JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH

CELEBRATE WITH BOOK SUGGESTIONS AND EVENTS

INTERESTING EVENTS FOR PRIDE MONTH

WLS Library Events

White Plains Library

White Plains has a whole selection of great programs for Pride Month!

https://whiteplainslibrary.org/2023/05/celebrate-lgbtqia-pride/

Greenburgh Library

LGBTQIA+ Subculture: The Ballroom Scene & Its Rise In Media

Date:

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Time:

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Time Zone:

Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

Online:

This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.

The Ballroom Scene is an LGBTQ+ sub-culture where people ‘walk’ for status and prizes at events known as ‘balls.’ Ballroom has decades of relevance that has inspired documentaries, been co-opted by icons like Madonna, and yet, remarkably, remains largely misunderstood. Presenter Emmanuel Segarra-Otero will delve into this culture and examine its history, impact, rise in the media, and relevance today. 

https://greenburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/10615347

NY Historical Society May 5th-August 13th 2023

https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/under-cover-leyendecker-and-american-masculinity

          

Under Cover delves into the early politics of sexual identity and gender while simultaneously examining how Leyendecker helped establish a nationalistic ideal of elite and athletic white male beauty. To address this aspect of his work, the exhibition juxtaposes some of Leyendecker’s paintings with artifacts that offer counter-narratives to his works’ exclusionary nature, including depictions of fashionable African American men during the Harlem Renaissance, as well as a selection of contemporaneous advertisements with homoerotic connotations and a digital show of images depicting gay culture in New York during Leyendecker’s time.    

Celebrate Pride Month | Kanopy 

Did you know that you can stream Kanopy for free using your library card? Just use the library card barcode and your PIN which is the last four digits of your phone number. Enjoy!

Love graphic novels and manga? Try ComicPlus! This is a free digital library which you can use with your library card and PIN (last four numbers of your phone number.) 

https://westchesterny.librarypass.com/products/categories:16

 

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