When I first joined, I wasn’t big on classification, as I was just coming out of a hetero relationship.”Įvery meeting is capped off with a casual group visit to Aut Bar, a local gay bar located just steps away from the center.įormer club leader Max Biwer held the position from 2007 to 2014.
“I realized people felt they were excluded. “A lot of queer women ask me if they’re welcome, and the answer is yes,” Moore said. Held on the fourth Saturday of every month at the Jim Toy Community Center, LezRead invites all queer women – lesbian or not – for a lively discussion on the chosen book of the month. LezRead was niche as far as something I’d be comfortable going to, and that’s the way I went out and I got to know people.” “I didn’t know anything about it – I knew that it was something that was calling to me, that I wanted to learn more about. “For me that was kind of how I learned about LGBT culture,” Moore said. After divorcing from her husband in 2008, Moore joined the book club in an effort to learn more about her community. For people like Kerene Moore - the current leader of LezRead - she said the club played an important part in her coming out story. Over the past 16 years, the club has offered queer women of all life stages an alternative gathering space to the dance clubs, pride parades and local bars to find connection within their community. The Jim Toy Community Center’s Lesbian Book Club LezRead provides more than just an opportunity to read and discuss queer literature.
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