We've got Pride at the Library!
For Pride 2021, Brooklyn Public Library is expanding digital access to great new queer books and planning virtual programs for all ages. More programs will be added weekly throughout June!
Upcoming Events
Drag Queen Story Hour
What do drag queens and children have in common? They love dressing up and all things sparkly and fancy!
Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading...
THE HENNA WARS by Adiba Jaigirdar
Nishat doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic...
David Hammons’ Day’s End and the Life of the Piers of Lower Manhattan
This May, the Whitney, in collaboration with the Hudson River Park Trust, is unveiling a new permanent public art structure entitled Day's End by artist David Hammons. This program is a virtual...
Drag Queen's Makeup Tutorial Hour
Join Cholula Lemon for a drag queen makeup tutorial! Kids ages 12-18 are welcome to learn how to apply eye makeup in a fabulous way during this one-hour workshop with Drag Queen Story Hour....
New Utrecht Book Discussion - The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
Join us for a lively Zoom discussion of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein. You may pick up a copy at the New Utrecht Branch. Please register.
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Drag Queen Story Hour
Enjoy songs and stories for kids aged 3-8 during an in-person story time!
Drag Queen Story Hour NYC provides a range of fun and fabulous educational experiences for children and...
Alice Austen House Tour with Executive Director Victoria Munro
In collaboration with Culture Pass, Alice Austen House presents a historic house tour with Executive Director Victoria Munro.
To commemorate the 4th anniversary of the amendment of the...
Read with Pride!
Come join us for LGBTQ book talks and discussion to help you find the perfect summer read!
Virtual Adult Storytime: June 2021 Edition
Adult Librarian Donald Peebles (Saratoga/Dekalb) is facilitating a series of Virtual Adult Storytime for the month of June, such as LGBTQ Pride Month, Black Music Month, Caribbean Heritage Month,...
THE HENNA WARS by Adiba Jaigirdar
Nishat doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic...
Take Pride In What You're Reading
Celebrate Pride with Brooklyn Public Library's list of new queer books for all ages.
We'll miss marching in person to celebrate Pride this year, but look forward to the day we can celebrate Pride in person again.
Staff Picks
- Early Childhood Books
- Books for School Age Children
- Books for Teens
- Books for Adults
My rainbowTrinity Neal
My rainbowDeShanna Neal
Pride colorsRobin Stevenson
What you don't know : a story of liberated childhoodAnastasia Higginbotham
Odd dog outRob Biddulph
My footprintsBao Phi
When Aidan became a brotherKyle Lukoff
Plenty of hugsFran Manushkin
My MaddyGayle E Pitman
What Are Your Words? : A Book About PronounsKatherine/ Passchier Locke
Pride Puppy!Robin Stevenson
Not quite narwhalJessie Sima
I promiseCatherine Hernandez
Call me MaxKyle Lukoff
Max and the talent showKyle Lukoff
Max on the farmKyle Lukoff
I love my colorful nailsAlicia Acosta
Rainbow : a first book of prideMichael Genhart
Angus all aglowHeather Smith
Angus all aglowHeather Smith
A church for allGayle E Pitman
NeitherAirlie Anderson
They, She, He easy as ABCMaya Christina Gonzalez
They, she, he, me : free to be!Maya Christina Gonzalez
From the stars in the sky to the fish in the seaKai Cheng Thom
The boy & the bindiVivek Shraya
I'm a librarianBrian Biggs
I'm a girl!Yasmeen Ismail
Introducing Teddy : a gentle story about gender and friendshipJessica Walton
This day in JuneGayle E Pitman
I'm not a girlMaddox Lyons
Julián is a mermaidJessica Love
Born ready : the true story of a boy named PenelopeJodie Patterson
Born readyJodie Patterson
I'm not a girl / A Transgender StoryMaddox Lyons
Be amazing : a history of prideauthor Desmond Is Amazing
Papa, Daddy, & RileySeamus Kirst
Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution! : the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ historyJoy Michael Ellison
Sylvia and marsha start a revolution!Joy Ellison
Meow or neverJazz Taylor
Beetle & the HollowbonesAliza Layne
The ship we builtLexie Bean
The deepest breathMeg Grehan
The deepest breathMeg Grehan
The deepest breathMeg Grehan
CattywampusAsh Van Otterloo
The every body book : the LGBTQ inclusive guide for kids about sex, gender, bodies, and familiesRachel E Simon
What you don't know : a story of liberated childhoodAnastasia Higginbotham
Art is life : the life of artist Keith HaringTami Lewis Brown
Art is lifeTami Lewis Brown
