Watch & Read Proud: Celebrating Pride Month

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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
I Am Not Myself These Days A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
The Gay Revolution The Story of the Struggle by Lillian Faderman
The Stonewall Reader edited by The New York Public Library
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland
Ordinary Girls A Memoir by Jaquira Díaz
Sweet Tea Black Gay Men of the South by E. Patrick Johnson
Tomorrow Will Be Different Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

June is Pride Month!

PRIDE Scrabble letters on a faded rainbow background

To learn more about the Stonewall Uprising and to check out some books by and about LGBTQIA+ people's history, lives, and experiences, click on through. 

PBS American Experience Stonewall Uprising documentary

Check out the PBS American Experience: Stonewall Uprising documentary to learn about the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising that launched a worldwide civil and gay rights movement and its long-lasting impacts. 

To view, log in off-campus by using your Durham Tech username and password--the same one you would use for Sakai or Self-Service.

A few nonfiction options, including some history, memoirs, and essays collections: 

A few fiction options for you, including YA, graphic novels, and some speculative and realistic fiction: 

If you want some recommendations from LGBTQ+ authors  about the books that influenced them (some that are award winners and included in our list, too), check out Oprah Magazine's article "Over 100 LGBTQ Authors Share the Books that Changed Their Lives."

Looking for some award winners to complete your Read Great Things 2020 challenge? Check out the American Library Associations' Stonewall Book Award winners, including the Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. 

Lambda Literary Awards annually select books across experiences and genres. Check out the 2020 winners and a searchable and browse-able list of past winners. 

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