Friday, October 11, 2024 is National Coming Out Day! Celebrate and explore the joys and pleasures of queerness with a day of crafting, food, community, and history at the Brown University Library! 

This year’s theme, Playing with Queer Futures, invites you on a pride-filled and playful journey across four Brown Library stations plus the Main Green to connect, celebrate, and create our visions for queer futures! 

Visit each of the following Library sites, collect a limited-edition sticker at each Coming Out Day station, and enter to win a raffle at our table on the Main Green, where you’ll find us hanging out with our friends from Stonewall House.

• THE ROCK: Cruising Crafts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Cruise by the crafting table in the Lobby of the Rock where you can play with collage, button-making, t-shirt transfers, and more! 
• ORWIG: Queer Joy Vinyl Listening Party from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Come to Orwig 109 for an hour-long listening party featuring queer deep cuts from Orwig’s vinyl record collection. Come for ABBA, stay for Bikini Kill. Refreshments provided! 
• SCI-LI / SCI-FI from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Beam yourself up at the SciLi’s queer playscape. Contribute to the collective scroll and “picture” your queer future at our color-filled selfie space. 
• THE HAY: Time Traveling with Queer Collections Open House from noon to 4 p.m. in Hay 321: Time travel through queer history with a hands-on open house featuring materials from the Hay’s collections. Refreshments in the Lobby!
• THE HAY: Queer Community Reception from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Hay Lobby: Join us for a community gathering at 4 p.m. to enjoy snacks (and each other!) as we listen to the Coming Out Day 2024 Spotify Queer Play-List.

MAIN GREEN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stop by our table at the Main Green to explore Library materials related to queer life and say hello to our friends and collaborators @ Stonewall House and the Sarah Doyle Center.