Sprite and the GardenerJoe/ Abrego Whitt
Too bright to seeKyle Lukoff
CielSophie Labelle
Rainbow revolutionaries : 50 LGBTQ people who made historySarah Prager
Girl havenLilah Sturges
Thanks a lot, universeChad Lucas
Thanks a lot, universeLucas Chad
The magic fishLe Nguyen Trung
ElatsoeDarcie Little Badger
Last night at the Telegraph ClubMalinda Lo
Juliet takes a breathGabby Rivera
How to be ace : a memoir of growing up asexualRebecca Burgess
Love me for who I am. Vol. 1Kata Konayama
The Unpopular VoteJasper Sanchez
The Passing PlaybookIsaac Fitzsimons
Where we go from hereLucas Rocha
Where we go from hereLucas Rocha
Meet Cute DiaryEmery Lee
Off the RecordCamryn Garrett
Off the recordCamryn Garrett
Ace of SpadesFaridah Abike-iyimide
Ace of spadesFaridah Abike-Iyimide
Ana on the edgeA J Sass
Ana on the edgeA J Sass
Ana on the edgeA J Sass
All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifestoGeorge M (George Matthew) Johnson
All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifestoGeorge M Johnson
The Girl from the SeaMolly Knox Ostertag
The Ghosts We KeepMason Deaver
The Witch KingH E Edgmon
The witch kingHE Edgmon
Jay's Gay AgendaJason June
ContinuumChella/ Lukashevsky Man
ContinuumChella Man
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake DatingAdiba Jaigirdar
Green Glass GhostsRae/ Hall Spoon
She Drives Me CrazyKelly Quindlen
I think I love youAuriane Desombre
Juliet takes a breath : [a graphic novel adaptation]Gabby Rivera
Space battle lunchtime. Volume three, A dish best served cold A dish best served coldNatalie Riess
Miss MeteorTehlor Kay Mejia
God loves hairVivek Shraya
Cemetery boysAiden Thomas
FlamerMike Curato
I kissed AliceAnna (Romance fiction writer) Birch
I kissed AliceAnna Birch
Boys Run the Riot 1Keito Gaku
Heartstopper. Volume 1Alice Oseman
Heartstopper. Volume 2Alice Oseman
HeartstopperAlice Oseman
Heartstopper 2Alice Oseman
Heartstopper. 1, Noi conneix noi Noi conneix noiAlice Oseman
Cool for the summerDahlia Adler
She's too pretty to burnWendy Heard
The girls I've beenTess Sharpe
Between perfect and realRay Stoeve
Between perfect and realStoeve Ray
Kate in waitingBecky Albertalli
The gilded onesNamina Forna
Even if we breakMarieke Nijkamp
Cinderella is deadKalynn Bayron
Be dazzledRyan La Sala
DisplacementKiku Hughes
Who I Was with HerNita Tyndall
Love is an ex-country : a memoirRanda Jarrar
Ace : what asexuality reveals about desire, society, and the meaning of sexAngela Chen
Our work is everywhereSyan Rose
A history of my brief bodyBilly-Ray Belcourt
KinkRO Kwon
Kink : stories
The prophetsRobert Jones
The prophetsJr Jones
We Want It All : An Anthology of Radical Trans PoeticsAndrea (EDT)/ Gabriel Abi-karam
Trans CareHil Malatino
Trans and autisticNoah Adams
Spellbound : a graphic memoirBishakh Som
Be gay, do comics! : queer history, memoir, and satire from The Nib
Be gay, do comicsHazel Newlevant
Radical Vision : A Biography of Lorraine HansberrySoyica Diggs Colbert
Black boy out of time : a memoirHari Ziyad
Black girl, call homeJasmine Mans
The UnbrokenC L Clark
The unbrokenC L Clark
The unbrokenC L Clark
I'm a Wild SeedSharon Lee De La Cruz
A master of djinnP Djèlai Clark
Punch me up to the godsBrian Broome
Honey girlMorgan Rogers
Honey girlMorgan (Morgan A) Rogers
FinnaNino Cipri
One last stopCasey McQuiston
Non-Binary Lives : An Anthology of Intersecting IdentitiesJos (EDT)/ Vincent Twist
Fat and queer : an anthology of trans and queer bodies and livesBruce Owens (EDT)/ Morales Grimm
Las Biuty Queens : StoriesIvǹ Monalisa/ Almodovar Ojeda
The ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriend : advice on queer dating, love, and friendshipMaddy Court
The ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriendMaddy Court
My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer CollectionJulia Kaye
Summer funJeanne Thornton
The essential June JordanJune Jordan
The Natural Mother of the Child : A Memoir of Nonbinary ParenthoodKrys Malcolm Belc
Las biuty queensIván Monalisa Ojeda
Las biuty queensIván Monalisa Ojeda
Future feelingJoss Lake
Our Work Is Everywhere : An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans ResistanceSyan/ Piepzna-samarasinha Rose
Let the record showSarah Schulman
Let the record show : a political history of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993Sarah Schulman
Stone FruitLee Lai
SorrowlandRivers Solomon
PeacesHelen Oyeyemi
I never promised you a rose gardenMannie Murphy
Red rock baby candyShira Spector
The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferredChanda Prescod-Weinstein
The disordered cosmosChanda Prescod-Weinstein
