June is Gay Pride Month

June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, a recognition with its origins in the Stonewall Rebellion which was in June of 1979. On the night of June 27, 1979, police raided a gay and lesbian bar in the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City. At the time, gay patrons were commonly harassed, arrested, and sometimes beaten during police raids on gay establishments. Following the raid, people came out into the streets to protest unequal treatment, and again rallied a year later to remember Stonewall.




One way to enjoy Gay and Lesbian Pride Month would be with a great recent fiction pick from the library’s collection. Here are some great titles to read from the past year or two – perfect for a summer reading novel.

Call Me by Your Name: A Novel by Andre Aciman

Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums

Michael Tolliver Lives: A Novel by Armistead Maupin

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm

The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein by Martin Duberman

Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel by Edmund White

Baby Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing by Michelle Tea

Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison by T.J. Parsell

Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty

Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics by Jennifer Baumgardner