which is informal and friendly, and reads a wide range of
lesbian and gay interest fiction. For details of the next meeting, telephone (01273)
294073 or email libraries@brighton-hove.gov.uk
