Pride Month Resources

May 24, 2021

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

Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman
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
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
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!)
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
Pride: the Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Rick by Alex Gino
Stonewall: a Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History by Joy Michael Ellison
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
What Are Your Words? by Katherine Locke

Teens

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
All Kinds of Other by James Sie
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
Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: the Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights, with 21 Activities by Jerome Pohlen
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli
How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Miles Away From You by A. B. Rutledge
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell
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
Running with Lions by Julian Winters
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
This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You by Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne
Troublemaker for Justice: the Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington by Jacqueline Houtman
We are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
The Weight of the Stars by Kayla Ancrum
What if it’s Us by Becky Albertalli
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Adults

A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples by Frederick Hertz and Lina Guillen
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Another Country by James Baldwin
Becoming Nicole: the Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
The City We Became: A Novel by N.K. Jemisin
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
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
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Memorial: a Novel by Bryan Washington
My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family by Zach Wahls
The Natural Mother of the Child: a Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcom Belc
Nonbinary: a Memoir by Genesis P-Orridge
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Plain Bad Heroines: a Novel by Emily M. Danforth
Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with no Strings Attached by Hillary Whittington
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Sappho: A New Translation trans. Mary Barnard
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Unprotected: a Memoir by Billy Porter

Movies

Borrow Online

Overdrive

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski (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)
The Fixed Stars: a Memoir by Molly Wizenberg (available as ebook)
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland (available as ebook)
Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi (available as ebook)
The Stonewall Reader (available as ebook)
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (available as ebook)
When Brooklyn was Queer by Hugh Ryan (available as ebook or audiobook)

Hoopla

Check out Hoopla’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month selection!

Kanopy

Check out Kanopy’s Pride Month selection, or their LGBT section!