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Welcome to the Lavender Library We loan books, periodicals, videos and tapes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender interest to members, collect items that preserve the LGBT experience in the Sacramento area and sponsor lectures, exhibits and cultural events for the community. Coming Library Events TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 FTM Group Meeting Tuesday, November 4, 6 pm FTM Group meets at the Lavender Library on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm. FTM's who are questioning their gender to those who are fully transitioned are welcomed. Info: ftmsacramento@yahoogroups.com or call 916-492-0558. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights Rent (2005) Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! This week eight friends. One extraordinary year. This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America. more about the film THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 Eclectic? Trash? Book Discussion Group Thursday, November 13, 6:30 pm Book: The Uncle's Story by Witi Ihimaera A powerful love story set in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam and in present-day New Zealand and North America, Witi Ihimaera's powerful new novel courageously confronts Maori attitudes to sexuality and masculinity and contains some of Ihimaera's most passionate writing to date. more about the book. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008, 6 to 8pm Trans Families Meeting Trans Families Sacramento is a support group for families with transgender members. Meets the Third Sunday of every month. Info: transfamilies@sactgc.org or visit www.sactgc.org to learn more about Transgender resources in and near Sacto. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights Imagine Me and You (2005) Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! This week a newlywed bride becomes infatuated with another woman who questions her sexual orientation, promoting a stir among the bride's family and friends. more about the film TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) Tuesday November 25, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! This week a romantic feast rich with the tastes of life, love and spices. A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house. more about the film TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 FTM Group Meeting Tuesday, December 2, 6 pm FTM Group meets at the Lavender Library on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm. FTM's who are questioning their gender to those who are fully transitioned are welcomed. Info: ftmsacramento@yahoogroups.com or call 916-492-0558. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 Eclectic? Trash? Book Discussion Group Thursday, December 4, 6:30 pm Book: Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley In a novel as stunning and heartbreaking as his acclaimed debut work, Grimsley recounts the story of a painful first love--between two adolescent boys who bravely sustain each other in a world of domestic disintegration. more about the book. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights Paper Dolls (2006) Tuesday December 9, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! Paper Dolls is a documentary film by award winning filmmaker Tomer Heymann about a group of transvestite Filipinos who emigrate to Israel to take care of elderly religious Jewish men. On their one day off per week, they perform as drag performers in a group called the Paper Dolls. more about the film TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights The Wizard of Oz (1939) Tuesday December 16, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! I'd like to think that everyone already knows all about this film. If you've never seen it before, this is your big chance to see it in fabulous company. more about the film THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008 Eclectic? Trash? Book Discussion Group Thursday, December 18, 6:30 pm Book: Jesus is Sending You This Message by Jim Grimsley Jim Grimsley, novelist and playwright, holds no apologies when providing the psychological reasoning for human emotions in this first-time collection of his short stories. more about the book. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008 LGBT Movie Nights Affinity (2008) Tuesday December 23, 2008 at 7 pm Movie Nights are like a book club, but with nothing to read ahead of time! A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Based on the book by Sarah Waters. more about the film Archive of past events See calendar for complete list of events. Last updated: November 3, 2008 Lavender Library, Archives and Cultural Exchange of Sacramento, Inc. 1414 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 Ph. (916) 492-0558  Email: info@lavenderlibrary.org