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The Free Library Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month
This June, the Free Library of Philadelphia commemorates LGBTQ+ Pride Month with events, programs, and resources that amplify LGBTQ+ voices and stories! Begin your summer with the Free Library of Pride as we…
Celebrate Pride and Support the Library With Free Library Pride Tees!
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with the Free Library of Philadelphia! We're celebrating LGBTQ+ lives, stories, and histories throughout June at the Free Library. Now, you can show off your Pride and support the library by purchasing…
Dena's Favorite Books of 2022
Welcome to Year 11 of my annual list of favorite books and the third year of pandemic reading! I've started getting my reading mojo back and have been spending a bit more time reading than watching tv this year—268 books read…
Empathy Versus Misinformation Wrap-Up
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Empathy Versus Misinformation: Transgender Youth series of panels. There has been a lot of interest in transgender youth in the media, and yet so few easy ways to access reliable answers to…
Empathy Versus Misinformation: Transgender Youth Panel Series
Lately, transgender and gender non-conforming youth have been a hot topic across the nation. Many people feel confused, even panicked, and it can be hard to tell what claims being made are even true. We've assembled a panel of…
Dena's Favorite Books of 2021
It's that time of year again for my annual list of favorite books from the Philbrick Hall Fiction Department at Parkway Central Library ! Welcome to the tenth anniversary of this yearly list and the second year of pandemic reading!…
The Rainbow Connection Fall Booklist
The Rainbow Connection is an LGBTQ+ group of library staff across all job classes that serve to support each other and the Queer communities in Philadelphia. Below are the books that we loved reading so far this fall and would love to…
Transgender Awareness Week 2021
Transgender Awareness Week , held annually from November 15 – 19, helps to raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. The week is capped off on November 20 with Transgender Day of…
More Than Stonewall: LGBTQ Historical Nonfiction
All October we'll be talking about LGBTQ History on the Free Library's blog! So far we've discussed LGBTQ Historical Young Adult Fiction and LGBTQ History Told Through Comics and Graphic Novels . This week, we turn our…
LGBTQ History Told Through Comics and Graphic Novels
A panel from Hazel Newlevant's exposé of queer uprisings found within Be Gay, Do Comics!. All October we'll be talking about LGBTQ History on the Free Library's blog! Last week we discussed LGBTQ Historical Young…
We Were Always Here: LGBTQ Historical Young Adult Fiction
October is LGBTQ History Month ! A lot of straight and/or cisgender people like to treat gay people like we didn't exist until Ellen Degeneres came out as a lesbian in 1997 ; and as if transgender people didn't exist until…
Nourishing Literacy | The Rainbow Pantry... from Scratch!
Inspired by June’s Pride month and our LGBTQIA+ community members, we are celebrating the Rainbow Pantry again! Check out previous blog posts for more ideas on keeping and using colorful kitchen staples. This round, we are…
LGBTQ+ Middle Grade and YA ebooks and Audiobooks
Here are five ebook and audiobook titles about identity, acceptance, love, and loss to consider this month as we celebrate those journeys with our friends, families, and ourselves. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callander…
Re-Creating Our World: Join Us for the One Book, One Philadelphia Finale
Eight weeks of programs diving into The Tradition , Jericho Brown’s collection of poetry and the One Book, One Philadelphia 2021 title , have gone by in the blink of an eye. We read, we wrote, we danced, we made music and art, and…
Celebrate Pride Month with the Free Library!
Each June the Free Library celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month with programs, resources, reading lists, and posts that lift up LGBTQ+ voices and stories—and 2021 is no different. Kick off your summer with Free Library of Pride as we…
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility with the Field Teen Center
March 31 is International Trans Day of Visibility , which honors the trans community and celebrates transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. The annual celebration was created in 2010 by Rachel Crandall, a co-founder of…
Digital Media Spotlight: Pride Month Streaming Film Fest!
