Love is Love LGBTQIA+ Book Club "Lies with Man"
Join us for a fun discussion of LGBTQIA+ themed books!
Our bookclub features a monthly selection of fiction and non-fiction titles centered on queer characters.
Meetings are held in person at Courthouse Library at 2 p.m. in the Azalea Room or online via Zoom. We look forward to seeing you at our new location! See below for dates and titles.
REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED. Registration is required for a meeting reminder, and to receive the Zoom link.
For adults age 18+.
Please call 703-228-3352 or email Lib-Courthouse@arlingtonva.us for more information.
Transportation: Parking in the garage located beneath the Bozman Government Center is free on weekends and after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. We are also accessible via public transit: by Metro (Orange and Silver Lines - Courthouse) and by bus.
2025 Love is Love Booklist:
- Jan. 27: "Scorched Grace" by Margot Douaihy
- Feb 24: "Congratulations, the best is over" by R. Eric Thomas
- Mar 24: "The Skin and its Girl" by Sarah Cypher
- Apr 26: "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers
- May 17: "The Very Nice Box" by Eve Gleichman, Laura Blacket
- June 28: "The Guncle Abroad" by Steven Rowley
- July 19: "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston
- Aug 30: "Kissing Girls on Shabbat" by Sara Glass
- Sept 20: "High Risk Homosexual" by Edgar Gomez
- Oct 11: "Interesting Facts About Space" by Emily Austin
- Nov 22: "Lies With Man" by Michael Nava
- Dec.13: Happy Hour Book Swap - Location TBD
- Date:
- Saturday, November 22, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Azalea Conference Room
- Library:
- Courthouse Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
Los Angeles, 1986. A group of right-wing Christians has put an initiative on the November ballot to allow health officials to force people with HIV into quarantine camps—and it looks like it’s going to pass. Rios, now living in LA, agrees to be counsel for a group of young activists who call themselves QUEER [Queers United to End Erasure and Repression]. QUEER claims to be committed to peaceful civil disobedience. But when one of its members is implicated in the bombing of an evangelical church that kills its pastor, who publicly supported the quarantine initiative, Rios finds himself with a client suddenly facing the death penalty.