First proclaimed Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 1999 and expanded by President Obama in 2011, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month marks the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community. The titles on this list range from short stories to a dystopian novel and from a graphic memoir to social sciences. This list also contains historical fiction and nonfiction history titles that librarians may want to feature in October, the month designated in 1994 to spotlight exemplary figures of the LGBTQIA+ community and their contributions.  A downloadable list of these titles is available here. 

Selected by JoAnne E. Lehman, editor of Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review at the University of Wisconsin. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University.