Celebrate Pride Month by attending your very own film fest of curated LGBTQIA+ cinema, streaming through our Digital Media portal ! Kanopy There are hundreds of LGBTQAI+ featured films and videos currently streaming , with categories…
Queer Comics About Sports!
I never would have pegged myself as someone who wanted to read about "the sports", but there are some sweet and dramatic comics and graphic novels that have changed my mind about that in the past few years. If you too are…
Add These Books by Young LGBQTIA Authors to Your Pride Reading List!
You can still participate in Pride Month even if you cannot go to a pride parade. There are even ways of participating that avoid pinkwashing or whitewashing of the pride movement. While PRIDE may seem like the furthest thing from your…
The Free Library of Pride Goes Virtual Throughout June 2020!
Though it’s hard to imagine LGBTQ+ Pride month in Philadelphia without being able to gather in person as a community to celebrate, the Free Library is marching online and taking the celebration virtual this year with a month of…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club
SAGA is a safe space where LGBTQIA+ youth and allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us for games, art, and snacks! Participants are also invited to discuss and request guest speakers and presenters.…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club
SAGA is a safe space where LGBTQIA+ youth and allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us for games, art, and snacks! Participants are also invited to discuss and request guest speakers and presenters.…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
SAGA Club: Sexuality and Gender Acceptance
Queer or questioning and looking for community? SAGA is a space where LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us each week for games, crafts, and…
PRIDE Dance Party
Join us for a fun PRIDE Dance Party! Drop in any time from 2 pm until 4 pm for music, games, and photo booth props! All ages friendly.
Pride & Joy Story Time
Join us for a special Pride month story time! Children’s librarian Kayla will read books about love, friendship, diversity, and solidarity in the LGBTQ community. After, patrons are welcome to hang out, play with blocks, and…
Pride Community Chill
Pride Month is ending but LGBTQA+ Love, Joy, Community, Strength, Pride, and Solidarity will never ever end! Come gather as a community to chill out over water ice and pretzels, sign up for a library card if you need one, and learn more…
Debunking the Myths of Stonewall: an Evening with Mark Segal
History seeks to tell the truth yet it’s open to myths and legends prompting us removed from the events of any one particular event to ask: what happened? The Stonewall rebellion is an event shrouded in myths asking the…
Black Luminaries Film Series | I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Join the Free Library of Philadelphia's Education, Philosophy, and Religion Department for a screening of Raoul Peck's 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro . This documentary and social critique rounds out James Baldwin's personal…
Summer Book Club: Detransition, Baby
Looking for a good read this summer? Join our book club and enjoy three books ripe for discussion. We meet the final Thursday of each month at the Independence Branch. This month, we are celebrating Pride and reading Detransition, Baby…
A Musical Celebration of Queer Kids, Families, and Allies
Ants on a Log plays music for children and other childlike people. Their award-winning music centers positivity, social justice, and silliness. Full of humor and harmony, Ants shows are energetic, interactive, and engaging for both…
Pride Month Craft Club: Weaving & Textile Crafts
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month, make cool queer crafts, meet friends, and just BE YOU every Tuesday in June at 4pm! For teens, their caregivers, and siblings.
SAGA Club
SAGA is a safe space where LGBTQIA+ youth and allies can socialize and discuss issues affecting the queer community. Join us for games, art, and snacks! Participants are also invited to discuss and request guest speakers and presenters.…
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Free Library resources in support of the Rosenbach's Digital Exhibition: "I Am an American!" The Authorship and Activism of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
LGBTQ Middle Grade Books
Books featuring LGBTQ characters and voices within children's fiction.
LGBTQ Picture Books
Books for children of LGBTQ parents, or for little brothers and sisters of LGBTQ teens.
