Pride

OPL Pride

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride with OPL! Have fun at our family-friendly Pride events, check out a book, stream a movie, and learn something new!

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FAQs

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

  • 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

Explore Digital Content

LGBTQ Content

Library material and archival collections related to African American LGBTQ+ communities.

Online Resources

Curated Lists

Find your next read with curated lists from OPL staff, or get your own personalized reading with Book Me!

LGBTQIA+ reading lists from staff

Browse LGBTQIA+ Items in our Collections (by Format)

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