I became so embarassingly obsessed with the Heartstopper series that I co-founded a queer and trans library (@qtlibrary.org) because I wanted to become the gay librarian at a gay library so that I could share it with the world 🌈📚

this one made me ugly cry @qtlibrary.org

HEY HAPPY PRIDE FIGHT HARD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BUILD GAY INFRASTRUCTURE BE A MENACE LOVE ONE ANOTHER BE PROUD WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT EVEN IF IT’S NOTHING BE GAY DO CRIME GET A LIBRARY CARD

My friend @jakestepansky.bsky.social is building out the @qtlibrary.org, a Boston-based LGBTQIA+ lending library, and needs your help to resource their space and fund their mission 🏳️‍🌈📚🏳️‍⚧️ If you’re able, support them here:

Happy #FCF! (Fund the Collection Friday) (We're building a gay library and we need donations of every size to finish and house our collection of 5,000 gay books.) (If enough of y'all donate, I'll...) secure.givelively.org/donate/92-39...

@qtlibrary.org @kevinpanetta.bsky.social @srganuch.bsky.social

It's been quite the year, and through it all, the QT Library has survived and thrived. We all are still here! That's why we're still celebrating 2025. 🥳 Join us at More Than Words in Boston for a great afternoon of games, vibes, friends, and raffles! RSVP 👉 https://loom.ly/wTnRbac

hi! your friendly gay-librarian-who-isn't-technically-a-librarian here to remind you that the news today has been Abhorrent and it's OK to call it a night, grab a cup of tea, silence your phone, and cozy up with a book about Something Nice. hugs! kisses! goodnight!

look ... there's not NOT a signed copy of "Nick and Charlie" in the library collection (yes! she does! I am very, very emo about it!)

@alexanderchee.bsky.social @qtlibrary.org

REMINDER: Calling on Boston LGTBQIA folks and allies to show up tomorrow for this hearing to shut down censorship and protect vital resources. 👇

⬇️ This is why I go hard for #BookSky. Books can transform us, our futures, our dreams. They can turn bad days into decent days & good weeks. They can help us believe & give us hope and teach us empathy. They can make us feel not quite so alone or different. Books matter. We matter. You matter. 📚💙

if you enjoyed "Jake yaps about how proud he is of the @qtlibrary.org team," you're gonna LOVE "Jake asks you to make a small (or large!) contribution to our annual campaign" secure.givelively.org/donate/92-39...

I became so embarassingly obsessed with the Heartstopper series that I co-founded a queer and trans library (@qtlibrary.org) because I wanted to become the gay librarian at a gay library so that I could share it with the world 🌈📚

three nonfictions of the "fundamental worldview shift" variety: The Art of Gathering (Parker), Theatre of the Unimpressed (Tannahill), and The Future Earth (Holthaus) three fictions of the "I am more alive now" variety: The Name of the Wind (Rothfuss), Tin Man (Winman), and Cloud Atlas (Mitchell)

people often ask me: who is the @qtlibrary.org for? it's for them

My current reading. Highly recommended in these times. Thanks @qtlibrary.org!

TIL that adding the 🌈📚 emojis to a post gets me in front of the Queer Bookworms. hello Queer Bookworms. it's me, a Queer Bookworm. i want you to know that i'm (with over 100 incredible volunteers) building you a queer & trans library called the @qtlibrary.org. i hope you love it as much as i do!!!

if we raise the $100K for the library, I'll go back to posting like this

get in loser, we're building a library (tell your friends) secure.givelively.org/donate/92-39...

is this anything @qtlibrary.org

repost this if you're gay and / or you like books (I have a treat for you)

what a year this week has been today

I, too, would like people to know I have read a book

beyond honored + humbled to be featured on In the Den with @mamadragons.bsky.social talking about the @qtlibrary.org and the kickass work we're doing to build a queer & trans library & community sanctuary in Boston. check it out! (library pun) inthedenwithmamadragons.buzzsprout.com/2082774/epis...

Oh we were on a podcast! Listen to @jakestepansky.bsky.social on the @mamadragons.bsky.social podcast about the origins of the QT Library, speaking your dreams into existence, and the importance of engaging with your community 🎙️ inthedenwithmamadragons.buzzsprout.com/2082774/epis...

is this anything @qtlibrary.org

Lin Manuel Miranda at the 2016 Tony Awards:

What book had you wanting a tear gun for revenge. We'll start: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Tin Man by Sarah Winman and it's not even close!!!!!

NOW THAT ZOHRAN IS MAYOR, I CAN FINALLY SHARE MY TRUTH: I'm GAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

excited to follow tonight's election in three different languages: serious (MSNBC), hopeful (Instagram), and horny (...here)

I think you should do this!

✨Meet our beautiful new board members ✨ We are so, so honored that Jen Sarduy, Adriana Raines, and @beccapodos.bsky.social have joined our board. Their work fostering communities is exactly what the QT Library needs to continue planting the seeds for our perfect LGBTQIA+ future!

The @qtlibrary.org is continuing our end-of-year campaign, “From Seed to Shelf” — any amount, large or small, will help us reach our $100,000 goal. And if you want to help in other ways, spread the word or reach out to me for ways you can volunteer!

why

are you gay

help me be less sleepy (and help us build a radical one-of-a-kind space for queer and trans folks) by making a contribution of literally (LITERALLY) any size today <3 secure.givelively.org/donate/92-39...

it has been brought to my attention that there are a lot of people who just think of me as "the guy with the library" and I would like to clarify that there is much more to me than that! I'm also very sleepy

voted for daddy today and so can you

I am so, so obsessed with our generous, spectacular, kind, caring, effervescent new board members. It's such an honor to work alongside them to bring the QT Library to life!

We've reached our first $1,000!! that's like... one very expensive book. Or 1,000 very cheap books. Only $99,000 to go 😅 secure.givelively.org/donate/92-39...

ANYWAY WE'RE BUILDING A GAY LIBRARY AND WE NEED YOUR HELP (ask me how)

🌱 A small seed is capable of turning into a beautiful garden. Likewise, from the simple idea of liberation and hope, QT Library has sprung up. Introducing From Seed to Shelf: the QT Library's annual campaign! Donate, volunteer, RSVP... help us grow today: https://loom.ly/MRSIouU

“We want to support young people in understanding themselves as a powerful movement-centering gathering force." 👏👏👏 nonprofitquarterly.org/holding-the-...

the Boy has been Beached

when oomfs are flirting in the comments

the best thing about the Gilded Age is that I get to explain to my very-gay-but-in-very-different-way boyfriend how important people like Celia Keenan-Bolger are