Read With Pride - 50th Anniversary of Pride

June is LGBT+ Pride Month.  As well as being a time to celebrate, it is also an opportunity to peacefully protest and raise awareness of the current issues facing the LBGT+ community.  ' LGBT+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The + is an inclusive symbol to mean 'and others' to include people of all identities' (definition from the BBC Newsround site).

Pride takes place in June because that is the month the Stonewall Riots happened in the USA in 1969.  This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Pride movement in the UK.  To celebrate and mark the occasion, the Royal Mint have created a specially designed 50p coin. To find out more about Pride, check out the BBC Newsround article, Pride: What is it and why do people celebrate it?, by clicking here.

The Library has a diverse collection of LGBT+ literature, both fiction and non-fiction for you to explore.  Including award winning novels such as  Black Flamingos by Dean Atta,  Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls and Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence.

This year, we are taking part in the #ReadWithPride relay on Instagram organised by Dulwich College Library in association with the School Library Association, CILIP and author Ciara Smyth, a winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022 for Not My Problem.  For recommendations check out the EPHS Library Instagram account @ephs_library!