Pride Month
NoveJune is Pride Month, a month-long celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) Americans. This celebration honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, New York as the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Originally celebrated the last Sunday in June as “Gay Pride Day,” today’s celebrations feature a month-long series of events such as pride parades, cookouts, parties, and workshops.
To recognize and celebrate this month, CEHHS created a curated list of resources centering LGBTQ+ voices and stories. These resources are available through the UT Library and online.
Additionally, this list features resources from the Pride Center, a LGBTQ+ resource center on campus. Visit their website at pridecenter.utk.edu
2024 Resource Update: LGBTQ+ Trailblazers in Medicine & Healthcare
Embrace Diversity, Advance Healthcare. Step into the universe inspired by LGBTQ+ trailblazers in medicine, healthcare, and public health. Explore the profound impacts these pioneers have made, their innovative contributions spanning across various specialties – from research to patient care, public health to medical education. From the courageous advocates who fought for recognition in the face of adversity, to the influential voices leading the charge for inclusivity in healthcare, LGBTQ+ individuals have indelibly shaped the medical landscape. In this curated resource guide, CEHHS A&E honors the doctors, researchers, and healthcare professionals who have enriched the world of medicine with their unique insights and unwavering resilience, thereby enhancing global healthcare.
Learn More
- 100 Years Ago, This Lesbian Doctor Helped Contain NYC’s Typhoid Epidemic | Article – Sarah Prager (them)
- Forget Burial: HIV Kinship, Disability, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care | E-Book – Marty Fink
- Pride in Health: Navigating the Path to LGBTQ+ Health Equity | Podcast Episode – Rise for Equity
- Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives | Article – Leo Deluca (Scientific American)
The Pride Center
The Pride Center is the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) resource center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. They strive to be a space for all members of the UT community to engage with and explore issues relating to gender and sexuality through our events, programming, community space, and initiatives.
Safe Zone Training
Facilitated by the Pride Center, these workshops focus on educating people on LGBTQ+-related topics such as basic terminology, awareness, skills, and knowledge. Safe Zone is open to all current faculty, staff, and students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The PRIDElist
The PRIDElist is a published signature campaign intended to raise the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community and its friends at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. With the PRIDElist, we want our LGBTQ+ students to know that they are not alone during their time here at Rocky Top, but in fact, are surrounded by faculty, staff, fellow students, friends, and alums who care about them and are passionate about making UT a more inclusive place.
The Pride Center Library
The Pride Center Library offers a collection of LGBTQ+ and social justice-themed books, magazines, DVDs, board games, and other resources for our campus community. This collection is intended to supplement the media available through UT Libraries.
Join the Newsletter
The Pride Center releases a biweekly newsletter with announcements about our events, information about campus programming, job and scholarship opportunities, and calls for research participation in addition to other content.
Stonewall Uprising
The Stonewall Uprising (also known as the Stonewall Riots) began on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, one of the most popular gay bars in New York City. With the criminalization of “same-sex relationships” at the time, police raided many gay bars. In response to these raids, LGBTQ+ protesters and police clashed in a series of events over six days. While not the first rebellion against the treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals, the Stonewall Uprising marks a shift in activism, primarily for White cisgender people. This event and the first iterations of Pride were acts of resistance lead by transgender women of color (such as Marsha P. Johnson), who are often left out of the narrative.
Stonewall Uprising Resources
- Pride: Photographs After Stonewall | E-Book
- Stonewall 50 – Episode 1 – Prelude to a Riot | Podcast
- Stonewall 50: LGBTQ+ Research | Video
- Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. | Book
- Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution | Book
- Stonewall Uprising | Documentary
- The History of Pride Part 2: Don’t Forget the Leaders of the Movement | Blog
- The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History | Physical Book
LGBTQ+ Voices
The below resources highlight some of the voices in the LGBTQ+ community in different media formats.
Previously Highlighted Resources
2023 Highlighted Resources
- Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia | Memoir
- Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness | Podcast
- LGBTQ Voices in Education Changing the Culture of Schooling | E-Book
- Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour | Physical Book
2022 Highlighted Resources
- Basically Queer: An Intergenerational Introduction to LGBTQA2S+ Lives | Physical Book
- PRIDE: The Podcast | Physical Book
- Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States | Physical Book
- The History of Pride | Multimedia
General Educational Resources
Open Access Journals
Movies & Documentaries
- Call Me By Your Name | Movie
- Carol | Movie
- Imagine Me & You | Movie
- Love, Simon | Movie
- Milk | Movie
- Moonlight | Movie
- Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria | Documentary
- The Case Against 8 | Documentary
- Two Spirits | Documentary
- We Were Here | Documentary
Online Resources
- Act Up Oral History Interviews
- African American AIDS Activism Oral History Project
- The Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony
- Digital Transgender Archive
- GLAA
- GLBT Historical Society, Museum & Achieves
- Lesbian Herstory Archives
- ONE National Gay and Lesbian Achieves
- Queer Zine Archive Project
- Rainbow History Project
- Queer Resources Directory
Physical & E-Books
- Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin | E-Book
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver | Physical Book
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor | E-Book
- Recollections of My Nonexistance by Rebecca Solnit | E-Book
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Physical Book
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde | E-Book
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai | Physical Book
Updated June 2024 by Miranda N. Rutan, Doctoral Student, CEHHS A&E, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Curated June 2021 by Miranda N. Rutan, Doctoral Student, CEHHS A&E, University of Tennessee, Knoxville