Thursday, June 30, 2021
Pride Month may be over, but there's still so much to explore when it comes to LGBTQ+ stories and authors. For example, romance is one of the most popular genres for LGBTQ+ stories, but it's hardly the only one! Here are some books that explore representation beyond just the realm of romance.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
In our article on Pride Flags, we shared a great selection of adult and YA books featuring LGBTQ+ stories and characters. Today, we're back with our Pride Month recommendations for kids' books!
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
The rainbow Pride flag is a pretty recognizeable symbol, but did you know that there are many other flags to represent subcommunities that fall under the larger LGBTQ+ umbrella? Here are a few that may not be as familiar, along with books featuring characters and stories from the community each flag represents!
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Lambda Literary Awards celebrates works that explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community." The awards were instituted in 1988.
Friday, June 26, 2020
Pride Month might be winding down, but the recommendations sure aren't. Check out this latest round of excellent reads featuring LGBTQ+ authors, characters, and stories.
Friday, June 12th, 2020
Recommending books to teenagers during Pride month is always my favorite. As someone who reads and loves queer literature year-round, I love that there's an entire month every year where people are extra excited to get their hands on books about the LGBTQ+ community. We've all heard of Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, and while these are great books to start with, this year I wanted to share some of my favorite lesser known books to read this June.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
With many parents and teachers looking to diversify their young readers' collections, here are a few works by LGBTQ+ authors, as well as those featuring queer characters, to add to your shelves.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
As many of you likely already know, June is Pride Month. What you might not know, though, is that the very first "pride" was actually a riot to protest police violence against the gay community. A black trans woman threw a brick and history was made. A lot has changed since then. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land. The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was instituted and repealed. AIDS, a disease that ravaged the gay community and nearly wiped out an entire generation is now a manageable condition.
Monday, June 1st, 2020
Lambda Literary Awards celebrates works that explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. The Lambda Literary Foundation astates that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community." The awards were instituted in 1988.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
My Twitter feed was all a-buzz with an image of a young man on the subway removing his pride stickers and hiding his rainbow flag as he went home from a Pride Rally. As he got closer to his suburban home and further from the safety of the city, he knew that what he wore proudly a few hours ago could get him harassed, or worse, back home.
I tweeted that if we all wore pride buttons and stickers the harassers couldn’t attack every one of us. So that’s what we have done.
