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Pride Month

Happy Pride Month!

Celebrate by browsing our brand new updated book lists or by checking out our featured virtual event with Ruby Barrett!

Author Reading with Ruby Barrett

Register Now!

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Join us for a special virtual Pride Month event with celebrated queer romance writer Ruby Barrett, author of the Lambda Literary Award nominated novel The Romance Recipe! Register here to make sure you receive the Zoom link for the event, which takes places at 6pm PST on June 20th.

Hear Ruby read from her work and enjoy a conversation between Ruby and library staff about The Romance Recipe and her other work, being a queer romance author, LGBTQ+ books, and more! At the end of the event, attendees are welcome to ask Ruby questions of their own.

Ruby Barrett writes steamy romances about big feelings, featuring but not limited to: soft boys, angry girls who are secretly soft, and hot sex. Ruby is inspired by the intimate details of everyday life and always being the thirstiest friend in the group chat. Mutual pleasure, pining, and healing are common themes in her romances. Before she was a romance author, Ruby worked as a groom on a horse farm, a cigarette package warning label researcher for the Canadian Cancer Society, an essayist for a millennial parenting website, and a matchmaker where she was really good at meeting new clients but terrible at creating matches. When she’s not writing, Ruby can be found at the gym, lifting heavy things and battling toxic masculinity one gym bro at a time. And, of course, she is always reading romance. She is a bi woman who lives in Ottawa, Canada where she gets her own happily ever after with her husband and daughter. Ruby is the author of: HOT COPY and THE ROMANCE RECIPE, from Carina Press and Carina Adores; and, the short erotic fiction, “Our Fragile Mouths” featured in The Big Book of Orgasms, Vol. 2 from Cleis Press.

Pride Movie Screenings at the Sooke Library

Someone Like Me: Documentary about a a gay asylum seeker from Uganda, and a group of strangers from Vancouver’s queer community who are tasked with supporting his resettlement in Canada. Wednesday, June 7, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Rafiki: Feature film from Kenya about two teen girls, Kena and Ziki, who live very different lives in Nairobi but are drawn to each other. Soon their interest grows to affection and the girls find ways to love each other despite the ever-watching gaze of the neighbourhood. Monday, June 12, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Standing On the Line: Documentary about breaking the code of silence that prevails on the field, on the ice and in the locker room. This film takes a fresh and often moving look at some of our gay and lesbian athletes, who share their experiences with the camera. Monday, June 26, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Language Lessons: Feature film that is bittersweet, honest, and at times darkly funny and an award-winning debut from director Natalie Morales. It is a poignant, funny, and emotionally resonant exploration of platonic love between a queer man and his woman Spanish teacher in the wake of tragedy. Wednesday, June 28, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Pride Movie Screening at the Nanaimo North Library

Pride: Feature film set the UK in 1984 about the surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership between striking miners and gay and lesbian activists. Friday, June 2, 2-4pm

Pride Tissue Paper Stars at Various Branches

Check out your local branch for a take and make craft kit, so you can make your very own pride flag-themed tissue paper star! Or, if you’d like to do it at home with your own materials, you can download the instructions here: Pride Tissue Paper Stars Instructions – 2023.

Pride Digital Collections

Interested in reading 2SLGBTQ+ ebooks and digital audiobooks from the library’s digital collection? Check out these curated list on Libby:

  • Pride Month Titles from our Adult Booklists (focus on new books 2022 and 2023)
  • Books with LGBTQIA+ Main Characters (a mix of classic and new books)
  • YA Read with Pride

