LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

We've got Pride at the Library!

Pride doesn’t stop when June ends. Brooklyn Public Library offers expanded access to queer books, brand new booklists, and some great events all year round. 

Books Unbanned

In recent years, public and school libraries across the United States have experienced an unprecedented wave of book challenges and bans, many focused on censoring queer stories. In April 2022, Brooklyn Public Library launched Books Unbanned, granting teens and young adults in the U.S., ages 13-21, free access to its entire digital collection of over half a million eBooks and audiobooks. Find out more about Books Unbanned.

Past Events

RESCHEDULED - NEW DATE - LGBTQ+ Book Discussion: DEED by torrin a. greathouse
Tue, Jul 1 6:30pm
Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Rainbow Storytime and Craft
Mon, Jun 30 3:00pm
Kings Bay Library

Saturday Storytime : Drag Story Hour
Sat, Jun 28 10:00am
Rugby, Meeting Room


Read Queer Books
2025 | New Queer Books

Take Pride in what you're reading! Celebrate Pride with Brooklyn Public Library's list of new queer books for all ages, published since last year's Pride Month:

KIDS

TEENS

ADULTS

Staff Picks

  • Pride Month 2025: Books for Kids
  • Pride Month 2025: Books for Teens
  • Pride Month 2025: Books for Adults
  • Pride Month 2025: Sports Romances
Book jacket for What I must tell the world : how Lorraine Hansberry found her voice
What I must tell the world : how Lorraine...
Jay Leslie
Book jacket for One day in June : a story inspired by the life and activism of Marsha P. Johnson
One day in June : a story inspired by the life and...
Tourmaline
Book jacket for Raven's ribbons
Raven's ribbons
Tasha Spillett
Book jacket for Chloe and the fireflies
Chloe and the fireflies
Chris Clarkson
Book jacket for So Devin wore a skirt
So Devin wore a skirt
Shireen Lalji
Book jacket for Are you a friend of Dorothy? : the true story of an imaginary woman and the real people she helped
Are you a friend of Dorothy? : the true story of...
Kyle Lukoff
Book jacket for It's all or nothing, Vale
It's all or nothing, Vale
Andrea Beatriz Arango
Book jacket for Camp Twisted Pine
Camp Twisted Pine
Ciera Burch
Book jacket for Ollie in between
Ollie in between
Jess Callans
Book jacket for The Queen Bees of Tybee County
The Queen Bees of Tybee County
Kyle Casey Chu
Book jacket for The Flicker
The Flicker
H E Edgmon
Book jacket for 13 ways to say goodbye
13 ways to say goodbye
Kate Fussner
Book jacket for How it all ends
How it all ends
Emma Hunsinger
Book jacket for Buckle up!
Buckle up!
Lawrence Lindell
Book jacket for A world worth saving
A world worth saving
Kyle Lukoff
Book jacket for The ribbon skirt : a graphic novel
The ribbon skirt : a graphic novel
Cameron Mukwa
Book jacket for Glitch girl!
Glitch girl!
Rainie Oet
Book jacket for Athlete is agender : true stories of LGBTQ+ people in sports
Athlete is agender : true stories of LGBTQ+ people...
Book jacket for Jimmy's rhythm & blues : the extraordinary life of James Baldwin
Jimmy's rhythm & blues : the extraordinary life of...
Michelle Meadows
Book jacket for It's Pride, baby!
It's Pride, baby!
Allen R Wells
Book jacket for The rainbow parade : a celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies
The rainbow parade : a celebration of LGBTQIA+...
Shane Jordan
Book jacket for Marley's pride
Marley's pride
Joëlle Retener
Book jacket for Circle of love
Circle of love
Monique Gray Smith
Book jacket for Lunar Boy
Lunar Boy
Wibowo Jes/ Wibowo Cin
Book jacket for Green
Green
Alex Gino
Book jacket for Just Lizzie
Just Lizzie
Karen Wilfrid
Book jacket for Paige not found
Paige not found
Jen Wilde
Book jacket for Emma and the love spell
Emma and the love spell
Meredith Ireland
Book jacket for Alex Wise vs. the end of the world
Alex Wise vs. the end of the world
Terry J Benton-Walker
Book jacket for Mehndi boy
Mehndi boy
Zain Bandali
