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Check Out LGBT Books During Gay Pride Month
June celebrates Gay Pride and St. Louis has Pridefest at Soldier’s Memorial downtown on June 29th and 30th. At the Kirkwood Public Library we have many books and media that feature lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) protagonists. The following is a list of LGBT books and media from a variety of collections available through the library.
Picture Books
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
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Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
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In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah Brannen
Teen Fiction
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
The Culling by Steven dos Santos
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
Adult Fiction
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
The Charioteer by Mary Renault
Lovers Knot by Donald L. Hardy
Non-Fiction
What If?: Answers to Question About What It Means to Be Gay and Lesbian by Eric Marcus
Gay America: Struggle for Equality by Linas Alsenas
Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter
Out at the Movies: a History of Gay Cinema by Steven Paul Davies
Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage edited by Audrey Bilger & Michele Kort
Film