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Pride 2020 looks pretty different. With June starting off with rightful unrest across the country and world, as well as the ongoing pandemic, the parades and parties that line the streets throughout the month will have to wait until next year. As if a mirror is being held up right now, the road to Pride parades and parties is paved with rightful unrest. One way to show up for the LGBTQ+ community this, and every, year is by honoring and learning about its history. From Stonewall to marriage equality, the writers below provide a great starting point for a Pride history lesson...

This excellent anthology, drawn from the NYPL archive, contains first-person accounts, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, diary entries, and profiles of the many LGBTQ+ activists whose work leading up to and after the Stonewall Riots led to the LGBTQ+ liberation movement...