Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh recognizes Pride month by celebrating LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and more) individuals of all races, genders, classes, sexualities, and identities.
Celebrating Pride Month in libraries is increasingly important with the continued rise in book challenges and bans that focus on restricting access to titles featuring queer characters and stories. In 2024, we want to celebrate joy, love, and solidarity while recognizing the oppression this community continues to face—especially for people with intersecting identities. We invite you to celebrate with us and explore these books and more in our collections.
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This insightful exploration of identity, belonging, and modern queer love follows the evolving relationship between Tom and Ming after Ming announces her intention to transition.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla, in eAudio on Hoopla, and in eAudio on Libby.
A family saga that focuses on a Nigerian woman and her twin daughters, and how her decision to cut herself off from her children affects them all.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla, in eAudio on Libby and in eAudio on Hoopla.
‘You’re gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine’ is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla, in eAudio on Hoopla, and in eAudio on Libby.
Fifteen stories that showcase the variety of lives lived by bisexual and gay Puerto Ricans.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla and in eAudio on Hoopla.
“Good Omens” meets “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet” in a defiantly joyful adventure set in California’s San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, in eAudio on Libby and in eAudio on Hoopla.
In her memoir, Neema Avashia opens up the idea of what it is to be Appalachian and to be Indian American.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby and in eAudio on Hoopla.
In this collection of essays, Daniel Black takes his lived experience as a queer Black person and applies that lens to the Black experience.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla, and in eAudio on Hoopla.
Advice columnist Brammer pens a memoir that mixes humor and insight.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Queer science journalist Sabrina Imbler writes about the sea creatures that fascinate them, about why they feel kinship with these creatures, and how the animals of the sea can teach us different ways to approach community and family.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Samra Habib has spent most of her life searching for the safety to be herself. The men in her life wanted to police her, the women had only shown her the example of pious obedience, and her body was a problem to be solved. A triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family, both chosen and not, We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one’s truest self.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.