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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 10:48 AM Mar 2022

Girl Scout and her queer little libraries [View all]

The amazing true story of the "Little Queer Library" and the Girl Scout behind it

by Renee Raketty, SGN Contributor
Friday March 25, 2022

When Amelia Hare, a fourth-generation Girl Scout, sought the organization's highest honor, the Gold Award, it was no surprise to the women in her family.

However, she had no idea just how many twists and turns lay ahead over the next four years, including a global pandemic, remote learning, and business closures.

"I had a bunch of places in my community near my school where I was hoping to install these little Queer libraries that I had planned to build myself," she said. "I finished one completely and I started on the second, which was very large. Then, the pandemic happened.

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