Pride Month is celebrated annually in June.
2015
Year that author and activist Michelle Tea launched Drag Story Hour (DSH), in which drag performers read books to children. DSH, first hosted at San Francisco Public Library’s Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial branch, has since become a nonprofit with 30 international chapters and inspired countless spin-offs.
90
Number of institutions represented in the Digital Transgender Archive. The online repository and finding aid includes more than 13,000 collection items from places such as the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago; the Sexual Minorities Archives in Holyoke, Massachusetts; and University of Victoria’s (B.C.) Transgender Archives.
$50
Cost of a LGBTQIA+ Library Starter Kit from John C. Graves Library and Archive, part of the Stonewall National Museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The kit includes books and materials spanning the queer experience and is intended for use by schools, community centers, and other organizations wishing to diversify their holdings.
3
Number of films added to the Library of Congress’ (LC) National Film Registry listing in 2025 that center LGBTQ+ characters and stories, among 25 new additions last year. The movies are Philadelphia (1993), Frida (2002), and The Hours (2002).
50,000
Approximate number of panels stitched into the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the National AIDS Memorial, offers a digitized version of the quilt and a collection of print materials, including photos, letters, and news clippings, that correspond to the lives of the approximately 110,000 people represented in the panels.
7
Number of Lambda Literary Awards that cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel has won, including Lambda’s honorary Trustee Award. Her papers, including several boxes of sketches and drawings, are archived at Smith College Libraries’ Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History in Northampton, Massachusetts.
200
Approximate number of entries San Diego Public Library received for its 2025 Pride library card contest. The winning design, made by Annie Alwine, resembles a vintage date-due slip filled with names of LGBTQ+ icons, including Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, and Edie Windsor.
2
Number of LGBTQ+ book clubs hosted by Gerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library and Archives in Chicago. The 45-year-old circulating library hosts the quarterly Yearning and Learning Book Club (open to those who like to read “in a gay way”) and the monthly Ace Book Club (which explores asexuality through literature) both in person and virtually.
1,042
Number of articles of clothing preserved and digitized in University of Minnesota Libraries’ Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies. The T-shirts, hats, jackets, and other textiles represent several decades of Pride events, AIDS research fundraisers, political movements and slogans, and other cultural touchstones.
