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.
Upcoming Events
Kids Create: Keith Haring-Inspired Art
In honor of PRIDE month, we will be creating art inspired by Keith Haring's works.
This program is for children ages 6+, accompanied by a caregiver.
Teen DIY: Pride Button Making
Show your pride with your own personalized pin back buttons!
Learn how to use our button maker, write or draw your own message, or use our print-outs from the Lesbian Herstory Archive's button collection.
Teen DIY: Wooden Rainbows!
Decorate your own 3D wooden rainbow! Use paint, markers, and gems. See you there! For teens and young adults ages 12-18.
Virtual Pride Writing Workshop: Exploring Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider (#3 of 4)
Join us in celebrating Pride Month with the works of Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, and poet Audre Lorde. In this virtual writing workshop, we will read and discuss the selected essays from the poet's Sister Outsider, and consider their significance over 30 years later.…
LGBTQ+ Know Your Rights!
Presented by Council Member Hanif’s office and Brooklyn Legal Services, this KYR will help our community understand LGBTQ+ rights under the current administration.
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…
Teen Pride Party @ Midwood Library
Come celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month at Midwood Library! We'll have snacks, fun DIY activities, music, and free book giveaways (while supplies last)! Open to all teens ages 13-18.
Missed our Summer At The Library Kickoff? Come get summer reading info too!
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 Time: Pride Slime
Do you like making slime, but wish it could be more gay? Come on down to the Eastern Parkway Library for an afternoon of making rainbow slime!
This program is for teens and tweens.
Teen Time: Pride Button Making
Eastern Parkway Library invites you to come make some buttons for Pride! Rainbows, pronouns, and love, oh my!
This program is intended for teens and tweens.
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
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.