LibGuides: LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2024: LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH 2024

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Welcome to McCarthy Library's 2024 library guide for the celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, considered by many to be the start of the modern LGBTQ+ movement. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.

-Compiled by S. Meader

Local and Regional Events

Napa Pride 2024
LGBTQ+ Pride events in Napa County throughout the month of June.
Yountville Pride Events
Pride events in Yountville throughout the month
Suisun City Pride Event
Presented by Suisun City and the Solano Pride Center.
Sonoma County Pride Parade
Parade and other LGBTQ+ events in Sonoma County
San Francisco Pride Events
Pride events in San Francisco all month.

Local and Regional Resources

Napa Valley College Pride
NVC Pride Center and LGBT Education Program. The center welcomes all NVC students and staff whether you identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community, as a straight cisgender ally, or still not sure.
LGBTQ Connection
LGBTQ community centers in Napa and Santa Rosa supporting underserved youth and elders.
Vallejo Gay Network
Building community if Vallejo, Benicia, and Solano County.
GLBT Historical Society Museum
Located in San Francisco, this is the first stand-alone museum of LGBTQ history and culture in the United States.
San Francisco Bay Times
LGBTQ news and calendar for the Bay Area.

National Resources

Library of Congress
Books, posters, sound recordings, manuscripts and other material produced by, about, and for the LGBTQ community
GLBT Historical Society
Collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
A national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families.
The Pride Study
The first large-scale, long-term health study of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.

Flag in the Map

The Flag in the Map exhibit was shown at Napa Valley College on October 6, 2023. Northern California Public Media was the media sponsor of this event and produced this documentary featuring a walking tour of the exhibit and the speaking program held that night with Charley Beal, president of the Gilbert Baker Foundation, and Cleve Jones, author and long-time LGBTQ+ activist.

Flag in the Map
“Flag in the Map” is an extraordinary collection of photographs and stories from LGBTQ+ people around the globe. Come see how these brave freedom fighters from Kenya, China, Ukraine, Brazil and over 40 countries passionately describe how the Rainbow Flag has changed their everyday existence. Sometimes hopeful, sometimes harrowing, always fascinating.”