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.

Upcoming Events

Kids Create: Keith Haring-Inspired Art

Mon, Jun 16 3:15pm
Kensington Library

after school kids LGBTQ pride month

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

Mon, Jun 16 4:00pm
Brownsville Library

arts and crafts DIY LGBTQ pride month

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!

Tue, Jun 17 4:00pm
Brighton Beach Library, Auditorium

arts and crafts DIY LGBTQ pride month

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)

Tue, Jun 17 5:30pm
Brooklyn Heights Library

humanities and art LGBTQ LGBTQ pride month

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!

Tue, Jun 17 6:00pm
Park Slope, Auditorium

Civic Engagement everyone is welcome here LGBTQ pride month

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

Tue, Jun 17 6:30pm
Center for Brooklyn History

BPL Presents Center for Brooklyn History LGBTQ

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

Wed, Jun 18 3:30pm
Midwood, Basement Meeting Room

arts and crafts LGBTQ LGBTQ pride month

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

Fri, Jun 20 11:00am
Saratoga, Meeting Room

film LGBTQ pride month movies

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

Fri, Jun 20 3:00pm
Eastern Parkway Library

arts and crafts LGBTQ pride month Pride

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

Sat, Jun 21 11:00am
Eastern Parkway Library

arts and crafts LGBTQ pride month Pride

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.

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