How to Join

Joining LILPA is simple: be a member of either NCLA or SCLA and complete our Membership Form with your name, email, and library! All are welcome!

You will be added to our membership and will begin receiving upcoming programs, news, and resources.

LILPA Book Club Titles

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
The Old Deep and Dark by Ellen Hart
The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation by Jodie Patterson
Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

Mock Stonewall Awards Annual Workshop

Together, attendees will discuss the chosen titles that cover picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult novels in regard to the Award’s criteria. After, voting will commence and a winner and honor titles will be chosen.

2023

Picture Book Titles: No One Owns the Colors by Gianna Davy & Grandad’s Pride by Harry Woodgate
Middle Grade Titles: Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson & Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
YA Titles: Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli & The Luis Ortega Survival Guide by Sonora Reyes
Adult Titles: I Keep my Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane & Pageboy by Elliot Page

2022

Picture Book Titles: If You’re a Kid Like Gavin by Gavin Grimm & Pride Puppy by Robin Stevenson
Middle Grade Titles : Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino & Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
YA Titles: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White & Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk
Adult Titles: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour & Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

2021

Picture Book Titles: Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson & Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America’s First Gay Wedding by Rob Sanders
Middle Grade Titles: Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake & Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Young Adult Titles: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo & This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Adult Titles: Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer & Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

2020

Youth Titles: King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, Rick by Alex Gino & Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Adult Titles: Untamed by Glennon Doyle, Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey & Memorial by Bryan Washington

Previous LILPA Programs

2023

January 25, 2023– General Membership Meeting and Book Share
February 14, 2023– Queer Romance Readers Advisory
- Presented by Nola Thacker

2022

April 14, 2022– Advocating for LGBTQIA+ Youth
- Presented by Jodie Patterson
- Cosponsored: Suffolk Cooperative Library System & LILPA
June 7, 2022– Addressing the Health Care needs for the LGBTQ+ Community
- Presented by Dr. Eric Lella from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Edie Windsor Healthcare Center

2021

January 7, 2021– LILPA Membership Meeting
February 11, 2021– History of LGBTQ Romances
- Presented by Mary K. Chelton
February 16, 2021– LGBT 101
- Presented by The LGBT Network
- Cosponsored: Nassau Library System, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, & LILPA
June 22, 2021- Queer Content for all Ages
- Featuring special guests Lindz Amer, Lori Soderlind, & Robin Talley
September 14, 2021– Rising to the Challenge
- Presented by Kristin Pekill from ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom

2020

October 8, 2020– LILPA Coming Out Meet Up
November 4, 2020- Serving LGBTQ Youth in Libraries
- Presented by Maria Demauro from PFY
- Cosponsored: Nassau YASD & LILPA
November 19, 2020– Rainbow Resources: LGBTQIA+ Books and Information Sources for Teens
- Presented by Derek Ivie
- Cosponsored: Suffolk YASD & LILPA