Hennepin County Library Observes June As Pride Month

Press release from the Hennepin County Library:

June 3, 2020

Pride month is celebrated each year during the month of June in cities large and small across the country and beyond. June was selected as the month to celebrate Pride to honor the Stonewall uprising that occurred in June of 1969 in Greenwich Village in New York City. This marked when the gay rights movement was energized to emerge and fight for human rights in the 1970s into the present day.

Celebrate Pride with these recommended books for all ages.

Pride book lists organized around specific themes and identities

• Asexual and aromantic titles for all ages
• Bi+ titles for all ages
• Gay titles for all ages
• Genderqueer titles for all ages
• Intersex titles for all ages
• Lesbian titles for all ages
• Queer families: Titles for all ages
• Transgender titles for all ages

This press release was produced by the Hennepin County Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.