Your public library is here with books, resources, and experiences that can help us connect and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
- Browse: Titles we suggest for all ages.
- Attend: Upcoming events.
- View: Special displays at all three library locations.
- Test: Your Pride flag knowledge with a virtual tutorial.
- Explore: Online resources for self-paced learning (with your Oak Park card and PIN).
- Discover: Rainbow Services from your public library.
Titles we suggest
More to explore
Reading lists for kids
- Librarian-curated lists featuring LGBTQ+ creators and stories
- More books for kids, suggested by Rainbow Services Librarian Hal
From your digital library
- Available on Hoopla: Ebooks, digital audiobooks, movies, music, and comics
- Stream on Kanopy: Films and documentaries
- Browse magazines on Media on Demand/Libby: Gay Times and Out & The Advocate
Upcoming events
For adults
Wednesday Movie Matinee: Paris Is Burning
Wednesday, June 24, 1 pm, Main Library
Join us each Wednesday for an afternoon film screening at the Main Library! Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion houses, from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty.
Heated Rivalry Trivia Night
Wednesday, June 24, 7:30 pm, Main Library
Loved Heated Rivalry and ready to compete with other fans? Join us for Heated Rivalry Trivia Night at the library. So pick your side, rally your crew, and prove once and for all—you know Heated Rivalry better than anyone.
For adults & teens
Show Your Pride, Make a Sticker! (grades 9-12 & adults)
Tuesday, June 16, 6 pm, Main Library
Make a sticker to show your pride! No prior experience or design is required. During this workshop, you will design, print, and cut your own die-cut, full-color stickers. Use Canva.com to design your stickers digitally, or hand-draw them with dye-based ink markers. Print your digital design on sticker paper with the Inkjet printer. Use a lamination sheet to seal the artwork and make it waterproof. The Brother Scan N Cut machine will first scan, then cut around the sticker art for a custom die-cut style sticker.
For kids
Pride Club: DIY Rainbow Fidgets (grades 3-5)
Friday, June 12, 1 pm, Main Library
At our first Pride Club, we’ll make rainbow, Pride-themed fidgets. Choose between a trihexaflexagon folding paper fidget with a secret side, and a bead slider, or make them both!
Pride Club: Beaded Friendship Bracelets (grades 3-5)
Sunday, June 21, 1 pm, Main Library
Show off your Pride and style with a beaded bracelet. Make one for yourself or to give away to a friend!
Celebrate Pride: Shake, Rattle & Read + Stay & Play (ages 0-5)
Wednesday, June 24, 10 am, Main Library
Join us for a special storytime to celebrate Pride Month, and stick around after for a craft during Stay & Play.
Baby/Toddler Rainbow Nature Exploration (ages 0-5)
Tuesday, June 30, 10 am, Main Library
It’s never too early to start exploring nature! Black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple: every color in the Pride flag has a different meaning. Join us for a rainbow book to learn about each color represented in the Pride flag, along with nature-based science play, perfect for babies, toddlers, and their siblings. We will meet outside the library on the plaza.
Special displays at all three library locations
At all three library locations, view special displays featuring Pride flags and book recommendations that celebrate LGBTQ+ history.
Pride flag virtual tutorial
Do you know what all the colors in the Pride flag mean? Do you know which identities the flags in our display represent? Test your knowledge with our virtual trivia game; click the play button to get started!
Online resources
Sign in with your Oak Park card and PIN to access subscription-based resources that Google can’t offer:
- Gale in Context: Biography: Explore authoritative biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study, including a collection of biographies on notable LGBTQ+ figures. To start your search, choose Browse People and then select LGBTQIA+ Figures from the dropdown.
- Novelist Plus: Find book reviews, annotations, readalikes, discussion guides, and book lists for fiction and nonfiction readers. Use the advanced search option to find titles by LGBTQ+ authors by selecting LGBTQIA under Authors Cultural Identity.
- Transgender Resource Collection: A unique collection to serve transgender people and everyone seeking information, including employers, medical providers, allies, friends, and family.