LibGuides: LGBTQIA+: Pride Month 2025

Big Pride Zine Call for Submissions
The Big Pride Zine is a LGBTQIA+ zine compiled by the San Antonio Public Library from submissions provided by the community.

We rarely get to thank those who have the biggest impact on our lives. Sometimes it was just a smile on bad day. Maybe it was seeing someone march beside you when you thought you were alone. This year, the Big Pride Zine is asking for work done in honor of a queer person who impacted your life for the better. We want written or visual works that express to a queer person the positive the impact they had on your life. Because we have gotten this far on the shoulders of giants! Submit your work by June 30th, 2025 at the link above.

In Our Collection

Lights! Camera! Queerness!

More than books are available through the library. The glamor of Hollywood also celebrates Pride Month. Go from the silver screen to technicolor wonder with Kanopy's collection of LGBTQIA+ films.

Kanopy Pride Month Collection
Visit Kanopy to stream movies that highlight the LGBTQIA+ Community

Read with Pride!

Below are book lists featuring items available in our collections. They are by no means exhaustive, but feel free to use them as a jumping off point to dive into the world of queer literature!

Libby App - Pride Reads
List of Pride Month digital reads put together by Libby!
You can't have "story" or "LGB" without the "T"
A mirror reflects your presence in physical space. A story reflects your presence in the world. We hope this sampling of fiction featuring transgender and non-binary characters available at the library reflects that they are a part of the wonderful diversity of our community.
Poets for Pride Month
Poetry has long been used to express creatively what could not be expressed directly, including queerness. Sappho is perhaps one of the best known examples, but there are plenty of other queer poets for fans of verse to explore. Here are examples from the SAPL collection.
But it's canon! LGBTQIA+ Literature
Queerness is no stranger to literary history. It was a long journey to the more diverse landscape we have today, and there are works that can be considered landmarks in queer literature. For those interested in this literary lineage, we have some of those works listed here.