LGBT History Month

Explore books recommended by your Arlington Public Schools Libraries as we shine an extra spotlight on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history during LGBT History Month in October. 

Reach out to your school library staff for more suggestions and support. Happy reading!

Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring

 by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Josh Cochran

print | e-book

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Steven Salerno

print | e-book

The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful 

by Michelle Millar Fisher, illustrated by Kat Kuang

print

A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington

by Carole Boston Wetherford and Rob Sanders, illustrated by Byron McCray

print | e-book

Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. 

by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Jamey Christoph

print | e-book

Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History

by Joy Michael Ellison and Teshika Silver, illustrated by Teshika Silver

print

Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement

by Stella Caldwell, illustrated by Season of Victory

print | e-book

Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle

by Robin Stevenson

print | e-book

Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

 by Sarah Prager, illustrated by Sarah Papworth

print | e-book | audio

Queer Heroes

by Arabelle Sicardi, illustrated by Sarah Tanat-Jones

print | e-book

Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib

print | e-book

The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later

by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project

print | e-book

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo

print | e-book | audio | Spanish

A Queer History of the United States for Young People

by Michael Bronski, adapted by Richie Chevat

print | e-book

Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World

by Sarah Prager, illustrated by Zoë More O'Ferrall

print | e-book