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.
BPL's 2024 pride campaign art was created by Carmen Pizarro.
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
Teen DIY: PRIDE Bracelets
June is Pride Month! 🏳🌈 Join us in the celebration. We will be making rainbow love themed bracelets.
*This program is geared for teens and young adults.
*Space and materials may be limited.
Cinema From the Margins: Kiki
Join us for our screening of Kiki (2016), the second installment in our Cinema From the Margins series. This documentary provides a snapshot of the lives of the queer and trans youth of color who compete in NYC’s underground ballroom scene. Here they unite to create safe spaces of identity and…
Early Childhood Educator Series: Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Development (CTLE-1)
Participants will review the process of gender development beginning in early childhood, understand the role of culture and societal messages in shaping gender development, and learn best practices to support healthy gender development in all children.
Facilitated by the Ackerman…
Teens DIY: Bracelets for Pride
Teens 13+, join us in the Teen Zone (Eco Lab 3) to make bracelets.
Opening the Archives: Finding LGBTQ+ History in the CBH Collections
When author Hugh Ryan researched his 2019 book When Brooklyn Was Queer, he delved deep into the archives at the Center for Brooklyn History. Queer history is rarely neatly labeled in finding aids or research guides. And so Hugh brought a queer lens to an array of seemingly unrelated…
Movie Matinee: The Gospel According to Andre
Adult Librarian Donald Peebles (Saratoga) will facilitate Movie Matinee programs in commemoration of Spring 2025.
The feature presentation will be the docuentary THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDRE (2017, 93 minutes). It stars Andre Leon Talley, Anna Winotur, Tom Ford, Tamron Hall, Fran Lebowitz…
Teen DIY: Pride Month Bracelets
Make a pride month themed bracelet at the Canarsie Library!
Teen Graphic Novel Book Club: Flamer by Mike Curato
Join BKLYN librarian Jessi G's monthly virtual book club for teens. We will read and talk about graphic novels, both fiction and non-fiction. For our June meeting in celebration of Pride Month, we'll discuss Flamer by Mike Curato."It's the summer between middle school and high school,…
Movie Matinee: Paris Is Burning
Adult Librarian Donald Peebles (Saratoga) will facilitate Movie Matinee programs in commemoration of Spring 2025.
The feature presentation will be the documentary PARIS IS BURNING (1990, 78 minutes). It is directed by Jennie Livingston. It stars Dorian Corey, Pepper LeBeija, Junior LeBeija…
2024 | 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
- Kids: First Five Years
- Kids: School Age
- Teens: Fiction
- Teens: Comics
- Adults: General Fiction
