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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

Digital Books

Interested in the eBook or eAudiobook?

Libby.

Browse LGBTQIA+ Fiction and Nonfiction.

Getting started with Libby.


Hoopla – Franklin Square Public Library

Browse LGBTQIA+ Fiction and Nonfiction.

Getting started with Hoopla.

Digital Magazines

Magazine: 'The Advocate'. Cover image.

Since 1967, audiences and brands have trusted The Advocate to deliver critical and timely information and reporting on business, politics, arts and entertainment, family life, health, and more.

Read The Advocate on Libby


Magazine: 'OUT'. Cover image.

Out is an American LGBTQ news, fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine.

Read Out on Libby.


Getting started with Libby.

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.


LGBT National Help Center Logo

 

 

 

Care Before Crisis - All of our support volunteers identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and are here to serve the entire community, by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.


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.