Ottawa Trans Library

March event calendar just dropped!

Check out our website for event registration and any additional events that crop up throughout the month: ottawatranslibrary.ca/events/

Come one come all to the next art show at the Ottawa Trans Library.

3pm on the 8th of march, 2026

There's still so many more events happening this February at the Ottawa Trans Library 🏳️‍⚧️

More information is available on our event calendar: ottawatranslibrary.ca/events/

The first saturday of every month!

The Ottawa Dyke March just opened applications for organizers!

Theyre looking for help with logistics, planning, fundraising, and communucation.

Apply by March 8: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We hope to see you at the Queer Indie Art Market this spring, by @dykeseries.bsky.social and Carleton University Art Gallery!

These wonderful people are running a bake sale fundraiser for us! 🥰

Friday May 15th, 5pm to 9pm at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre (290 Lisgar St)

MASKED event!

@ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social is having a community telethon on Sunday April 19th, from 11am to 3pm.

We're back! (read: we remembered we had this account)

We would love to hear from y'all some recommendations on people to follow here to stay connected with trans events and news in Ottawa and Canada ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

We have zine making afternoons monthly where we get together and collaborate on the zine and our own projects (Nothing this December but late January is the next anticipated!)

The image displays three volumes of a zine (small form publication/magazine) titled "The Dragonflyer" , a community art zine produced by the Ottawa Trans Library. The image depicts the first three volumes of the library made publication containing artwork from members of the local community

Did you know?

Our library makes an art and poetry oriented community zine that we have open submissions for works by trans, nonbinary, and two spirit creators in the local area ! We've also gradually been growing an archive of trans and queer created zines by others so welcome those as well!

Three zines (small form publications/magazines) titled "The Dragonflyer" , a community art zine produced by the Ottawa Trans Library. The image depicts the first three volumes of the community made publication.

Absolutely! We've gradually been archiving/growing a collection of trans and queer created zines =)

The Amelia Temple Series Visit Amazon's The Amelia Temple Series Page and shop for all The Amelia Temple Series books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Amelia Temple Series

Looking for some good books by an indie trans author?

The Amelia Temple Series: Gay Nancy Drew meets The X-Files with a touch of Cthulhu!

Beneath Strange Lights and Against Fearful Lies are available wherever books are sold; Book Three releases March 2025

Vote for the 2024 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards + 1st Ever December Trans Readathon! Voting is open now for the inaugural TFR Reader’s Choice Awards! Vote by Dec. 27th.

It’s December, and that means it’s time for end of year wrapups! To celebrate, we’re introducing the TFR Reader’s Choice Awards, where YOU get to choose your favorite transfeminine fiction of 2024!

Voting is open until Dec. 27th. Nominate up to three books per category, link in article below ⬇️

How to Build Your Trans Microlibrary Are you as ADHD as I am? Then here’s a quick and easy guide to help you get a headstart on your microlibrary.

This article went nuts on Tumblr today for some reason and I have absolutely no idea why.

At the very top there is a coloring page depicting a dragon coming from an open book with the words "Ottawa Trans Library" underneath Beneath that, six books are laid of flatly cover side up on a table From top left to bottom right they are titled: "The Woods All Black" by Lee Mandelo "Pluralities" by Avi Silver "Sapphire The Great And The Meaning Of Life" by Beverley Brenna "The Nice House On The Lake" by James Tynion IV & Álvaro Martínez Bueno "Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl" by Andrea Lawlor "Both Can Be True" by Jules Machias

More recent donations =)

"The Woods All Black" by Lee Mandelo
"Pluralities" by Avi Silver
"Sapphire The Great & The Meaning Of Life" by Beverley Brenna
"The Nice House On The Lake" by James Tynion IV
"Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl" by Andrea Lawlor
"Both Can Be True" by Jules Machias

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You can browse our catalog further here:

www.librarycat.org/lib/otttrans...

Six books are laid of flatly cover side up on a table From top left to bottom right they are: "We Won't Be Here Tomorrow & Other Stories" by Margaret Killjoy "Jonny Appleseed" by Joshua Whitehead "I'm Supposed To Relate To This?" by Valérie Robin Clayman "Embodied" by Preston Sprinkle "Somacultural Liberation" by Roger Kuhn "The Call-Out" by Cat Fitzpatrick

Some new additions!:

"We Won't Be Here Tomorrow & Other Stories" by Margaret Killjoy

"Jonny Appleseed" by Joshua Whitehead

"I'm Supposed To Relate To This?" by Valérie Robin Clayman

"Embodied" by Preston Sprinkle

"Somacultural Liberation" by Roger Kuhn

"The Call-Out" by Catz Fitzpatrick

We're run by a small team of dedicated volunteers and currently have over 900 titles in our collection as well as regular events (including socials, board games, life drawing, zine making afternoons, and art displays! Our collection is growing all the time and we welcome submissions from authors!

Hey all!

A little about us

We're a non-profit specialized trans lending library, queer archive, and community space, one of two in the world- Our collection and efforts center around books, zines, and art by trans, nonbinary, and two spirit-creators and uplifting our voices and the communities