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Taking place every June, Pride Month celebrates the self-affirmation, dignity, equality and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The month-long celebration was given the name Pride to encourage those feelings as the community comes together to celebrate and bolster LGBTQ+ rights movements. As people rally together, ET has put together a guide to all things Pride, including a brief history, how to celebrate and support.
How It Started
Before Pride become a celebration, it started out as a protest. June 28, 1969 marks the start of the Stonewall riots in which the queer community responded to a police raid that began at the Stonewall Inn, a bar located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, that served as a safe haven for the city’s gay, lesbian and transgender community.
We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation. (Amazon)
If you’re looking for something to do during lockdown that isn’t constantly scrolling through social media, then maybe you could try picking up new books online?
More specifically, and even better, books that put the spotlight on LGBT+ people. From personal memoirs to fiction novels both classic and modern, there’s plenty to add to or start your collection.
This list features sci-fi young adult novels that centre queer characters, books that celebrate being unashamedly queer and in love and those that highlight the struggles many LGBT+ have to face across the globe.