June 2026: Pride Month

Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community (Rebel Girls Minis) by Rebel Girls, Elena Favilli

This collection features 25 inspiring tales of proud members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Read about how these women, girls, and nonbinary people broke down barriers, honored their identities, and lived authentically no matter what anyone else said.

Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Artists To Know

Connecting with LGBTQ+ artists whose work is included in SAAM’s collection.

Tasty Pride: 75 Recipes and Stories from the Queer Food Community by Tasty, Jesse Szewczyk

Tasty has always been the place to turn for good eats. Now, it’s also the place to turn for a community. Here, stories of love, pride, and acceptance—and the important role that food can play in that journey—accompany the innovative yet totally doable recipes you know to expect from Tasty.

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride

Informative, heartbreaking, and profoundly empowering, Tomorrow Will Be Different is McBride’s story of love and loss and a powerful entry point into the LGBTQ community’s battle for equal rights and what it means to be openly transgender. From issues like bathroom access to health care to gender in America, McBride weaves the important political and cultural milestones into a personal journey that will open hearts and change minds.

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions by Alison Halsall, Jonathan Warren

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader explores the exemplary trove of LGBTQ+ comics that coalesced in the underground and alternative comix scenes of the mid-1960s and in the decades after. Through insightful essays and interviews with leading comics figures, volume contributors illuminate the critical opportunities, current interactions, and future directions of these comics.

State of Pride (2019)

A look at the history and meaning of the pride movement featuring a diverse range of LGBTQ+ perspectives.

They Will See You: LGBTQ+ Visibility in Advertising

In “Linsanity,” Lin shares how this widespread sentiment played out in his life, having been doubted as a player by staff whenever he visited gyms for practice and enduring a barrage of racist taunts and slurs as a point guard for Harvard — never knowing unexpected stardom would greet him on the other side.

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)

J.C. Leyendecker was a prominent artist in his time, but his story is largely forgotten. Forced to keep his sexuality a secret, his coded imagery spoke to the gay community and laid the foundation for LGBTQ+ representation in media today.

Cast of “Queer Eye” at the Library

The Library hosted the all-new “Fab Five” from the Netflix show “Queer Eye” in conversation with Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with the Washington Post, exploring how LGBTQ youth empowerment has become a popular culture phenomenon.

SF Pride Livestream

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

“Making Gay History” is all about diving into the personal stories of both famous and forgotten LGBTQ+ heroes and pioneers. With rare archival interviews, this podcast brings these amazing voices and their stories to life.

Outward: Slate’s LGBTQ podcast

Slate’s podcast is a whip-smart monthly show where hosts and guests dive deep into queer culture and politics. They bring unexpected perspectives and spark colorful conversations about the issues that matter to LGBTQ+ communities.

QueerSpace: An AirSpace Limited Series

A limited series from the creators of AirSpace, featuring stories and people at the intersection of aviation, space, and LGBTQ+ history and culture.

But We Loved

Hosted by Jordan Gonsalves, this podcast features intimate interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, uncovering stories and role models from queer history.