Hennepin County Libraries Announce June Pride Events

From Hennepin County Library: Hennepin County libraries offer a wide range of educational and cultural events to reflect and engage the county’s diverse communities.

During Pride month this June and beyond, Hennepin County libraries have free Pride events for LGBTQIA adults, teens and families.

The events lead up to and complement the Library’s participation in the annual Twin Cities Pride Festival in Loring Park, Minneapolis, on June 22-23. We'll be there from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day.

Events

Golden Valley Pride Festival

Staff from Golden Valley Library will be at Golden Valley Pride at Brookview Park, 200 Brookview Pkwy N, Golden Valley, MN 55426, on Sunday, June 9, noon-6 p.m.

LGBTQIA Teens: A Q&A

A panel of students and representatives from community organizations will answer questions from teens and the people in their lives about sexuality and gender identity, coming out and transgender issues.

• At Plymouth Library, Wednesday, June 19, 6:30-8 p.m.

Minnesota Youth Pride

Hennepin County Library staff will be at Minnesota Youth Pride in Loring Park on Saturday, June 1, noon-5 p.m.

Queer Voices

Queer Voices is a long-running reading series that provides LGBTQIA writers and audiences an accepting environment to explore the day-to-day material of life without censorship. In 2019, curators John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkins, along with facilitator Lisa Marie Brimmer, collaborated to publish a collection of poetry, fiction and nonfiction pieces by presenters in the series entitled Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride. Join us as contributors share readings from the new collection.

• At Minneapolis Central Library, Tuesday, June 18, 7-9 p.m.

Stories Together: Pride

Celebrate family and self-expression during Pride month through books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

• At Hopkins Library, Saturday, June 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
• At Golden Valley Library, Saturday, June 8, 11-11:30 a.m.
• At Ridgedale Library, Monday, June 24, 9:30-1:30 a.m. and 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Saturday, June 29, 10-11 a.m.
• At East Lake Library, Saturday, June 29, 10:30-11 a.m.
• At Pierre Bottineau Library, Saturday, June 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
• At Nokomis Library, Saturday, July 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Twin Cities Pride Family Fun Day

Staff from Minneapolis Central and Ridgedale libraries will be doing a story stroll for "Love is Love" at the Pride Family Fun Day, Sunday June 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Como Park.