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LGBTQ Collection
LGBTQ Collection
YOUR LGBTQ2S+
SCHOOL
LIBRARY
COLLECTION
Kerri Hill
What do we know about the LGBTQ
school experience?
Students who had seen a safe space sticker or poster were more likely to identify
school staff who were supportive of LGBTQ students.
Access to LGBTQ related books in the school library was the highest is has ever
been in 2019
Recommendations include increasing student access to appropriate and accurate
information regarding LGBTQ people, history and events, through inclusive
curricula, library and internet resources.
Stage Dreams
By Melanie Gillman
Bingo Love
By Tee Franklin
By Gayle E Pitman
This book is about the Stonewall Riots, that took place on June
28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village
neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are
attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ movement.
A timely and necessary read, The Stonewall Riots helps readers
to understand the history and legacy of the LGBTQ+
movement.
Non-Fiction
By Robin Stevenson
History has often left out the stories of LGBTQIA+ people and
censored the lives and loves of some of the world’s most
famous people, from William Shakespeare to Eleanor
Roosevelt.
This book takes a fascinating journey through primary sources
—poetry, memoir, news clippings, and images of ancient
artwork—to explore the hidden (and often surprising) Queer
lives and loves of two dozen historical figures.
Fiction
Black Flamingo
By Dean Atta
By Sabina Khan
By Mackenzi Lee
By Malinda Lo
America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love,
especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens
everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With
deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won
citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see
the light of day.
Fiction
By Steven Salvatore
I DREAM LIBRARY
BC based Website providing kidlit, middle grade and YA
recommended book lists of diverse, queer and allied book
selections. Each suggested YA title includes a link to a youtube
video of interest about the book or author. Highly recommended
resource!
I Dream Library
SUGGESTED
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
SOGI 123
Curated Book List - annotated book list from 2020 with
many categories, including picture books, middle grades,
graphic novels and YA, fiction and non-fiction. Updated
each year. Amazing resource for adding inclusive,
recommended books to a school library collection.
2020+K-12+Top+SOGI+Books+List+Update.pdf (squarespace.com)
WE CAN CREATE
A SAFE SPACE IN
THE LIBRARY
AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!