June is Pride Month!

To learn more about the Stonewall Uprising and to check out some books by and about LGBTQIA+ people’s history, lives, and experiences, click on through. 

Check out the PBS American Experience: Stonewall Uprising documentary to learn about the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising that launched a worldwide civil and gay rights movement and its long-lasting impacts. 

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A few nonfiction options, including some history, memoirs, and essays collections: 

A few fiction options for you, including YA, graphic novels, and some speculative and realistic fiction: 

If you want some recommendations from LGBTQ+ authors  about the books that influenced them (some that are award winners and included in our list, too), check out Oprah Magazine’s article “Over 100 LGBTQ Authors Share the Books that Changed Their Lives.”

Looking for some award winners to complete your Read Great Things 2020 challenge? Check out the American Library Associations’ Stonewall Book Award winners, including the Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. 

Lambda Literary Awards annually select books across experiences and genres. Check out the 2020 winners and a searchable and browse-able list of past winners.