Pride: reading queer

Pride at Multnomah County Library is a special time to celebrate our local queer community, with events and programs at a variety of locations in May, June and July.
A frog on top of a loudspeaker and a buffalo wearing earrings next to text that says Pride reading queer.

Celebrate Pride 2025 with the library!

Join us for joyful events for the whole family, storytimes, crafts, book displays, a table at the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and much more.

Read more about Pride

All Pride reading lists

All 2SLGBTQIA+ events

Jan 10

Rainbow Family Storytime

Sat Jan 10
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Albina Library

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an iden

Jan 10

Rainbow Family Storytime

Sat Jan 10
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Gresham Library

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an iden

Jan 10

Rainbow Family Storytime

Sat Jan 10
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Holgate Library

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an iden

Jan 13

Queer Youth Club

Tue Jan 13
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Albina Library

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8.

Jan 13

Family Maker Time

Tue Jan 13
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rockwood Library

What will you create? Bring your ideas and make them a reality! Join us at the Rockwood Library makerspace to make something cool, learn a new skill, and meet friendly people.

Jan 13

Family Maker Time

Tue Jan 13
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Rockwood Library

What will you create? Bring your ideas and make them a reality! Join us at the Rockwood Library makerspace to make something cool, learn a new skill, and meet friendly people.

Jan 16

Queer Youth Club

This event has been canceled
Fri Jan 16
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capitol Hill Library

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8.

Jan 17

Rainbow Family Storytime

Sat Jan 17
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Albina Library

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an iden

Jan 17

Rainbow Family Storytime

Sat Jan 17
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Holgate Library

Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an iden

Jan 17

Teens: Anime Your Way! drawing workshop

Sat Jan 17
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Rockwood Library

Anime Your Way is a comprehensive step-by-step drawing program developed over 10 years by former Simpson’s artist Carlos Nieto III that teaches you how to create and modify an anime character from

Jan 20

Queer Youth Club

Tue Jan 20
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Albina Library

A safe place where ALL are welcome to be themselves. Find support, eat snacks, get creative, discuss favorite books, and more! Bring a friend, or make a new one. For grades 5-8.

All 2SLGBTQIA+ events

Made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation.