Pride Month Resources

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month with this mix of history, memoirs, resources, romances, and stories where we can see ourselves reflected. You can also browse the Stonewall Book Awards List to find more exceptional books about the LGBTQIA+ experience going back to 1971. You can also peruse PFLAG’s Transgender Reading List for Adults, and NYPL’s staff picks of Trans, Nonbinary, and GNC Reads list for more ideas!

LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020). According to the Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth. Strong family bonds, safe schools, and support from caring adults can protect all LGBTQ youth from depression and suicidality (Committee on Adolescence 2013). For more information, be sure to check out 988’s LGBTQ+ page.

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

At the Library

Children

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Madison
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman
Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Harvey Milk: the First Openly Gay Elected Official in the United States by Barbara Gottfried Hollander
Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
I’m A Girl by Yasmeen Ismail
In the Role of Brie Hutchens by Nicole Melleby
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
Love is Love by Michael Genhart
Melissa by Alex Gino (Note: this book was originally published under the title George, but was changed by the author!)
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
Neither by Airlie Anderson
Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Rick by Alex Gino
RuPaul by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Stonewall: a Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
What Are Your Words? by Katherine Locke
Teens
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett
Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: the Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities by Jerome Pohlen
The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity by Rylan Jay Testa
Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown
Miles Away From You by A. B. Rutledge
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
Queer: the Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge
Rethinking Normal: a Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Some Assembly Required: the Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Airin Andrews
Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus by Rachelle Lee Smith
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Troublemaker for Justice: the Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Adults

Becoming Nicole: the Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
The City We Became: A Novel by N.K. Jemisin
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks
Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara
How to They/Them: a Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty and Brooke Thyng
Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham by Emily Bingham
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Frederick Hertz and Lina Guillen
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Memorial: a Novel by Bryan Washington
My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family by Zach Wahls
Plain Bad Heroines: a Novel by Emily M. Danforth
Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with no Strings Attached by Hillary Whittington
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
Sappho: A New Translation trans. Mary Barnard
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
This Body I Wore by Diana Goetsch
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition by Munroe Bergdorf

Movies

Borrow Online

Overdrive

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski (available as ebook)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (available as ebook)
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw (available a ebook or audiobook)
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heros Who Changed the World by Mason Funk (available as ebook)
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (available as audiobook)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (available as audiobook)
The Fixed Stars: a Memoir by Molly Wizenberg (available as ebook)
He/She/They/Them: Understanding Gender Identity by Rebecca Stanborough (available as ebook)
How to Be A Girl: A Mother’s Memoir of Raising Her Transgender Daughter by Marlo Mack (available as ebook)
How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty and Brooke Thyng (available as ebook)
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (available as audiobook)
Never a Girl, Always a Boy by Jo Ivester (available as ebook or audiobook)
Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi (available as ebook)
The Stonewall Reader (available as ebook or audiobook)
Talking to My Angels by Melissa Etheridge (available as audiobook)
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (available as ebook or audiobook)
Trans Like Me by CN Lester (available as audiobook)
Transgender 101 by Nicholas M Teich (available as ebook)
What’s the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary by Juno Dawson (available as ebook or audiobook)
When Brooklyn was Queer by Hugh Ryan (available as audiobook)

Hoopla

Check out Hoopla’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month selection!

Kanopy

Check out Kanopy’s Pride Month selection, or their LGBTQ+ Cinema selection!