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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Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen’s world invades Lu’s peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family’s taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Ambrose wakes up on board the Coordinated Endeavour under strange circumstances: he doesn’t remember the launch, the ship’s OS is voiced by his mother, strangers have been aboard, and Kodiak, the only other person on board, has barricaded himself away from sight. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making the mission to rescue his sister succeed.
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.
The story of a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition against contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
A collection of 13 horror stories all written by queer authors of color and each told through the lens of a teenager of color about the Halloween night that changed their lives forever.
Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself.
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.
In this new feminist, queer fairy tale collection, the princesses, mermaids, barmaids, children, and wise old women who have been forced to sit on the sidelines in classic stories take center stage to fulfill their own dreams and find the love, power, and happiness they deserve.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
When a disheartened Pittsburgh teen transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly sparks fly when she meets a teen who’s being courted by a man her father wants her to marry.
This title is also available as an eBook on Libby, and in eAudio on Libby.
Set in an alternate Victorian England where mediums control the dead, a sixteen-year-old autistic transgender boy must expose a power-hungry secret society while confined to a cruel finishing school designed to turn him into the perfect wife.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.