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Pride Month 2019: Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall with the Library by Jason Baumann, Susan and Douglas Dillon Director for Collection Development and Global Studies, Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingJune 1, 2019

Pride #Stonewall50

This Pride Month is a perfect time to visit The New York Public Library's exhibition Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50, which is open through July 13; attend events with LGBTQ authors, activists, and performers; and explore film screenings, workshops, and discussions at our locations across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

EXHIBITION

Pride Totes

Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50

Discover the emergence of the LGBTQ civil rights and liberation movements with images from pioneering photojournalists Kay Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies.  

PRIDE MONTH EVENTS

Outside the Lines: LGBTQ Coming-of-Age Comics

A panel of artists and creators discuss the form of the graphic memoir and its power to explore coming of age as an LGBTQ youth.

Monday, June 3 | 6:30 PM
Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street

First Fridays: Black LGBTQ World Pride Edition

Kick off Pride Month with the 5th Annual First Fridays: Gay Pride Edition in recognition of the Schomburg Center's In the Life Archive—a collection of materials of and by the Black LGBTQ community from the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division.

Friday, June 7 | 6 PM
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Anti-Prom 2019: Duality

Teens can dance the night away at the Library and check out the Duality-inspired fashions created by NYPL's teen designers. Student ID is required.

Friday, June 7 | 6:30 PM
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
 

Pride Totes

Show Off Your Library Pride

Get a limited-edition NYPL or Schomburg Center Pride tote at select events this month. Donate online and save $3, while supplies last. All proceeds support programs and collections at The New York Public Library and Schomburg Center.

Schomburg Center Pride Film Fest

Pose in front of our Pride flag, socialize, network, and explore the Black queer experience with a series of group discussions and three groundbreaking films.

Saturday, June 15 | 12 Noon–6 PM
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Pinko: Gay Liberation Press Today

The New York Public Library and Pinko Magazine present Amber Hollibaugh, Barms of Red Bloom, and Che Gossett in a conversation about the gay revolutionary press and what its legacy means for queer movements today.

Saturday, June 15 | 3 PM
Tompkins Square Library

Legacies Inherited: Miss Major and Janet Mock with Tourmaline

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, legendary activists Miss Major, Janet Mock, and Tourmaline draw on their collective decades of experience as trans women of color.
 
Wednesday, June 19 | 6:30 PM
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
 

The Stonewall Reader

Library Shop Stonewall Collection

Show off your pride with the Stonewall collection at the Library Shop. Library cardholders will receive 10% off purchases on the first Saturday of each month at the store in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Film Screening: Major!

Award-winning documentary Major! explores the life of living legend Miss Major and her ongoing leadership in movements for trans liberation.

Thursday, June 20 | 6 PM
Bronx Library Center

The Library After Hours: Pride

Celebrate World Pride at the Library! Explore the history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement and enjoy curator talks, readings by special guests, a literary drag show, and more.

Friday, June 21 | 7 PM
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 

Fifty Shades of Jonée

Jacqueline Jonée returns with a sparkling brand-new presentation for two farewell Gay Pride performances with the JouJou Jacquettes Philharmonic Orchestra.

Monday, June 24 | 2:30 PM & 6 PM
Library for the Performing Arts
 
Pride Month

Donate and Get Great Benefits

Donate to the LGBTQ Initiative and help the Library preserve and increase access to its LGBTQ collections for all. Your contribution makes you part of the Friends of the Library membership program and gives you access to special benefits such as discounted tickets and invitations to member-only events.

Scenes from The Plague War—the Martin Duberman Fellowship Lecture

2018–19 Martin Duberman Fellow Emily Bass previews her forthcoming book, The Plague War, the first history of America's war on AIDS in Africa.

Thursday, June 27 | 6:30 PM
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

After Stonewall: 50 Years of Black & Brown Resistance

Held in collaboration with NYPL curators of the exhibition Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50, this program examines the impact of Black and Brown resistance on the start and growth of the gay pride movement in New York City and beyond.

Thursday, June 27 | 6:30  
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Discover more events and programs at locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—from community conversations to panel discussions, film screenings, youth events, and more.
 
 

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY

To celebrate the Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 exhibition, we are sharing a #ThrowbackThursday series on our Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. The photos featured are part of the Library's LGBTQ collections.
 

READING AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Stonewall and Beyond: Researching LGBTQ History with the Library's Online Resources

Stonewall: Core Reading for the Past, Present, and Future

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