Posts tagged with LGBTQ

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Book covers of Heartstopper, The Bluest Eye, This Book is Gay, and Fun Home
  • Rion Berger
Celebrating Pride feels more important than ever, as we’ve seen a significant rise in cultural and political attacks on queer and particularly trans people over the past year. Those attacks have included a surge in attempts to ban books with LGBTQ+ content in schools -- check out some of these banned titles online or in Shapiro now!
Book covers of Summer Sons, Boys Come First, Felix Ever After, and The Chosen and the Beauitful
  • Lauren Day
A recommendation list of books with LGBTQ+ characters. Includes both ebooks and physical books.
Želmir Žilnik’s "Marble Ass"
  • Brendan James Nieubuurt
Directed by a master of the Yugoslov Black Wave movement, Marble Ass explores LGBTQ experience—in a part of Eastern Europe, moreover, often very hostile to non-normative identities and lifestyles—with an empathy and dignity rather ahead of its time. The film is also just a boisterous, darkly funny, and very satisfying watch.
Book cover featuring a color photograph of two men embracing, their backs turned from the camera.
  • Autumn Wetli
June is Pride Month! Check out some of the LGBTQA+ books in the Library's OverDrive Collection.
Progress Pride Flag - Rainbow with chevron of the trans pride colors and a black and brown stripe on the left
  • Lauren Day
I watched a webinar a while back about libraries being more inclusive to LGBTQ folks. The presenter mentioned that you should not have to wait for pride month to highlight folks within the community. I do try to include some books with L,G,B,T or Q folks in all of my posts, but why not have a post dedicated to those books in the middle of March. Check out my recommendations and maybe add some of your own!
Seven of the documentaries on the list arranged in a circle.
  • Lauren Day
For the first week of the month after Pride month(aka July) I am posting video media about LGBTQIA+ folks. I've tried to include a little bit of everything from streaming sites, feature films, indie films, and documentaries. I hope you've enjoyed this Pride Recommendation series!
Icon of a person reading. It's colored in with the rainbow and the book has the Black Lives Matter symbol on it.
  • Lauren Day
In honor of Pride Month I decided to do a series of fiction and film recommendation list to the blog. This week I've created a list of science fiction/fantasy, romance, and poetry/short story anthologies. Two weeks ago I did adult fiction, young adult fiction, and graphic novels. Next week will be the final post about video media.
Pile of eight books on my desk
  • Lauren Day
In honor of Pride Month I decided to do a series of fiction and film recommendation list to the blog to go along with the list of memoirs we posted last week. I’ve divided the books by basic genre and format starting with adult fiction, young adult fiction, and graphic novels this week. Next week will be sci-fi/fantasy, romance, and poetry/short story anthologies and the last week will be video media.
  • Julie Herrada
Jerry “Jai” Moore, the remaining officer from the Detroit Area Council of the Mattachine Society (1958-1960), shared memories of his involvement in gay life and activism in 1950s and 60s Detroit . UM Professor Gayle Rubin opened the event with a discussion about the importance of libraries, in particular the Labadie Collection, in her quest for affirmation.