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. Check out our 2026 Recommended Pride Reads!

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.

Upcoming Events

CBH Talk | Queer Modernism and “The Little Review” - How Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap Reshaped Literature and Each Other

Tue, Jun 16 6:30pm

Center for Brooklyn History

America 250 author talks book discussion

This Pride Month, the Center for Brooklyn History turns to the story of Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, the visionary editors behind "The Little Review," whose partnership, both personal and professional, helped shape the course of modern literature.

At a time when both queerness…

Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Decorate-Your-Own Paper Fan

Wed, Jun 17 3:00pm

Highlawn Library

arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create

Stop by the Highlawn Library to pick up a craft kit with everything you need to decorate your own paper fan--perfect for Pride Month!

Kits include a paper fan, feathers, and glitter glue. You will need to supply your own glue (to attach feathers to the fan) and markers (to color the fan to…

Teen Time: Juneteenth Celebration with Zakiya N. Jamal

Wed, Jun 17 4:00pm

Brooklyn Heights Library, Gaming Room

after school author talks Juneteenth

Join Zakiya N. Jamal, Brooklyn's own YA author, in the Teen Mezzanine for a book talk. Stay after and chat with the author!

In celebration of JUNETEENTH, button making supplies will also be provided to spread the words of freedom.

Booksmart meets Phantom of the…

Fashion in Film: Pride Edition

Wed, Jun 17 6:00pm

Central Library, Info Commons Lab

film humanities and art lectures and discussions

What Hollywood designs today, you will be wearing tomorrow.—Elsa Schiaparelli

This program will present clips from various films and explore how the fashions worn by actors help narrate the stories. Several topics will be covered, including a variety of costume designers, film genres, and…

black and white photo of man wearing drag on a balcony

Sankofa Cinema Club Presents: Documentary Double Feature!

Sat, Jun 20 12:30pm

Macon, Dionne Mack-Harvin Heritage Center

AAHC film Juneteenth

The Sankofa Cinema Club Presents a Double Feature for this June! Please join us for the latest instalments in this series:

The New Black: LGBT Rights in African American Communities 1hr 15 min 2013

The New Black boldly examines the controversial and…

Cinema From the Margins: The Legend of the Underground

Sat, Jun 20 2:00pm

Adams Street, Multipurpose Room

LGBTQ LGBTQ pride month movies

The Legend of the Underground (2021) is a timely documentary uncovering rampant discrimination against queer people in Nigeria. It explores the lives of several charismatic, non-conformist youth who must choose either to fight for freedom of expression or flee their imperiled lives to live…

a queer Nigerian stands defiantly bathed in a cascading rainbow overlay

Drag Queen Story Hour

Sat, Jun 20 2:00pm

Brower Park Library

Drag Story Hour everyone is welcome here kids

Come celebrate June Balloon with us at Brower Park! We will be joined by an amazing Drag Artist to read, sing, and encourage confidence and individuality through stories and songs.

A Drag Queen with pink hair, pink glasses and gloves, and a pink sparkly dress poses with a pink purse

Family Pride Movie Screening

Mon, Jun 22 3:30pm

Brower Park Library

family movie kids LGBTQ pride month

Join us for a special Family Pride movie screening. We will be watching Strange World (PG) and crafting. Happy Pride!

Pride Is Justice: A Live Film Screening

Mon, Jun 22 5:00pm

Central Library, Dweck Center

film LGBTQ pride month movies at the library

Join us for a special evening of four powerful LGBT+ films that celebrate pride, joy and resistance!

Celebrate Pride Month with an unforgettable evening of film, conversation, and community at the Pride Is Justice Film Series, presented by Queer Voices NYC Film Festival in partnership with…

Cookie Decorating for Pride

Wed, Jun 24 3:00pm

Gerritsen Beach Library

LGBTQ pride month

For Teens & Tweens - show your pride and decorate a rainbow cookie with us to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month!

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