GOSHH (Gender, Orientation, Sexual Health, HIV), a Limerick-based sexual health and LGBTQ+ organisation, has recently teamed up with Limerick City Library to create a library dedicated to LGBTQ+ literature in the Midwest of Ireland.
The partnership was first established to create GOSHH’s LGBTQ+ Book Club, which kept the club free and accessible. With this new project, GOSHH now has a collection of LGBTQ+ literature available for the community. The books can be borrowed and enjoyed by all LGBTQ+ people in the Midwest of Ireland.
They have a wide variety of books to chose from whether you want to read a text that reflects you, a book to understand your loved ones or to explore queer voices. GOSHH invites everyone to check out the new library and borrow some books for free.
The organisation is also launching their library online for younger LGBTQ+ people to access, with more young adult literature. They have curated 150 selected books from a wide range of diverse queer voices and characters that authentically represents the LGBTQ+ community.
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GOSHH also encourages non-LGBTQ+ people to use their library to challenge themselves and their ideas on sexuality and gender, and the stereotypes they may have about our community.
Cian Guerin, Youth Worker with GOSHH, stated: “These books are a haven for LGBTQI+ young people. LGBTQI+ people have always existed, so our literature and media should reflect that truth. Queer representation is life changing and lifesaving.
“Seeing people who look and feel like you is a powerful and validating experience. When all you see around you are people that feel different or far away from who you are, it can feel isolating, like you’re alone in a room full of people. When you finally see someone that’s just like you, it affirms that you’re okay, what you feel is real, and that your story and identity is valid.
“When only one narrative is told about a specific group, it enforces harmful stereotypes. The world is made up of so many different types of people and experiences, it makes sense that there are stories to reflect this. For an LGBTQI+ young person, if all they hear and see is negative discourse around being LGBTQI+, what do you think that does to them?”
GOSHH is offering free LGBTQ+ books for people of all ages. To learn more about this initiative, visit their website.
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