Book jacket for Amplitudes : stories of queer and trans futurity
Amplitudes : stories of queer and trans futurity
Book jacket for The sapling cage
The sapling cage
Margaret Killjoy
Book jacket for Coexistence : stories
Coexistence : stories
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Book jacket for Make Room for Love
Make Room for Love
Darcy Liao
Book jacket for Motherlover
Motherlover
Lindsay Ishihiro
Book jacket for Emerald road
Emerald road
Orlando Ortega-Medina
Book jacket for The Starving Saints
The Starving Saints
Caitlin Starling
Book jacket for Realistic fiction
Realistic fiction
Anton Solomonik
Book jacket for Liquid : a love story
Liquid : a love story
Mariam Rahmani
Book jacket for Sage
Sage
Yaffa As
Book jacket for A/S/L
A/S/L
Jeanne Thornton
Book jacket for Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde
Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre...
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Book jacket for Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Tourmaline
Book jacket for How to tell when we will die : on pain, disability, and doom
How to tell when we will die : on pain,...
Johanna Hedva
Book jacket for The land is holy
The land is holy
Noam Keim
Book jacket for The Einstein of Sex : Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin
The Einstein of Sex : Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld,...
Daniel Brook
Book jacket for Heavyweight : a family story of the Holocaust, empire, and memory
Heavyweight : a family story of the Holocaust,...
Solomon J Brager
Book jacket for Love is a dangerous word : selected poems
Love is a dangerous word : selected poems
Essex Hemphill
Book jacket for The choreic period : poems
The choreic period : poems
Latif Askia Ba
Book jacket for A Body More Tolerable
A Body More Tolerable
Jaye Simpson
Book jacket for Eat
Eat
Nagabe
Book jacket for Boys weekend
Boys weekend
Mattie Lubchansky
Book jacket for We all got something
We all got something
Lawrence Lindell
Book jacket for Boy island
Boy island
Leo Fox
Book jacket for 2 trans 2 furious : an extremely serious journal of transgender street racing studies
2 trans 2 furious : an extremely serious journal...
Book jacket for Queer Happened Here : 100 Years of NYC's Landmark LGBTQ+ Places
Queer Happened Here : 100 Years of NYC's Landmark...
Marc Zinaman
Book jacket for When monsters speak : a Susan Stryker reader
When monsters speak : a Susan Stryker reader
Susan Stryker
Book jacket for Love in a f*cked-up world : how to build relationships, hook up, and raise hell together
Love in a f*cked-up world : how to build...
Dean Spade
Book jacket for Country queers : a love letter
Country queers : a love letter
Rae Garringer
Book jacket for The ace and aro relationship guide : making it work in friendship, love and sex
The ace and aro relationship guide : making it...
Cody Daigle-Orians
Book jacket for Pole position
Pole position
Rebecca J Caffery
Book jacket for Backhanded compliments
Backhanded compliments
Katie Chandler
Book jacket for Wake up, Nat & Darcy
Wake up, Nat & Darcy
Kate Cochrane
Book jacket for It's a love/skate relationship
It's a love/skate relationship
Carli J Corson
Book jacket for Futbolista
Futbolista
Jonny Garza Villa
Book jacket for Free from falling
Free from falling
E L Massey
Book jacket for The shots you take
The shots you take
Rachel Reid
Book jacket for Overtime
Overtime
Tracey Richardson
Book jacket for Settle the score
Settle the score
Kris Ripper
Book jacket for All's fair in love and field hockey
All's fair in love and field hockey
Kit Rosewater
Book jacket for Ready to score
Ready to score
Jodie Slaughter
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Online Resources

Comics Plus
A collection of thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga for kids, teens, and adults.
Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Journals relating to gender studies.
Novelist Plus
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