FAQs

• Do you ask for gender on library card applications?

  No, the Oakland Public Library does not ask for gender on our library card applications.

• Which locations have all gender bathrooms?

  Bathrooms are for all genders at these locations:

  • Dimond Branch
  • Eastmont Branch
  • Golden Gate Branch
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch
  • Melrose Branch
  • Montclair Branch
  • Piedmont Branch
  • Rockridge Branch
  • Temescal Branch

  81st Avenue Branch has one all gender bathroom and four gender-specific bathrooms.

  Main Library has all gender bathrooms on the basement level and gender-specific bathrooms on the mezzanine.

  These locations have Men's and Women's bathrooms:

  • African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
  • Brookfield Branch
  • Chávez Branch
  • West Oakland Branch

  At these locations, staff can provide directions to nearby public bathrooms, which are gender-specific:

  • Asian Branch
  • Lakeview Branch

  At these locations, staff can provide directions to nearby public bathrooms, which are for all genders:

  • Elmhurst Branch
  • Tool Lending Library