Thoughtful Conversations Series: Pride Month

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A community that supports and respects each other creates citizens who inspire and support each other. 

The library serves everyone in the quest for knowledge and lifelong learning.

We know there is a lot happening right now, and many conversations to be had as family, friends, communities, and neighbors.  With this ongoing series, we'll be focusing on parts of our collection to help support your conversations at home and with others.  Upcoming topics will be varied and include: fear and anxiety, mental health, and grief.

To place holds from Bluffton Public Library, click on the links below: 

Note: This is not a complete list.  Looking for more options or titles?  Please explore the library catalog or request help from the library staff.  

FOR ADULTS

• A positive view of LGBTQ: embracing identity and cultivating well-being / Ellen D.B. Riggle and Sharon S. Rostosky
• This is a book for parents of gay kids: a question-and-answer guide to everyday life / Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo
• When we rise: my life in the movement / Cleve Jones
• Trans* in college: transgender students' strategies for navigating campus life and the institutional politics of inclusion / Z. Nicolazzo
• High school / Sara Quin & Tegan Quin
• Binge / Tyler Oakley
• Ask a queer chick: a guide to sex, love, and life for girls who dig girls / Lindsay King-Miller
• Gender queer / a memoir by Maia Kobabe ; colors by Phoebe Kobabe
• The house of impossible beauties / Joseph Cassara
• You'll grow out of it / Jessi Klein
• Red, white & royal blue / Casey McQuiston
• The 57 bus / Dashka Slater

FOR TEENS

• Stonewall: breaking out in the fight for gay rights / Ann Bausum
• Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender) teen / Jazz Jennings
• Queer, there, and everywhere: 23 people who changed the world / by Sarah Prager; illustrations by Zoë More O'Ferrall.
• Beyond magenta : transgender teens speak out / Susan Kuklin
• Fun home : a family tragicomic / Alison Bechdel
• Hot dog girl / Jennifer Dugan
• The Black Flamingo / Dean Atta
• Openly straight / Bill Konigsberg
• I'll give you the sun / by Jandy Nelson
• Kings, queens, and in-betweens / Tanya Boteju
• 19 love songs / David Levithan
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda / Becky Albertalli
• Ziggy, Stardust & me / James Brandon
• Leah on the offbeat / by Becky Albertalli
• Rethinking normal : a memoir in transition / Katie Rain Hill with Ariel Schrag
• The love and lies of Rukhsana Ali / Sabina Khan
• The stars and the blackness between them / by Junauda Petrus
• Ramona blue / Julie Murphy
• The inside of out / by Jenn Marie Thorne

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