Pride Month

Pride Month

Celebrate Pride at the Library

Join us throughout June as we celebrate Pride Month! Enjoy special events, book recommendations, LPL podcasts, explore the digital archives, and more.

Pride Programs

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Pride Month Staff Picks

Pride Month Staff Picks

Explore our catalog to discover books that celebrate LGBTQ+ history, community, and authorship.

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LGBTQ+ History Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of downtown Lexington’s historic LGBTQ+ sites.

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LGBTQ History Walking Tour
LGBTQ History Walking Tour

Pride Podcasts

Tune into our Tales from the Kentucky Room podcast as LPL librarians interview local artists, poets, activists, and educators, who share stories about LGBTQ+ life, art, and history in Lexington and surrounding areas.

Faulkner Morgan Pagan Babies Archive

Faulkner Morgan Pagan Babies Archive
An interview with Dr. Jonathan Coleman about the “Out in Plain Sight” exhibit and the founding of the Faulkner Morgan Pagan Babies Archive
Gay Poems for Red States: An Interview with Willie Carver, Jr.

Gay Poems for Red States: An Interview with Willie Carver, Jr.
An interview with Willie Carver, Jr., Kentucky poet, 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and author of the book Gay Poems for Red States
Henry Faulkner Week: Sweet Evening Breeze

Henry Faulkner Week: Sweet Evening Breeze
A conversation with artist and activist Robert Morgan about Sweet Evening Breeze, one of Lexington’s first notable drag queens
250Lex: “Queer, Here & Everywhere” Exhibit with Josh Porter

250Lex: “Queer, Here & Everywhere” Exhibit with Josh Porter
An interview with Josh Porter, Assistant Executive Director of the Faulkner Morgan Archive, about the 2025 exhibit “Queer, Here & Everywhere”

Pride in the Digital Archives

Our Fair City: The 1999 Lexington Fairness Ordinance

Our Fair City: The 1999 Lexington Fairness Ordinance

This collection contains community responses — written on sticky notes — to the Lexington History Museum's 2019 "Our Fair City: The 1999 Lexington Fairness Ordinance" exhibit at the Central Library Gallery.
Imperial Court of Kentucky

Imperial Court of Kentucky
Founded in 1982, this nonprofit charity supports Kentucky's LGBTQ+ community through drag shows, social programs, and fundraisers. The collection features programs from past coronation balls, calendars, and other materials.
Aunt Tiny Belle Community Collection

Aunt Tiny Belle Community Collection

This collection, named in honor of Tina Belle Green Winters Simpler Young, features images, homemade brochures, flyers, pamphlets, and programs covering LGBTQ+ events and places in Lexington and Louisville from 1983 to 1999.