LGBTQ - Stonewall Book Awards
The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience and include the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s…
Eileen Myles | a “Working Life”
“Unflinching but also irrepressibly humorous” ( The New York Times Book Review ), Eileen Myles is the celebrated author of nearly two dozen books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays, and performance pieces, including Pathetic…
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan | Mad Honey
In conversation with Jo Piazza A “quite prescient and worthwhile” writer who “understands her characters inside and out” ( The New York Times Book Review ), Jodi Picoult has authored many No. 1 bestsellers that are renowned for…
Hugh Ryan | The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
In conversation with Sayeeda Rashid, Director of the Center for Gender Resources and Sexual Education at Haverford College Hugh Ryan is the author of When Brooklyn Was Queer , a “boisterous, motley … entertaining and insightful” ( The…
Raquel Salas Rivera | antes que isla es volcán / before island is volcano
Introduced by Denice Frohman In conversation with Cynthia Dewi Oka The 2018–19 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, Raquel Salas Rivera is the author of five full-length books of poetry. These poetry collections include lo terciario/the…
Hanya Yanagihara | To Paradise
In conversation with Andy Kahan, Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams, Jr. director of author events “A wrenching portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR), Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel A Little Life is a story of tragedy…
Rumaan Alam | Leave the World Behind
In conversation with Carmen Maria Machado Rumaan Alam is the author of the New York Times instant bestseller Leave the World Behind , “a genuine thriller, a brilliant distillation of our anxious age, and a work of high literary…
William di Canzio | Alec
In conversation with Wendy Moffat, Professor of English and Curley Chair of Global Education at Dickinson College and author of the prize-winning biography, A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster A professor in the…
Sarah Schulman | Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993
In conversation with Jason Villemez, editor of the Philadelphia Gay News A decades-long activist for LGBTQ+ rights and women’s empowerment, Sarah Schulman is the author of more than twenty novels, nonfiction books, screenplays, and…
Elias Rodriques | All the Water I’ve Seen is Running
In conversation with Rachel Ossip Co-sponsored by n+1 and Blue Stoop Elias Rodriques currently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and in the fall of 2021 will start as an assistant professor of African American literature at…
Brontez Purnell | 100 Boyfriends
In conversation with Kaitlyn Greenidge Brontez Purnell is the author of Since I Laid My Burden Down , a debut novel about growing up gay in 1980s Alabama that “not only holds its own as queer literature, but also expands upon it” ( San…
Melissa Broder | Milk Fed
In conversation with Nomi Eve, author of Henna House and The Family Orchard , Director of the Creative Writing MFA program, Drexel University. Melissa Broder is the author of The Pisces , a darkly erotic yet tender tale of academia,…
Salamishah Tillet | In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece
In conversation with Errin Haines, founding member and editor at large at The 19th, a new, nonprofit newsroom focused on the intersection of women, politics and policy. Salamishah Tillet is the author of Sites of Slavery , an…
Veronica Chambers | Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
In conversation with: Rachelle Baker, illustrator; Jennifer Harlan, writer; Steffi Walthall, illustrator Veronica Chambers is the editor for Narrative Projects at The New York Times and a co-author of "Finish the Fight!" She joined The…
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | The Undocumented Americans
In conversation with Andrea González-Ramírez, Senior Writer at GEN and an Ida B. Wells fellow at Type Investigations. Read Ms. González-Ramírez's interview with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Originally from Ecuador, Karla Cornejo…
Seanan McGuire | Middlegame and Imaginary Numbers
One of contemporary sci-fi/fantasy’s most popular writers, Seanan McGuire won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for the Wayward Children series of books. Also the author of, among other books, the October Day series and the InCryptid…
Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez | Legendary Children: The First Decade of Rupaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life
The creators of the immensely popular eponymous blog Tom and Lorenzo , Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez entertain millions of readers a month with their singular perspective on fashion and pop culture. They are frequent guests on…
Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan | Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
In conversation with Dr. Jen Ashton, Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News and author of The Self-Care Solution: A Year of Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Fitter--One Month at a Time A professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia…
Garth Greenwell | Cleanness
In conversation with Carmen Maria Machado, most recently author of In the Dream House “A subtle observer of human interactions” with “an inborn ability to cast a spell” ( New York Times ), Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs…
André Aciman | Find Me
In conversation with writer and film critic Gary Kramer André Aciman is the author of the nationwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name , a novel that chronicles the bittersweet love story of a teenage boy and the young academic staying at…
Saeed Jones | How We Fight for Our Lives with Clifford Thompson | What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues
Saeed Jones is the author of the “hard and glaring and brilliant” ( NPR Book Review ) poetry collection Prelude to Bruise , winner of the 2015 Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature Award. He is also the co-host of BuzzFeed’s…
William Way Center
Serving 15,000 LGBTQIA+ visitors annually, the William Way LGBT Community Center provides life-giving health, human service, social, and cultural services that help our community thrive.
