History of LGBTQIA+ Month
June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride month! Join us in celebrating the extraordinary contributions of our LGBTQ community by learning more about LGBT history, stories, and role models.
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is celebrated in the month of June to commemorate the June 28, 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City which historians often use to mark the beginning of the LGBT movement. LGBTQIA+ History Month is celebrated in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day celebrated on October 11. To find out more about the LGBT movement past and present, check out the resources using the tabs on the left.
For more information about LGBTQIA+ Pride month, visit: https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/
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Kids
- Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart (Book)
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Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook)
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My Rainbow by Trinity Neal (Book)
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Donovan's Big Day by Lesléa Newman (Book)
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Stella Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer (Book, Hoopla eBook)
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Sam! by Dani Gabriel (Book)
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The Rainbow Flag: Bright, bold, and beautiful by Michelle Fisher (Book)
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Rainbow Revolutionaries : Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History by Sarah Prager (Book)
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Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (Book, Overdrive eBook)
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The Pants Project by Cat Clarke (Book, Hoopla eBook)
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Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook)
For more titles for Kids, click here
Teens
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, Overdrive eBook)
- You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour (Book)
- Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Overdrive eAudiobook, Overdrive eBook)
- All Out edited by Saundra Mitchell (Book, Hoopla eBook)
- How To Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess (Book)
- We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson (Book)
- Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese America by Laura Gao (Book)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malindo Lo (Book, eBook)
- Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (Book)
- Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes Greenwood (Book)
For more titles for Teens, click here
Adults
- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Book, Hoopla eAudio excerpt read by James Baldwin)
- David Bowie made me gay : 100 years of LGBT music by Darryl W. Bullock (Book, Hoopla eBook)
- Stand by Me by Jim Downs (Book)
- Growing Up Gay: A Literary Anthology (Book)
- Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (Book, Hoopla eBook)
- Living Out Islam: Voices of gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims by Scott Alan Kugle (Book)
- Zami, a New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde (Book)
- Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (Book, Hoopla eBook)
- Disasterama! : Adventures in the queer underground 1977 to 1997 by Alvin Orloff (Book, Hoopla eBook)
- The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ politicians changed the world by Andrew Reynolds (Book)
- Stonewall Reader (Book)
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Book, Overdrive eBook)
For more titles for Adults, click here
Watch
- Angels in America (2004) (DVD)
- Call Me By Your Name (2018) (DVD)
- Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) (DVD)
- Love, Simon (2018) (DVD)
- Moonlight (2017) (DVD, Kanopy)
- Pariah (2011) (DVD)
- Saving Face (2005) (DVD)
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Check out Kanopy's 2021 curated Pride Month film list, click here
Listen
Podcasts
For Music CDs, click here
Crisis Resources:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Online Resources:
PBS: Teacher’s Guide to LGBT Resources
Stonewall Forever Living Monument online
PFLAG's Straight for Equality ally materials
Therapy Services:
3600 N. Mission Rd.
Los Angeles 90031
(213) 485-5572
List of LGBTQ historic landmarks and hidden gems exploring the history of the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles
2355 Cove Ave.
Los Angeles 90039
909 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles 90007
(213) 740-9145
626 N. Robertson Blvd.
West Hollywood 90069
(213) 741-0094
1125 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
(323) 860-7302
1727 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles 90012