Pride Month Resources at the Library

May 17, 2023 in Carousel, Uncategorized

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.

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
Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman
Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lykoff
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Harvey Milk: the First Openly Gay Elected Official in the United States by Barbara Gottfried Hollander
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
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
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
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
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/Libby

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)
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heros Who Changed the World by Mason Funk (available as ebook)
Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson (available as ebook)
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (available as ebook)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (available as ebook or 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 ebook or audiobook)
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland (available as ebook)
Never a Girl, Always a Boy by Jo Ivester (available as ebook or audiobook)
Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar (available as ebook)
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (available as ebook)
Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi (available as ebook)
Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia (available as ebook)
Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews (available as ebook)
The Stonewall Reader (available as ebook)
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (available as ebook)
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (available as ebook)
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)
When Brooklyn was Queer by Hugh Ryan (available as ebook or audiobook)

Hoopla

Check out Hoopla’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month selection!

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