Bisexual and Pansexual Books for Adults

Nothing but blackened teeth Cover
Nothing but blackened…
Khaw, Cassandra, author.
People change Cover
People change
Shraya, Vivek, 1981- author.
The perfect crimes of Marian Hayes : a novel Cover
The perfect crimes…
Sebastian, Cat, author.
Bi : the hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality Cover
Bi : the…
Shaw, Julia (Professor), author.
A lot like adiós : a novel Cover
A lot like…
Daria, Alexis, author.
The daughters of Izdihar Cover
The daughters of…
Elsbai, Hadeer, author.
Roses, in the mouth of a lion Cover
Roses, in the…
Rehman, Bushra, author.
You made a fool of death with your beauty : a novel Cover
You made a…
Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
People change Cover
People change
Shraya, Vivek, 1981- author.
Mademoiselle revolution Cover
Mademoiselle revolution
Sivak, Zoe, author.
Endpapers Cover
Endpapers
Kelly, Jennifer Savran, 1974- author.
A dowry of blood Cover
A dowry of…
Gibson, S. T., author.
Boyslut : a memoir and manifesto Cover
Boyslut : a…
Zane, Zachary, author.
The romance recipe Cover
The romance recipe
Barrett, Ruby, author.
A good day to pie Cover
A good day…
Popp, Misha, author.
Bisexual men exist : a handbook for bisexual, pansexual and m-spec men Cover
Bisexual men exist…
Mehta, Vaneet, author.
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LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Adult Fiction

Junie Cover
Junie
Knight, Chelene, 1981- author.
This town sleeps : a novel Cover
This town sleeps…
Staples, Dennis E., author.
When we were sisters : a novel Cover
When we were…
Asghar, Fatimah, author.
The Unfortunates : a novel Cover
The Unfortunates :…
Chukwu, J K., author.
The faithless Cover
The faithless
Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.), author.
A minor chorus : a novel Cover
A minor chorus…
Belcourt, Billy-Ray, author.
Light from uncommon stars Cover
Light from uncommon…
Aoki, Ryka, author.
Noopiming : the cure for white ladies Cover
Noopiming : the…
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.
Noopiming : the cure for white ladies Cover
Noopiming : the…
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.
Noopiming : the cure for white ladies Cover
Noopiming : the…
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.
Màgòdiz Cover
Màgòdiz
Calderón, Gabe, author.
Even though I knew the end Cover
Even though I…
Polk, C. L. (Chelsea L.), author.
A minor chorus : a novel Cover
A minor chorus…
Belcourt, Billy-Ray, author.
Buffalo is the new Buffalo : stories Cover
Buffalo is the…
Vowel, Chelsea, author.
Junie Cover
Junie
Knight, Chelene, 1981- author.
Carmilla : the first vampire Cover
Carmilla : the…
Chu, Amy, author.
Your driver is waiting : a novel Cover
Your driver is…
Guns, Priya, author.
Rainbow milk : a novel Cover
Rainbow milk :…
Mendez, Paul, 1982- author.
The battle drum : a novel Cover
The battle drum…
El-Arifi, Saara, author.
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Rainbow Romances

Out of character Cover
Out of character
Café con lychee Cover
Café con lychee
Satisfaction guaranteed Cover
Satisfaction guaranteed
Written in the stars : a novel Cover
Written in the…
Paris Daillencourt is about to crumble Cover
Paris Daillencourt is…
Astrid Parker doesn't fail Cover
Astrid Parker doesn't…
The secret lives of country gentlemen Cover
The secret lives…
How to find a princess Cover
How to find…
Glitterland Cover
Glitterland
The queer principles of Kit Webb : a novel Cover
The queer principles…
Kiss her once for me : a novel Cover
Kiss her once…
Meet cute diary Cover
Meet cute diary
New adult Cover
New adult
Two rogues make a right Cover
Two rogues make…
Always the almost : a novel Cover
Always the almost…
Sorry, bro Cover
Sorry, bro
The hate project Cover
The hate project
And they lived ... Cover
And they lived…
Payback's a witch Cover
Payback's a witch
Never been kissed Cover
Never been kissed
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. Cover
Iris Kelly Doesn't…
Stay gold Cover
Stay gold
Cleat Cute : A Novel. Cover
Cleat Cute :…
Something wild & wonderful Cover
Something wild &…
The romantic agenda Cover
The romantic agenda
The romance recipe Cover
The romance recipe
Cheer up! : love and pompoms Cover
Cheer up! :…
The life revamp Cover
The life revamp
Mistakes were made : a novel Cover
Mistakes were made…
I'm so (not) over you Cover
I'm so (not)…
Love at first set : a novel Cover
Love at first…
Behind the scenes Cover
Behind the scenes
Love & other disasters Cover
Love & other…
Something to talk about Cover
Something to talk…
Island time : a novel Cover
Island time :…
Count your lucky stars : a novel Cover
Count your lucky…
We could be so good : a novel Cover
We could be…
The fiancée farce : a novel Cover
The fiancée farce…
The care and feeding of waspish widows Cover
The care and…
Back in a spell Cover
Back in a…
The charm offensive : a novel Cover
The charm offensive…
Hellion's waltz Cover
Hellion's waltz
Out of the blue Cover
Out of the…
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Two Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ Books for Adults

Elatsoe Cover
Elatsoe
Little Badger, Darcie, 1987- author.
A broken blade Cover
A broken blade
Blair, Melissa, 1995- author.
A generous spirit Cover
A generous spirit
Brant, Beth, 1941-2015.
Making love with the land : essays Cover
Making love with…
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer), author.
Jonny Appleseed : a novel Cover
Jonny Appleseed :…
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
nîtisânak Cover
nîtisânak
Nixon, Lindsay, 1987- author.
It was never going to be okay Cover
It was never…
Simpson, Jaye, author.
Postcolonial love poem Cover
Postcolonial love poem
Diaz, Natalie, author.
A snake falls to Earth Cover
A snake falls…
Little Badger, Darcie, 1987- author.
Màgòdiz Cover
Màgòdiz
Calderón, Gabe, author.
Love after the end : an anthology of two-spirit & indigiqueer speculative fiction Cover
Love after the…
Reclaiming Two-Spirits : sexuality, spiritual renewal & sovereignty in Native America Cover
Reclaiming Two-Spirits :…
Smithers, Gregory D., 1974- author.
Noopiming : the cure for white ladies Cover
Noopiming : the…
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.
Too much lip : a novel Cover
Too much lip…
Lucashenko, Melissa, author.
Buffalo is the new buffalo Cover
Buffalo is the…
Vowel, Chelsea, author.
Kiss of the fur queen Cover
Kiss of the…
Highway, Tomson, 1951- author.
Jonny Appleseed : a novel Cover
Jonny Appleseed :…
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
A history of my brief body : a memoir Cover
A history of…
Belcourt, Billy-Ray, author.
A minor chorus : a novel Cover
A minor chorus…
Belcourt, Billy-Ray, author.
Indigiqueerness : a conversation about storytelling Cover
Indigiqueerness : a…
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer), author.
A minor chorus : a novel Cover
A minor chorus…
Belcourt, Billy-Ray, author.
Sovereign erotics : a collection of two-spirit literature Cover
Sovereign erotics :…
The summer of bitter and sweet Cover
The summer of…
Ferguson, Jen, author.
Disintegrate/Dissociate : poems Cover
Disintegrate/Dissociate : poems
Twist, Arielle, 1994- author.
Feed Cover
Feed
Pico, Tommy, author.
A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder Cover
A two-spirit journey…
Chacaby, Ma-Nee, 1950- author.
Love beyond body, space, and time [paperback] Cover
Love beyond body,…
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LGBTQ+ Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for Adults

The city of dusk Cover
The city of…
Sim, Tara, author.
Buffalo is the new buffalo Cover
Buffalo is the…
Vowel, Chelsea, author.
Ocean's echo Cover
Ocean's echo
Maxwell, Everina, author.
Everyone on the moon is essential personnel : stories Cover
Everyone on the…
Jarboe, Julian K., author.
Elegy for the undead : a novella Cover
Elegy for the…
Vesely, Matthew, author.
A master of djinn Cover
A master of…
Clark, P. Djèlí, author.
The low, low woods Cover
The low, low…
Machado, Carmen Maria, author.
The unbalancing Cover
The unbalancing
Lemberg, R. B., author.
Black sun Cover
Black sun
Roanhorse, Rebecca, author.
The seep Cover
The seep
Porter, Chana, 1984- author.
The genesis of misery Cover
The genesis of…
Yang, Neon, author.
To be taught, if fortunate Cover
To be taught,…
Chambers, Becky, author.
Common bonds : a speculative aromantic anthology Cover
Common bonds :…
Subcutanean 30287 Cover
Subcutanean 30287
Reed, Aaron (Aaron A.), author.
Love after the end : an anthology of two-spirit & indigiqueer speculative fiction Cover
Love after the…
Kaikeyi : a novel Cover
Kaikeyi : a…
Patel, Vaishnavi, author.
What moves the dead Cover
What moves the…
Kingfisher, T., author.
Black water sister Cover
Black water sister
Cho, Zen, author.
Even though I knew the end Cover
Even though I…
Polk, C. L. (Chelsea L.), author.
SFSX. Volume 1, Protection Cover
SFSX. Volume 1,…
Horn, Tina, author.
The unbroken Cover
The unbroken
Clark, C. L. (Cherae L.), author.
A desolation called peace Cover
A desolation called…
Martine, Arkady, author.
Spear Cover
Spear
Griffith, Nicola, author.
Phoenix extravagant Cover
Phoenix extravagant
Lee, Yoon Ha, 1979- author.
The house in the cerulean sea Cover
The house in…
Klune, TJ, author.
The city of dusk Cover
The city of…
Sim, Tara, author.
Manhunt Cover
Manhunt
Felker-Martin, Gretchen, author.
Light from uncommon stars Cover
Light from uncommon…
Aoki, Ryka, author.
Queer little nightmares : an anthology of monstrous fiction and poetry Cover
Queer little nightmares…
Buffalo is the new Buffalo : stories Cover
Buffalo is the…
Vowel, Chelsea, author.
The book eaters Cover
The book eaters
Dean, Sunyi, author.
A taste of gold and iron Cover
A taste of…
Rowland, Alexandra, author.
Into the riverlands Cover
Into the riverlands
Vo, Nghi, author.
The unbalancing : A Birdverse Novel Cover
The unbalancing :…
Lemberg, R. B., author.
Manhunt Cover
Manhunt
Felker-Martin, Gretchen, author.
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YA Novels with Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Characters

Lark & Kasim start a revolution Cover
Lark & Kasim…
Young Adult
Sawkill Girls Cover
Sawkill Girls
Young Adult
The greatest thing Cover
The greatest thing
Young Adult
Strictly no heroics Cover
Strictly no heroics
Young Adult
Loveless Cover
Loveless
Young Adult
That inevitable Victorian thing Cover
That inevitable Victorian…
Young Adult
If I can give you that Cover
If I can…
Young Adult
The wise and the wicked Cover
The wise and…
Young Adult
Game on : 15 stories of wins, losses, and everything in between Cover
Game on :…
Young Adult
Deadendia. The watcher's test Cover
Deadendia. The watcher's…
Young Adult
The lost coast Cover
The lost coast
Young Adult
Fire becomes her Cover
Fire becomes her
Young Adult
The girl who was convinced beyond all reason that she could fly Cover
The girl who…
Young Adult
Out of the blue Cover
Out of the…
Young Adult
What makes you beautiful Cover
What makes you…
Young Adult
I wish you all the best Cover
I wish you…
Young Adult
Something like gravity Cover
Something like gravity
Young Adult
Stay gold Cover
Stay gold
Young Adult
The names we take Cover
The names we…
Young Adult
Out now : queer we go again! Cover
Out now :…
Young Adult
Just Ash Cover
Just Ash
Young Adult
Between perfect and real Cover
Between perfect and…
Young Adult
The kindred Cover
The kindred
Young Adult
Spell bound Cover
Spell bound
Young Adult
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Transgender and Nonbinary Fiction and Poetry for Adults

Pageboy : a memoir Cover
Pageboy : a…
Page, Elliot, 1987- author.
Future feeling : a novel Cover
Future feeling :…
Lake, Joss, author.
Dead collections Cover
Dead collections
Fellman, Isaac R., author.
Sorrowland Cover
Sorrowland
Solomon, Rivers, author.
It was never going to be okay Cover
It was never…
Simpson, Jaye, author.
Finna Cover
Finna
Cipri, Nino, author.
In their shoes : navigating non-binary life Cover
In their shoes…
Windust, Jamie, author.
Detransition, baby : a novel Cover
Detransition, baby :…
Peters, Torrey, author.
Heckin' lewd : trans and nonbinary erotica Cover
Heckin' lewd :…
The subtweet : a novel Cover
The subtweet :…
Shraya, Vivek, 1981- author.
Everyone on the moon is essential personnel : stories Cover
Everyone on the…
Jarboe, Julian K., author.
Trans-galactic bike ride : feminist bicycle science fiction stories of transgender and nonbinary adventurers Cover
Trans-galactic bike ride…
Care of : letters, connections, and cures Cover
Care of :…
Coyote, Ivan, 1969- author.
Our work is everywhere : an illustrated oral history of queer & trans resistance Cover
Our work is…
Rose, Syan, 1990- author, artist.
Confessions of the fox : a novel Cover
Confessions of the…
Rosenberg, Jordy, author.
A place called no homeland Cover
A place called…
Thom, Kai Cheng, author.
Honey walls Cover
Honey walls
McKay, Bones, author.
Black boy out of time : a memoir Cover
Black boy out…
Ziyad, Hari, author.
You made a fool of death with your beauty : a novel Cover
You made a…
Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
All the things they said we couldn't have : stories of trans joy Cover
All the things…
Oakes-Monger, T. C., author.
The thirty names of night : a novel Cover
The thirty names…
Joukhadar, Zeyn, author.
Meanwhile, elsewhere : science fiction and fantasy from transgender writers Cover
Meanwhile, elsewhere :…
Zom-fam : poems Cover
Zom-fam : poems
La Mackerel, Kama, 1984- author.
Little blue encyclopedia : (for Vivian) Cover
Little blue encyclopedia…
Plante, Hazel Jane, 1972- author.
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2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalists for LGBTQ+ Literature

Never simple Cover
Never simple
Scheier, Liz, author.
God's children are little broken things : stories Cover
God's children are…
Ifeakandu, Arinze, author.
The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school Cover
The lesbiana's guide…
Reyes, Sonora, author.
Feral city : on finding liberation in lockdown New York Cover
Feral city :…
Moss, Jeremiah, 1971- author.
The romance recipe Cover
The romance recipe
Barrett, Ruby, author.
Faltas : letters to everyone in my hometown who isn't my rapist Cover
Faltas : letters…
Gentili, Cecilia, author.
Mistakes were made : a novel Cover
Mistakes were made…
Wilsner, Meryl, author.
Open : an uncensored memoir of love, liberation, and non-monogamy Cover
Open : an…
Krantz, Rachel, author.
Call me Cassandra Cover
Call me Cassandra
Gala, Marcial, 1963- author.
The crane wife : a memoir in essays Cover
The crane wife…
Hauser, CJ, author.
Mother ocean father nation : a novel Cover
Mother ocean father…
Batsha, Nishant, author.
I'm so (not) over you Cover
I'm so (not)…
Jackson, Kosoko, author.
Kiss her once for me : a novel Cover
Kiss her once…
Cochrun, Alison, author.
The Women's House of Detention : a queer history of a forgotten prison Cover
The Women's House…
Ryan, Hugh, 1978- author.
Our wives under the sea Cover
Our wives under…
Armfield, Julia, author.
Lost & found : a memoir Cover
Lost & found…
Schulz, Kathryn, author.
Lavender House Cover
Lavender House
Rosen, Lev AC, author.
Ma and me : a memoir Cover
Ma and me…
Reang, Putsata, 1974- author.
Beast at every threshold : poems Cover
Beast at every…
Wee, Natalie, author.
Other ever afters : new queer fairy tales Cover
Other ever afters…
Gillman, Melanie, author.
High-risk homosexual : a memoir Cover
High-risk homosexual :…
Gomez, Edgar (Writer), author.
And there he kept her Cover
And there he…
Moehling, Joshua, author.
Into the riverlands Cover
Into the riverlands
Vo, Nghi, author.
Dirt Creek Cover
Dirt Creek
Scrivenor, Hayley, author.
Didn't nobody give a shit what happened to Carlotta Cover
Didn't nobody give…
Hannaham, James, author.
Alive at the end of the world : poems Cover
Alive at the…
Jones, Saeed, author.
The foghorn echoes Cover
The foghorn echoes
Ramadan, Ahmad Danny, author.
Nightcrawling Cover
Nightcrawling
Mottley, Leila, 2002- author.
Lakelore Cover
Lakelore
McLemore, Anna-Marie, author.
Gods of want : stories Cover
Gods of want…
Chang, K-Ming, author.
Pretty baby : a memoir Cover
Pretty baby :…
Belcher, Chris, 1985- author.
Big girl : a novel Cover
Big girl :…
Sullivan, Mecca Jamilah, author.
How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures Cover
How far the…
Imbler, Sabrina, author.
The Paradox Hotel : a novel Cover
The Paradox Hotel…
Hart, Rob (Fiction writer), author.
Funny gyal : my fight against homophobia in Jamaica Cover
Funny gyal :…
Jackson, Angeline, author.
The third person Cover
The third person
Grove, Emma, author, illustrator.
The call-out : a novel in rhyme Cover
The call-out :…
Fitzpatrick, Cat, author.
Reluctant immortals Cover
Reluctant immortals
Kiste, Gwendolyn, author.
My government means to kill me Cover
My government means…
Newson, Rasheed, author.
Mamo Cover
Mamo
Milledge, Sas, author, illustrator.
Queerly beloved : a novel Cover
Queerly beloved :…
Dumond, Susie, author.
A pros and cons list for strong feelings : a graphic memoir Cover
A pros and…
Betke-Brunswick, Will, 1988- author, illustrator.
The book eaters Cover
The book eaters
Dean, Sunyi, author.
The summer of bitter and sweet Cover
The summer of…
Ferguson, Jen, author.
Roses, in the mouth of a lion Cover
Roses, in the…
Rehman, Bushra, author.
Wrath goddess sing : a novel Cover
Wrath goddess sing…
Deane, Maya, 1985- author.
Gay giant Cover
Gay giant
Ebensperger, Gabriel, author, illustrator.
Another Appalachia : coming up queer and Indian in a mountain place Cover
Another Appalachia :…
Avashia, Neema, author.
Meet us by the roaring sea : a novel Cover
Meet us by…
Kumarasamy, Akil, 1988- author.
The greatest thing Cover
The greatest thing
Searle, Sarah Winifred, author, illustrator.
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LGBTQ+ YA Novels with Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Characters

Elatsoe Cover
Elatsoe
Young Adult
Lakelore Cover
Lakelore
Young Adult
The love & lies of Rukhsana Ali Cover
The love &…
Young Adult
Bitter Cover
Bitter
Young Adult
Ophelia after all Cover
Ophelia after all
Young Adult
The turning pointe Cover
The turning pointe
Young Adult
Drizzle, dreams, and lovestruck things Cover
Drizzle, dreams, and…
Young Adult
The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school Cover
The lesbiana's guide…
Young Adult
Last night at the Telegraph Club Cover
Last night at…
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