Le Point G is Lyon public library's resource center that addresses feminist, queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex matters through various collections and activities. It aims to highlight the contributions of underrepresented groups to culture by providing visibility, legitimacy, and safety in a public space. The collections include books, DVDs, and archives documenting LGBTQI lives and art from the past 20 years. Cultural events and partnerships with film festivals and academic programs work to raise awareness of gender and sexuality issues among broader audiences.

1. Le Point G is Lyon public library’s
resource center on gender and
sexualities addressing feminist, queer,
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and intersex matters.
Its aim is to highlight underrepresented and
disadvantaged citizens’ contribution to cultural
production, providing them visibility, legitimacy,
historicity and safety in a public, non isolated
space, through various collections and activities.
• A transdisciplinary collection of books and
DVDs from the last 20 years documenting
LGBTQI ways of life, literary and artistic
creations as well as anthropological variability,
and providing info about health and rights.
• The inventory of pertinent documents in
the entire library’s collections including
the old and rare books section in order
to create a transversal collection in our OPAC.
• Collecting archives in order to preserve
individuals’ and communities’ memory.
• Various cultural events (lectures and debates,
children workshops on gender stereotypes, film
projections), some involving local associations.
• Ongoing partnerships with Ecrans Mixtes queer
movie festival and the European Master in
Equality and Gender studies E.G.A.L.E.S.
Giving a voice to those who usually are mere
objects of discourse renews our knowledge
and culture. We thus intend to raise awareness
among a broader audience about common
implications of gender and sexuality issues.
1 © Didier Nicole, BML
Les Hermaphrodites,
Description de l’île
des hermaphrodites
nouvellement découverte
Thomas Artus,
sieur d’Embry, Paris 1605.
Bibliothèque municipale
de Lyon : Rés. 811565
2 © Didier Nicole, BML
International Queer
Liberation Tour,
tract issu de réseaux
autonomes français 1995.
Bibliothèque municipale
de Lyon, n.c.
3 © Didier Nicole, BML
Pour notre amour.
Correspondance
de Jean Genet
à Marc Barbezat
1943-1963 (manuscrit),
pièce 14.
Bibliothèque municipale
de Lyon : MS 6904
4 © Didier Nicole, BML
Le torchon brûle
Mouvement de Libération
des Femmes, Paris 1971.
Bibliothèque municipale
de Lyon, nc.
bibliothèque
municipale
de Lyon
www.bm-lyon.fr
LE POINT G
LYON PUBLIC LIBRARY’S
RESOURCE CENTER ON GENDER
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LEARNING FROM THE PAST,
GRASPING THE PRESENT,
IMAGINING THE FUTURE
© Didier Nicole, BML
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