LGBTQIA+
LGBTQIA+
Let's celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community every day of the year! LGBTQ Americans strengthen our country through talent, creativity, and courage to generate awareness and goodwill. Dayton Metro Library provides materials, book clubs, and reading recommendations that highlight the journeys of LGBTQIA individuals 365 days a year. Below you will find books and tools we love that celebrate PRIDE year round.
Newly Ordered LGBTQIA+ Titles
Mark Your Calendars!
Meet our 2026 must-not-miss Pride events!
Sober St. Patrick's Day Party
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
#988DAYton Event
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
We’ll Always Be Here: A Summit on Trans Lives Past, Present, & Future
Saturday, October 17, 2026
The Rainbow Resources Podcast
New! Enjoy our new podcast, Rainbow Resources! Learn about vital community resources, the history of LGBTQIA+ culture, and get stellar reading recommendations.
Community Resources
ART
- Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus - Continually reaching for excellence in choral music
- Heartsiq - Dayton’s Queer Art Showcase
- Out Here Dayton Film Festival - Bringing LGBTQIA+ stories to the big screen”
COMMUNITY
- Greater Dayton LGBT Center - providing event spaces, activities, and resources
EDUCATION
- El Unicornio del Género en espaňol
- The Gender Unicorn - making the distinction between gender identity, gender presentation/expression, sex, and attraction
- Pronouns.org - dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns
ELDERS
- LGBTQ+ Horizon of Aging Summit - engaging conversations and presentations
- Rainbow Elder Care - Providing advocacy, educational resources, support, and referral services
FOOD
- Have a Gay Day - Equality, Education, and Support of the LGBTQ+ community and their Allies
HEALTHCARE
- Equitas - Gateway to good health for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning community.
- Medline Plus - High-quality, relevant health and wellness information
- Medline Plus en espaňol - Información de calidad y relevante de salud y bienestar
- Public Health Dayton Montgomery County - Providing the best healthcare services possible, delivered in a culturally competent way
- VA Dayton - Responsive to the unique needs of LGBTQ+ Veterans
HISTORY
- Digital Transgender Archive - Digitally localizing a wide range of trans-related materials
- Gay Ohio History Initiative - Embracing the present, sharing the past and transforming the future
- The Queer History of Dayton - Developing a robust historical narrative…for the LGBTQ+ community
HOUSING
- Ada Gaden Project - Emergency Housing
- David’s Place - A safe and inclusive environment, LGBTQ+ resources and support, and entry into all other Daybreak services.
- Dayton Tenant Union - A growing group of Dayton residents who have come together to protect tenant rights
LEGAL & CIVICS
- ACLU - Know Your Rights
- City of Dayton LGBTQ Liaison
- Equality Ohio - transforms systems…so LGBTQ+ Ohioans can fully access legal and lived equality
- Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project - Offering Legal Name Chance Clinics
- How to Speak at a City Commission Meeting
- How to Speak at a County Commission Meeting
LIBRARY RESOURCES
PRIDES
- Dayton Black Pride - creates safe spaces for people of color in the LGBTQ+ community
- Dayton Pride - creates a safe environment for members of our community
- Kettering Pride - celebrate love, diversity, and equality
- Pride Rocks - promoting suicide prevention in the LGBTQ+ community
TRANS RESOURCES
- Closet Transformations - creating space for identify exploration and expression
- Gatlyn Dame - Raise awareness and provide education
YOUTH & FAMILY
- PFLAG - Leading with love
- V&R in Community & Self
- Visible and Resilient - Focused on promoting health equity
PRIDE Reads for Kids
YA Titles: Read With Pride (Fiction Edition)
LGBTQIA+ Movies
LGBTQIA+ History
Looking for a Book Club?
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