Desire after dark : contemporary queer cultures and occultly marvelous mediaAndrew J Owens
Gay bar : why we went outJeremy Atherton Lin
Gay barJeremy Atherton Lin
Sapphic crossings : cross-dressing women in eighteenth-century British literatureUla Lukszo Klein
Sexuality : A Graphic GuideMeg-John/ Scheele Barker
100 boyfriendsBrontez Purnell
Patience & Esther : an Edwardian romanceSarah Winifred Searle
Detransition, babyTorrey Peters
Getting it : a guide to hot, healthy hookups and shame-free sexAllison Moon
All the young men : a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American SouthRuth Coker Burks
All the young menRuth Coker Burks
The freezer doorMattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Black queer freedom : spaces of injury and paths of desireGerShun Avilez
Queer and trans migrations : dynamics of illegalization, detention, and deportation
The sense of brownJosé Esteban Muñoz
Butter honey pig breadFrancesca Ekwuyasi
AceAngela Chen
Self evident truths : 10,000 portraits of queer AmericaiO Tillett Wright
A queer New York : geographies of lesbians, dykes, and queersJen Jack Gieseking
The Stonewall generation : LGBT elders on sex, activism, and aging
Lived experienceDelphine Diallo
Lived experience : reflections on LGBTQ lifeDelphine Diallo
Sfsx Safe Sex 1 : ProtectionTina/ Dowling Horn
This wound is a worldBilly-Ray Belcourt
Lady Romeo : the radical and revolutionary life of Charlotte Cushman, America's first celebrityTana Wojczuk
Lady romeoTana Wojczuk
The autistic trans guide to lifeYenn Purkis
The Renunciations : PoemsDonika Kelly
The secret to superhuman strengthAlison Bechdel
After FrancescoBrian Malloy
How to find a princessCole Alyssa
The guncleSteven Rowley
The chosen and the beautifulNghi Vo
The engagement : a quarter century of defending, defining, and expanding marriage in AmericaSasha Issenberg
With teethKristen Arnett
Hola papiJohn Paul Brammer
Hola Papi : How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life LessonsJohn Paul Brammer
Bath haus : a thrillerP J Vernon
Bath hausP J Vernon
The Queer Bible : EssaysJack Guinness
The queer bibleJack Guinness
Filthy AnimalsBrandon Taylor
Skye FallingMia Mckenzie
BollaPajtim Statovci
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be DeadEmily Austin
AfterpartiesAnthony Veasna So
Leaving isn't the hardest thingLauren Hough
Leaving isn't the hardest thing : essaysLauren Hough
Girlhood : essaysMelissa Febos
GirlhoodMelissa Febos
Last call : a true story of love, lust, and murder in queer New YorkElon Green
Last callElon Green
Sarahland : storiesSam Cohen
SarahlandSam Cohen
LusterRaven Leilani
Black girl, call homeJasmine Mans
OutlawedAnna North
Everybody (else) is perfectGabrielle Korn
Milk fedMelissa Broder
Love and other poemsAlex Dimitrov
We play ourselvesJen Silverman
Let's get back to the partyZak Salih
JustineForsyth Harmon
The queens' English : the LGBTQIA dictionary of lingo and colloquial phrasesChloe O Davis
The queens' englishChloe O Davis
MaliceHeather Walter
Bad habitsAmy Gentry
A desolation called peaceArkady Martine
The ruthless lady's guide to wizardryC M Waggoner
When tara met farahTara Pammi
The beautiful things shoppePhilip William Stover
The other mothers : two women's journey to find the family that was always theirsJennifer (Creative writing teacher) Berney
Lone starsJustin Deabler
Winter's orbitEverina Maxwell
Fireheart tigerAliette de Bodard
Fireheart tigerDe Bodard Aliette
Engines of oblivionKaren Osborne
The galaxy, and the ground withinBecky Chambers
SoulstarC L (Chelsea L) Polk
SoulstarC L Polk
Learned reactionsJayce Ellis
First, become ashesKM Szpara
DefektNino Cipri
We are satellitesSarah Pinsker
Rosaline Palmer takes the cakeAlexis J Hall
The lights of PragueNicole Jarvis
Burn It All DownNicolas Didomizio
Dead dead girlsNekesa Afia
The Jasmine throneTasha Suri
The very nice boxLaura Blackett
The unbrokenC L (Cherae L) Clark
Love after the end : an anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer speculative fiction
Love after the endJoshua Whitehead
SlingshotCyree Jarelle Johnson
Queer love in colorJamal Jordan
Glitch feminism : a manifestoLegacy Russell
Glitch feminismLegacy Russell
You Exist Too MuchZaina Arafat
The thirty names of nightZeyn Joukhadar
Wow, no thank you : essaysSamantha Irby
Funeral divaPamela Sneed
Guillotine : poemsEduardo C Corral
GuillotineEduardo C Corral
Written in the starsAlexandria Bellefleur
I hope you're listeningTom Ryan
Everyone on the moon is essential personnel : storiesJulian K Jarboe
Becoming human : matter and meaning in an antiblack worldZakiyyah Iman Jackson
XOXYKimberly M Zieselman