Last Updated on June 24, 2025, 1:51 pm ET
Join ARL as we celebrate the culture and pride of LGBTQIA+ month during June by exploring the blogs, events, and resources at our member institutions.
Events | Blog Posts | Exhibits
Events
Tuesday, June 3
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Makeup for Teens
4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT, Mattapan - Documentary Club: Queercore—How to Punk a Revolution
5:30–7:30 p.m. EDT, Mattapan - Writing Workshop with Kayla Cottingham
6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT, Faneuil
Friday, June 6
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. EDT, Brighton
Saturday, June 7
Boston Public Library
Rainbow Sprinkles: An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Ice Cream Social
2:00 p.m.–4:00 a.m. EDT, Roslindale
Monday, June 9
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Story Time
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. EDT, North End - Drag Queen Story Time
4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT, Roxbury - Pride Friendship Bracelets
4:00–5:30 p.m. EDT, Parker Hill
Tuesday, June 10
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Story Time
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT, Connolly - Drag Queen Story Time
4:00–5:00 a.m. EDT, Copley Square - Lilt–A Fork and Shoe Production
6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT, Faneuil
Wednesday, June 11
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Story Time
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT, Uphams Corner - Drag Queen Story Time
4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT, Brighton - Mom, I Have Something To Tell You: Conversation Between Gay Men and Their Mothers—A Film Screening & Discussion with Director Rick Miller
6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square
Thursday, June 12
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:15 a.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square - Queer Zine Workshop
4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT, Jamaica Plain - Radical Reads: These Letters End in Tears
6:30–7:30 p.m. EDT, Virtual - Pride Craft Night
6:30–7:30 p.m. EDT, Brighton
Friday, June 13
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, West End
Saturday, June 14
Boston Public Library
Pride Trivia
2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT, Lower Mills
Monday, June 16
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, Honan-Allston
Tuesday, June 17
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, Honan-Allston
Wednesday, June 18
Boston Public Library
- Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, Honan-Allston - West End Book Club: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
3:00–4:00 p.m. West End - Drag Bingo Night with Rose Quartz!
6:00–7:30 a.m. EDT, Honan-Allston
Friday, June 20
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, Egleston Square
Saturday, June 21
Boston Public Library
- Another World is Already Poem-ing—Arts Workshop and Poetry Reading
1:00–4:00 p.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square - Queer Crafts
3:00–4:00 p.m. EDT, Faneuil
Monday, June 23
Boston Public Library
Drag Queen Story Time
10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT, Chill on Park
Tuesday, June 24
Boston Public Library
Family Movie Matinée: Strange World (2022-PG)
2:00–4:00 a.m. EDT, Lower Mills
Wednesday, June 25
Boston Public Library
- Cooking with Pride
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EDT, Roxbury - The Queer Language of Flowers
4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT, South Boston
Blog Posts
Boston Public Library
BPL Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Emory University Libraries
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month: 10 New Titles in Emory Libraries’ Collection
Johns Hopkins University Libraries
LGBTQ+ Data and Collections
University of Guelph Library
Celebrating Pride Month
University of Ottawa Library
Celebrate Pride Month at the Library
University of Utah Library
Manroot: A Celebration of Pride
Exhibits/Other Resources
Duke University Libraries
Celebrating Pride Month
University of Arizona Libraries
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2025
University of California, Berkeley, Library
Pride Month 2025
University of California, Irvine, Libraries
Celebrating Pride Month
University of Michigan Library
Celebrate Pride Month with University of Michigan Press and Big Ten Open Books
University of New Mexico University Libraries
Celebrate Pride Month with UNM’s Zimmerman Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Pride Resources at the University Libraries
University of Saskatchewan Library
Pride, Not Prejudice
University of Utah Library
8 Books to Add to Your Shelf in Celebration of Pride Month
University of Virginia Library
Celebrate Pride Month with 9 Books and Films on the Trans Experience
Wayne State University Libraries
June’s Subject of the Month is Queer Resistance and Liberation