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, we employ a variety of community-driven strategies to keep…
Transcribez: Trans & Gender Non-Conforming Youth Creative Writing Group
Transcribez is a creative writing group for youth (ages 14–24) that identify as transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming. No experience or expertise in writing is necessary. #youth #community
Trans Parent USA
Organizing experienced and knowledgeable resources to assist families with their child’s gender journey focusing on connection, resources, and visibility #family #parents #health #community
Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. #youth #crisis #health
Trans Latin@ Coalition
The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) advocates for the specific needs of the Trans Latin@ community that resides in the U.S.A. and to plan strategies that improve our quality of life.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources. They have a nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline. You can call 1-866-488-7386 or text 678-678. #youth #crisis
The Colours Organization, Inc.
The COLOURS Organization offers a safe and comfortable meeting place for sexual minorities of color in the heart of Center City Philadelphia.
The Attic Youth Center
The Attic Youth Center creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society.
Stonewall Sports
Stonewall Sports - Philadelphia provides organized recreational sports leagues, tournaments, health, education and social events to the greater Philadelphia diverse LGBTQIA+ community. We aim to provide a safe space for our members to…
Serving All Library Families in a Queer and Genderqueer Way
There are excellent resources for librarians who want to improve their services to LGBTQ patrons, and the American Library Association’s (ALA) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) collects, creates, and promotes…
PHL Pride Collective
Founded in 2021, PHL Pride Collective is working to reimagine LGBTQ+ Pride events in Philly.
Philly schools pass sweeping policy protecting transgender students
"Without debate or comments from the public, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission adopted a policy on Thursday, June 16 that immediately allows transgender students to, among other things, be referred to by their pronoun of choice;…
Philly Gay Calendar
Find out what's happening in Philadelphia's gay community along with a listing of local venues (bars, businesses, organizations, etc.)
Philadelphia Gay News
The Philadelphia Gay News is the area’s largest and oldest publication targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Started in 1976, PGN reaches, builds rapport with, and listens to our readers and supporters — as well as our critics.
Philadelphia FIGHT
Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers provide culturally competent comprehensive primary care, and state of the art HIV primary care to low income members of the community, along with research, consumer education, advocacy, social…
Philadelphia Family Pride
A nonprofit membership organization for LGBTQ+ led families in the greater Philadelphia region
Philadelphia Asian & Queer
Philadelphia Asian & Queer (PAQ) is a volunteer, social organization that strives to engage queer (LGBTQIA+), Asian/Asian-American folks within the greater Philadelphia area. #community
Philadelphia AIDS Law Project
The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit public-interest law firm providing free legal assistance to people living with HIV and AIDS and those affected by the epidemic.
PFLAG Philadelphia
PFLAG Philadelphia is a partnership of parents, allies, and LGBTQ+ people working to make a better future for LGBTQ+ youth.
LGBTQ
The Free Library of Philadelphia celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June with book and film recommendations and events for all ages. Through this Explore Topic, you can also find local and national LGBTQ+ resources and support that…