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Read with Pride

June is GLBT Book Month™, a national celebration of authors and books that reflect the GLBT experience.

No longer a place for just books, libraries are transforming lives by fostering community, understanding and access to the very best in GLBT literature and community resources.

Below are five of my favorite LGBTQ advocacy books and conversation starters. Want help advocate? Go to a book discussion or start your own conversations about diversity and LGBTQ youth. Share videos and stories. In light of the recent tragedy in Orlando, here’s a powerful video featuring five LGBTQ youth discussing experiences related to their identities: LGBTQ Youth; Voices of Trauma. Lives of Promise.

GLBT Book Month™ is an initiative of the American Library Association and is coordinated through its Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table. For more information about the American Library Association’s mission for diversity, visit http://www.ala.org/offices/diversity.


Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green; David Levithan

Call Number: YA FIC GREEN,J

Every Day by David Levithan

Call Number: YA FIC LEVITHAN,D

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Call Number: YA FIC NELSON,J

Want more?  Check out our online Teen Book Suggestions List:  LGBTQ

What are your favorites?