The weather is finally warming up, and just in time for Pride Month! This June, we at the Krupp Library have selected a rainbow of incredible stories penned by members of the LGBTQIA+ community to feature in our annual Pride exhibit.
On Display
Gerard H. Gaskin’s Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene, a photography book that explores the culture of house balls, might pique the interest of lovers of shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race. Meanwhile, readers looking for something more poetic might enjoy Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider: Essays and Poems. Those looking to educate themselves on topics like the importance of preferred pronouns and gender-affirming healthcare might check out He/She/They: How We Talk about Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar.
On the fiction side of our exhibit, readers can find everything from classic queer lit, like Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America, to sweet, domestic stories like Tillie Walden’s graphic novel I Love This Part. Fantasy fans will find plenty too, like Monquill Blackgoose’s novel To Shape a Dragon's Breath.
There are plenty more queer stories to share in our exhibit this Pride Month, and even more in our general collection. Here are a few more we’ve decided to highlight:
Queer Non-Fiction
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt (2020, Two Dollar Radio).
Be Gay, Do Comics! Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from the Nib by Matt Bors (2020, IDW).
Coming Home by Brittney Griner (2024, Alfred A. Knopf).
The Queer Bible: Essays by Jack Guinness (2021, Dey St.).
Me by Elton John (2019, Henry Holt and Company).
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe (2020, Oni Press).
Amateur by Thomas Page McBee (2018, Scribner).
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride (2018, Crown Archetype).
Queer Fiction
When We Were Sisters: a Novel by Fatimah Asghar (2023, One World).
Gods of Want: Stories by K-Ming Chang (2023, One World).
Is Love the Answer? By Uta Isaki (2023, Kodansha USA, Inc.).
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (2019, Riverhead Books).
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: a Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reed (2017, Atria Books).
Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (2019, St. Martin’s Griffin)
Detransition, Baby: a Novel by Torrey Peters (2021, One World).
This Town Sleeps: a Novel by Dennis E. Staples (2020, Counterpoint).
Ebooks
Care Without Pathology: How Trans-Health Activists are Changing Medicine by Christoph L. Hanssmann (2023, University of Minnesota Press).
Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance by Lauron J. Kehrer (2022, University of Michigan Press).
Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust by W. Jake Newsome (2022, Cornell University Press).
The Color Pynk: Black Femme Art for Survival by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley (2022, University of Texas Press).
Queering Urbanism: Insurgent Spaces in the Fight for Justice by Stathis G. Yeros (2024, University of California Press).
Additional Resources
On Campus
The Pride Center: Located in the Fisher Student Center. A safe place for students of all identities to “explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ally, and related issues, through educational and social programming.”
Bryant Pride: Bryant’s student-led Pride group.
Online
Gale Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Source of primary sources regarding “sex, sexuality, and gender research and gender studies research” dating back to the sixteenth century.
Digital Transgender Archive: Online hub for digitized artifacts of transgender history, based at Northeastern University.
PBS: The LGBTQ+ Experience: Documentaries, articles, and original feature pieces covering the experience of LGBTQIA+ individuals in America.
GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 11th edition: Great for those looking to expand their knowledge, a collection of definitions and explanations of LGBTQIA+ terms and concepts.
Human Rights Campaign: America’s largest LGBTQIA+ civil rights organization. Their work includes creating and sharing resources, including yearly reports analyzing the safest and most welcoming states for queer individuals.