Read with pride! Celebrate Pride Month with teen titles featuring LGBTQIA+ characters, stories, and experiences.
Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
High school senior Andrew must help his best friend Thomas when Thomas’ macabre drawings come to life, killing anyone close to him, and battling monsters each night, Andrew begins to fear the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator.
This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier
London 1867, trapped by their family’s expectations, aristocrat Dorian Gray seems to find freedom and joy through a young painter named Basil, but as they spiral into guilt and self-destruction, Basil’s portrait of them begins to change, forcing Dorian to choose between embracing the darkness within or fighting for a life of their own making.
Generation Queer by Kimm Topping
A collection of short biographies featuring young LGBTQ+ leaders working to make their world more inclusive.
Self Portrait by Ludwig Volbeda
Jip has an assignment from school for spring break: draw a self-portrait. That should be easy for someone who can draw so well. Yet Jip’s thoughts keep wandering. To the new boy in class, to beetles and fireflies, to twilight dreaming, to the party next Friday, and especially to the boy who changed Jip’s world once and for all.
Trans History by Alex L. Combs
Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures while exploring societal roles played by trans people going back to ancient times.
Gwen is sick of hiding–hiding the fact that she’s taken over her father’s blacksmithing duties, hiding her attraction to girls, hiding her yearning for glory as a knight. Meanwhile, Lady Isobelle of Avington, queen bee of the castle, has never once considered hiding who she is–until now. She’s been chosen as the grand prize in the Tournament of Dragonslayers, to be given to whichever knight can claim her hand. And for the first time in her life, she can’t talk her way out of trouble.
Celebrate some of the LGBTQIA+ community’s modern-day trailblazers, champions, and icons who have shaped, or are shaping, our world, from well-known public figures and allies to others you will wish you had heard of earlier. Covering topics including coming out, gender, mental health, and activism, this book is packed full of empowering quotes, inspiring life lessons, and helpful advice that will encourage you to embrace your story and find your power.
Coming Home by Brittney Griner
On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women’s basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested for mistakenly carrying under one gram of medically prescribed hash oil. Brittney’s world was violently upended in a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly—until now.
We Mostly Come Out at Night edited by Rob Costello
A YA anthology of short stories ranging in genres from horror to romance; featuring classic and original monsters and creatures; and highlighting authors from the LGBTQIA+ community, including Claire Kann, Kalynn Bayron, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, and H.E.Edgmon.
