July 18, 2023

16 Titles To Spotlight During Pride Month and Beyond

Find books featuring queer characters recommended by middle and high school ELA teachers, for you to feature in your classroom library.


Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated in June each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. The purpose of this commemorative month is to acknowledge the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.

With over half of book bans targeting books with LGBTQ themes, it is more important than ever that these books have a presence in our classroom libraries, both as windows and mirrors for our students. Below you'll find books featuring queer characters (many of them written by queer authors), recommended by middle and high school ELA teachers, for you to feature in your classroom library. 

Below each book you'll find the Instagram handle of the person recommending the book with a link to their recommendation. 

1. The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy


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Recommended by @theliterarymaven

2. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender


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Recommended by @secondaryurbanlegends

3. House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 


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Recommended by @MrsReganReads 

4. Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders


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Recommended by @Hansonhallway

5. May The Best Man Win by ZR Ellor


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Recommended by @teachingintheflx

6. Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert


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Recommended by @loveteachbless

7. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera


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Recommended by @writeandreadteacher

8. The Summer of Bitter & Sweet by Jen Ferguson


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Recommended by @nouvelle_ela

9. Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier


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Recommended by @greenlivingaudioworm

10. Always the Almost by Edward Underhill


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Recommended by @teachertoteacher

11. Heartstopper Vol 1-4 by Alice Oseman


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Recommended by @Anxiouslybooked

12. Fresh by Margot Wood


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Recommended by @BayeringWithFreshmen

13. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer 


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Recommended by @mr_lyon_4th

14. This Is Our Rainbow, edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby


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Recommended by @readitwriteitlearnit

15. Melissa by Alex Gino


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Recommended by @alauerman 

16. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender 


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Recommended by @diversebooksgiveaway 

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