NEW LGBTQIA+ YA GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Northside students LOVE graphic novels, so we were pleased to find a list of new LGBTQIA+ focused graphic novels for Pride Month. From Heartstopper––a high school aged queer love story that also tackles topics in mental health and social inequality in powerful ways. (The story spans three volumes so far and is scheduled to be a Netflix series!)––to Bingo Love, a bittersweet story of two women loving each other well into their grey years. Here is a great roundup of uplifting graphic novels for our YA readers. This article on INKspire has the full reviews: https://inkspire.org/lgbtq-comics-graphicnovels.
The Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Committee
LGBTQIA+ pride reading list
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is commemorated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQIA+ Americans were commonly subjected. As historian Lillian Faderman has written, Stonewall was “the shot heard round the world…crucial because it sounded the rally for the movement.” This uprising marked the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQIA+ Americans. Today, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, attracting millions of participants around the world. This June marks the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in NYC. Find out more about NYC Pride events and the history of Stonewall by clicking here.
If you are able, please support our local bookstores who are friends of WNS: Greenlight and McNally Jackson.
picture books for children
Julián at the Wedding by Jessica Love
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin & Kate Alizadeh.
Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan van Ness & Gillian Reid
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni
Be Amazing by Desmond is Amazing and Dylan Glynn
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff & Kaylani Juanita
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss & E.G. Keller
Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders & Steven Salerno
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer & Holly Clifton-Brown
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell & Henry Cole
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Lovely by Jess Hong
A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary & Qin Leng
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton & Dougal MacPherson
Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian & Mike Curato
Meet My Family! Animal Babies and Their Families by Laura Purdie Salas & Stephanie Fizer Coleman
young adult books
“Pet” by Akwaeke Emezi
“George” by Alex Gino
“Rick” by Alex Gino
"Better Nate Than Ever” by Tim Federle
“Drama” by Raina Telgemeier
“Felix Yz” by Lisa Bunker
"A Home for Goddesses and Dogs” by Leslie Connor
"Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World” by Ashley Herring Blake
"Lily and Dunkin” by Donna Gephart
"Addie on the Inside” by James Howe
"Two Boys Kissing” by David Levithan
novels and historical books for adults
“If I Fall” by Lauryn A Brooks
”The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle” by Lillian Faderman
”Rethinking Law, Violence, and Justice” Published by Oxford University Press by Latika Vashisht and Jyoti Dogra Sood
”Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity” by Judith Butler (Author)
“And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality” by Mark Segal
Julie Maroh, “Blue is the Warmest Color”
Hasan Namir, “God in Pink”
Dia Felix, “Nochita”
Justin Vivian Bond, “Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High-Heels”
Sophie Campbell, “Shadoweyes”
Elisha Lim, “100 Crushes”
Karen Bartlett, “Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend”
”An Unkindness of Ghosts” by Rivers Solomon
Sonia Patel, “Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story”
”Sissy” by Jacob Tobia
”We Are Everywhere” by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown
”On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
”Fairest” by Meredith Talusan
”Boy Erased” by Garrard Conley
”The Stonewall Reader”
”Stonewall” by Martin Duberman
”Lot” by Bryan Washington
”Untamed” by Glennon Doyle
”Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
”Rubyfruit Jungle” by Rita Mae Brown
”All My Mother’s Lovers” by Ilana Masad
”Real Life” by Brandon Taylor
”Here for It” by R. Eric Thomas
”Torch Song Trilogy” by Harvey Fierstein
”Take Me With You” by Andrea Gibson
”The Life and Death of Sophie Stark” by Anna North
”The Rules Do Not Apply” by Ariel Levy
”Romance in Marseille” by Claude McKay
”A Brief History of Seven Killings” by Marlon James
contact
To contact the DEI Committee, please email DEIcommittee@wnspa.org
multi-media lgbtqIA+ resources for parents and families
LGBTQ+ New York City
In New York City, our Pride can’t be contained to the month of June—we celebrate 365 days a year. Here’s your official guide to the world’s most welcoming LGBTQ+ destination.
Find out more about ways to celebrate PRIDE in NYC by clicking here.
teaching resources from the Anti-Defamation League
The ADL has a list of resources and curriculum for educators that you can explore by clicking here.
transgender artists
Nomi Ruiz is a Brooklyn born actress and musician. She has been outspoken about discrimination in the music industry and has published intimate essays on feminism, sex, romance, and gender identity. Listen to Jessica6 on Spotify.
movies to watch
Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma (2019)
Tangerine by Sean Baker (2015)
Girl by Lukas Dhont (2018)
Moonlight by Barry Jenkins (2016)
A Single Man by Tom Ford (2009)
Sauvage by Camille Vidal-Naquet (2018)
Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino (2017)
Été 85 (Summer of 85) by François Ozon (2020)
Blue is the Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche (2013)
Port Authority by Danielle Lessovitz (2019)
Knife+Heart by Yann Gonzalez (2018)
120 Beats per Minute by Robin Campillo (2017)
Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee (2005)
Heartbeats by Xavier Dolan (2010)
Kill Your Darlings by John Krokidas (2013)
Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert (2014)
Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry (2000)
Milk by Gus Van Sant (2008)
Sorry Angel by Christophe Honoré (2018)
Tomboy by Céline Sciamma (2011)
The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper (2015)
Hidden Kisses by Didier Bivel (2016)
Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne (2013)
Tom of Finland by Dome Karukoski (2017)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Desiree Akhavan (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody by Dexter Fletcher (2018)
Carol by Todd Haynes (2015)
Love, Simon by Greg Berlanti (2017)
God's Own Country by Francis Lee (2017)
Pride by Matthew Warchus (2014)
Historical + documentary Films
‘Gay USA’ (1977)
‘Before Stonewall’ (1984)
‘Jeffrey’ (1995)
‘Pride’ (2014)
’The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’ (2017), Netflix
’Milk’ (2008), Netflix
’Sylvia Rivera: A Tribute’ (2011), YouTube
’We Were Here’ (2011), iTunes
’Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community’ (1984), Amazon Prime
’Paris is Burning’ (1990), Netflix
’Kinsey’ (2004), iTunes
’We’ve Been Around’ (2016), wevebeenaround.com
’Vito’ (2011), Amazon Prime
’No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon’ (2003), Amazon Prime
Please watch A Social Cure, a film by Northside parent Meissa Hampton. A Social Cure travels to South Africa to investigate the epicenter of the HIV pandemic to expand the potential of our social networking technologies and explore how we can contribute a future free from HIV.