Happy Pride! Although ~the discourse~ makes it sound like Pride is a nonstop Berghain-style party in the streets, the truth has always been that Pride has so many more facets, especially here on Autostraddle. It’s a great time of year to revisit our history and present, like the best lesbian & gay movies or our rich history of literature.

We’ve covered so many queer books from the past and present on Autostraddle, but we know there are always so many more titles out there to be discovered, and hearing from other members about what makes a book special to them is something we can only get within community. To that end, we're trying for the first time the A+ Community Bookshelf: a crowdsourced project where A+ members can share the LG...