Why do we want an LGBTTIQ+ and feminist library? Because knowing is also a debt. A debt to a past that deserves to be known and recognized; a debt to a combative present that needs to know its flanks, its peers, its partners and its counterparts; a debt to the future and its infinite possibilities. It is urgent that we find ourselves in the serenity of the word, in the access to knowledge of our own culture and, of course, with the pleasant, daily, sweet and cheeky side that crosses almost all our intellectual productions. The memory and the drive placed on the table (or on the shelves) within the reach of those who want to expand their own gaze.

Simone de Beauvoir and Beatriz Preciado, Ernesto Meccia and Mauro Cabral, Monique Wittig and Alejandra Pizarnik, Batato Barea and Susy Shock, Pablo Pérez and Valeria Flores, Ioshua and Effy, the geniuses who add up, the friends who publish, the great ones that we lack. We are all that in the right measure: what we know, but also all that we lack to know.

The family of the casita is working continuously to choose and classify the material that we have today, seeking to settle a space of free, systematized knowledge, open to the whole community; an infinite labor (as infinite as culture itself) that is driven, not only by the organization of Sasa Testa and Elías Marín, but also by the collaboration of everyone who wants to contribute something to us.
The more material we have, the more diverse and richer the library will be. So, if you have something you want to donate to CasaBrandon, just come to Luis María Drago 236 (Villa Crespo- C.A.B.A) when we are open to the public (check out our social networks) or coordinate some other time to come and meet us at contacto@brandon.org.ar. We accept books, magazines, documents, fanzines and hotocopies, in physical and digital format.

We’re going to keep making our little house a construction space. A space to be, to have fun and to meet friends, to eat and to toast, a place to listen to each other, to understand each other, to form ourselves and – now too – a place to read to each other. Here we will have half a loaf of bread and a book for everyone.

And love – love, of course.