LGBTQ Pride Month
This month recognizes the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.
Description and History
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan - the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.
Professional Learning Resources
Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ+ Materials in School Libraries
This AASL guide supports school librarians in addressing challenges related to censorship and patron privacy issues, particularly with LGBTQ+ materials. It uses the AASL Standards to help users explore LGBTQ+ materials and needs in their own communities.
AASL Standards Framework Applied to LGBTQ+ Materials
Use this framework application to navigate more quickly to relevant resources, inspiration, statistics, and activities based on your specific questions and needs.
Inclusive LGBTQIA+ Education: Why It’s Important and How to Be an Advocate for …
This webinar focuses on the importance of inclusion for all students and provided examples of what inclusion looks like in both school libraries and the classroom. Common implicit biases when evaluating LGBTQIA+ literature is also discussed.
Prepared for Pride Month: A Conversation
In this conversation, panelists share their expertise and provide attendees with best practices and practical strategies to advocate for and support LGBTQ+ content and programming during Pride Month and beyond.
LGBTQ+ and Gender Inclusive Resources
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is a comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program and provides LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators.
Affirming Library Practices for LGBTQIA+ Kids in School Libraries
The slides from 2023 LibLearnX provides legal knowledge supporting affirming practices and strengthening advocacy, skills to create a supportive LGBTQIA+ culture in and beyond your library, and the terminology that creates safety and a sense of belonging.
Open To All: Serving the LGBTQIA+ Community in Your Library
This toolkit from the ALA Rainbow Round Table is designed to help library staff better understand gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and other queer (LGBTQIA+) library users and how to best serve their needs.
“They Kind of Rely on the Library”: School Librarians Serving LGBT Students
This article examines school librarians’ perspectives on collecting LGBT materials. It addresses the questions: What are their reasons collecting LGBT resources? What roles can school librarians play to counter bullying of LGBT students? and more.
Equal Access Act
The Equal Access Act mandates that federally-funded public secondary schools to provide equal access to extracurricular student clubs.
Gender & Sexualities Alliances (GSAs)
GSAs are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues impacting them in their schools and communities. The national association works with local partners to develop new curriculum, programs, an
GSA Court Victories: A Guide for LGBTQ High School Students
This page from the ACLU shares details on the many federal court cases in which schools have unsuccessfully tried to block or limit GSAs.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Title IX states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
The Trevor Project
A nonprofit aimed at supporting the queer community. Provides resources for getting help and support (including crisis support), advocacy, education, and other ways to get involved.
Library of Congress Research Guide on LGBTQ+ Youth
This research guide provides search strategies and a selection of recommended resources related to LGBTQ+ Youth.
Learner Engagement Resources
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month Resources
This in depth list of resources from the Library of Congress includes research guides, arts and sciences collections, civil rights and government papers and collections, and literature and poetry collections.
Educational Resources from the Anti-Defamation League
This page includes lesson plans, reading guides, and more.
Educational Resources from GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network)
Includes free resources, educator guides, advocacy tools, and more.
ISTE LGBTQ+ Resources
An ISTE blog post that contains statistics as well as multiple teacher resources and links.
Book Lists
Rainbow Book List
The Rainbow Book List is created by the ALA Rainbow Round Table and it presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic LGBQTIA+ content, which are recommended for people from birth through eighteen years of age.
Stonewall Book Awards
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by ALA’s Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table).
LGBTQ Reads
LGBTQ Reads is a site dedicated to promoting curated LGBTQIAP+ literature for all ages, run by author and blogger Dahlia Adler.
Pride in Pages
Explore books that discuss topics of the LGBTQ+ community like coming out, relationships, spirituality, People of Color, and more.
CBC -- Children's Book Council Book Lists and Resources
A collection of booklists and resources that highlight the LGBTQIA+ community and experience. This list provides resources and educational materials for kids of all ages and their caregivers to promote respect and understanding.
