Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Celebrated in the month of June, Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, a six-day stretch of protests in which LGBTQ+ activists fought back against a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in New York City. It was a major protest against anti-LGBTQ+ laws and discrimination and a catalyst for the Pride celebrations known today.
On June 16th, the Lake Forest Library will be hosting an LGBTQ+ friendly virtual book discussion of The Stonewall Reader compiled by the New York Public Library. Copies of the book are available in the lobby next to the Circulation Desk or online as an ebook. You can register for the event at https://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/events/pride-month-book-discussion-stonewall-reader-lgbtq-center-lake-county-virtual.
The following list of resources can help you celebrate Pride Month, learn about the history of LGBTQ+ communities in the United States, and experience the works of LGBTQ+ authors and creators. Many of these items are available through the Lake Forest Library. This list is by no means comprehensive.
Adult Fiction
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Little Fish by Casey Plett
The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Long Black Veil by Jennifer Boylan
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Ya Fiction
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Dreadnought by April Daniels
Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
All Boys Aren't Blue by George Johnson
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
Nonfiction
Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA by Roberta Kaplan
Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet and into the Stonewall Era by Kay Tobin
The Stonewall Reader edited by the New York Public Library
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
The Art of Drag by Jake Hall
Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen
Movies
For They Know Not What They Do
Children's
I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings
Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart