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LGBTQIA+: Reading Recommendations

A selection of LGBTQIA+ books, resources, and programs

LGBTQIA+ Reading Recommendations

2025 New & Noteworthy

General Fiction

General Non-Fiction

Local Authors!

Read with Pride - Previous Selections

Stonewall Award Winners & Honors

Biographies & Memoirs

Romance Reads

Graphic Novels

Upcoming Events @ SSPL

Read with Pride

Join us for a discussion of Heartstopper by Alice Oseman.

Date: Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Susman Room

Read with Pride

Join us for a discussion of Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune.

Date: Thursday, Mar 6, 2025

Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Susman Room

Accessibility @ SSPL

  • Need a library card? Register in-person or online.
  • Need to update your legal or preferred name?  Ask for a "Change of Borrow Information" form at the Circulation Desk.
  • Restroom locations: Women & Men on first floor & All Gender on the second floor of the library. Free menstrual products are available in all restrooms.
  • Self-check machines available on all levels of library

Additional Resources

Saratoga Pride

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saratoga Pride offers an extensive list of Trans & Gender Expansive Resources


Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Inc. - GuideStar Profile

Planned Parenthood's Out for Health provides outreach, education, support, connection to services, and advocacy about the importance of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in care and education. 


 The Trevor Project

 

 

 

Check out the Trevor Project Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Young People


Trans Lifeline Logo

Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.


988 Logo and Branding | SAMHSA

LGBTQI+ people under 25 can access 24/7 LGBTQI+ support via the 988 Lifeline. To call an LGBTQI-trained crisis counselor, dial 988 and then press 3. To text, send the word PRIDE to 988. To chat, you can opt-in on the Pre-Chat Survey above by checking off the box for LGBTQI+ support.


Human Rights Campaign - Wikipedia

The Human Rights Campaign works to educate the public about the transgender community and provides resources for transgender and non-binary people to live their fullest lives. For an overview of issues affecting transgender and non-binary people, you may read our resource Understanding the Transgender Community.