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Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes

  • 50 Ways Of Saying Fabulous
  • 85A
  • Absolutely, Positively NOT
  • All Lost Things
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe
  • Baby Be-Bop
  • Babylon Boyz
  • Bad Boy
  • Band Fags!
  • Banshee
  • Bear Me Safely Over
  • Becoming Chloe
  • Better Place, A
  • Big Guy
  • Blackbird
  • Blue Boy
  • Blue Coyote
  • Boy Girl Boy
  • Boy Meets Boy
  • Boy Princess, vol. 1
  • Boys and the Bees, The
  • Boys On The Rock, The
  • Breaking Dawn
  • Busted
  • Calico
  • Call Me By Your Name
  • Candy Everybody Wants
  • Catch Trap, The
  • Chance To Dance For You
  • Changing Jaime
  • Circle of Change
  • Clay's Way
  • Comfort Me
  • Common Sons
  • Curse of Arachnaman
  • Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stefan K.
  • Dance On My Grave
  • David Inside Out
  • Desert Sons
  • Diary of Baby Chulo, The
  • Disastrous Dates and Dream Boys
  • Don't Let Me Go
  • Drama Queers!
  • Dramarama
  • Dream Boy
  • Drummer Girl
  • Dumb Jock
  • Eight Seconds
  • Emperor's Library, The: The Flight From Kar, Tritargon, & The Game
  • End, The
  • Erik and Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Sophmore Year at Foreshill High
  • Evolution of Ethan Poe, The
  • Filly, The
  • Finding H.F.
  • FitzOsbornes in Exile, The: Book Two of the Montmaray Journals
  • Freak Show
  • Freaks and Revelations
  • Friend Of Dorothy
  • Fruit, a.k.a. The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington
  • Funny Boy
  • Gemini Bites
  • Geography Club
  • Gert Garibaldi's Rants and Raves: One Butt Cheek at a Time
  • Getting It
  • God Box, The
  • Have You Seen Me?
  • Heart Sense
  • Heart Song
  • Hero
  • Hidden
  • Hookup Artist, The
  • I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip.
  • Icarus In Flight
  • If I Told You So
  • In Mike We Trust
  • Into This World We're Thrown
  • Ironside
  • Is He Or Isn't He?
  • Josef Jaeger
  • Just A Boy
  • Kamikaze Boys
  • Keeper Of Secrets
  • Leave Myself Behind
  • Less-Dead, The
  • Letters To Montgomery Clift
  • Love & Lies: Marisol's Story
  • Love Drugged
  • M or F ?
  • Magic and Misery
  • Magic's Pawn
  • Magic's Price
  • Magic's Promise
  • Mariposa Club, The
  • Masked Destiny
  • Masks: Evolution
  • Masks: Ordinary Champions
  • Masks: Rise Of Heroes
  • Mortal Instruments, The: City of Bones
  • My Father's Scar
  • My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park
  • My Side Of The Story
  • Naomi And Ely's No Kiss List
  • Next Competitor, The
  • No Irish Need Apply
  • Not So Bad
  • Nothing Pink
  • Obsidian Man, The
  • Only The Ring Finger Knows
  • Order of the Poison Oak, The
  • Out Of The Pocket
  • Outfield Menace
  • Peter
  • Pretty Things
  • Quarterback's Secret, The
  • Radiant Days
  • Rainbow Boys
  • Rainbow High
  • Rainbow Road
  • really nice prom mess, a
  • Renfred's Masquerade
  • Saints of Augustine
  • Screwed Up Life Of Charlie The Second, The
  • Secret Edge, A
  • Shadow Walkers
  • Silver Diamond
  • Simon Says
  • Sixth Form, The
  • Skip Macalaster
  • Sleeping Angel
  • So Hard To Say
  • Soccer Field Is Empty, The / Ancient Prejudice
  • Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
  • Someone is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona
  • Someone Is Watching
  • Somethin' Else
  • Split-Screen: Attack/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Zombies
  • Sprout
  • Straight Road To Kylie, The
  • Strings Attached
  • Strong and Sudden Thaw, A
  • Summer of My Discontent, The: A Better Place II
  • Sunblood
  • Swimming In The Monsoon Sea
  • Tale of Two Summers
  • Talk
  • Tenth Man, The
  • Thinking Straight
  • Thunder In His Head, The
  • Tips On Having A Gay (ex) Boyfriend
  • Tithe
  • Totally Joe
  • Tough Love: High School Confidential
  • Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers, The
  • Tricks
  • Trying Hard To Hear You
  • Twice Bitten
  • Unafraid: An Archangel Academy Novel (#3)
  • Unafraid: An Archangel Academy Novel (#3)
  • Unnatural: An Archangel Academy Novel (#1)
  • Unwelcome: An Archangel Academy Novel (#2)
  • Unwelcome: An Archangel Academy Novel (#2)
  • Vast Fields of Ordinary, The
  • Vintage: A Ghost Story
  • Way He Lived, The
  • Way To Go
  • What They Always Tell Us
  • Whistle Me Home
  • Who Framed Lorenzo Garcia? (Pride Pack #1)
  • Wide Awake
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson
  • With Or Without You
  • Without Sin
  • World Of Normal Boys, The
  • Year Of Ice, The
  • Young Avengers, The

Books with Lesbian Teen Characters/Themes

  • Above
  • Allison
  • Annie On My Mind
  • Another Life Altogether
  • Ash
  • Bermudez Triangle, The
  • Between You And Me
  • Blue Magic
  • Breathing Underwater
  • But She Is My Student
  • Chinese Garden, The
  • Country Girl, City Girl
  • Crash Into Me
  • Crush
  • Dare, Truth or Promise
  • Dark Wife, The
  • Deliver Us From Evie
  • Difference Between You And Me, The
  • Down To The Bone
  • Drawing Love
  • Education of Queenie McBride, The
  • Empress Of The World
  • Erik and Isabelle Freshman Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High
  • Erik and Isabelle Sophmore Year at Foresthill High
  • Far From Xanadu
  • Finding H.F.
  • First Love Sisters, vol. 1
  • Flight of the Silver Vixen, The
  • Girl From Mars
  • Girl Walking Backwards
  • Girls Of No Return, The
  • Goldenhead: Or Bodies Or Avatars
  • Good Moon Rising
  • Gravel Queen
  • Gravity
  • Happy Endings Are All Alike
  • Hard Love
  • Heart
  • Hello, Groin
  • Hey, Dollface
  • House of the Muses: The Latter Days of Sappho of Lesbos, Vol #1 - The Phokaian
  • House of the Muses: The Latter Days of Sappho of Lesbos, Vol #2 - The Quality Of Hatred
  • Huntress
  • Hushed
  • I've Known Since I Was Eight
  • In Keisha's Shadow
  • Inferno
  • It Chicks
  • Keeping You A Secret
  • Kiss The Morning Star
  • Kissing Kate
  • Legend Of Bold Riley, The
  • Letters In The Attic
  • Love & Lies: Marisol's Story
  • Love Rules
  • M+O 4EVR
  • Megume and the Trees
  • Miseducation of Cameron Post, The
  • Mosh Pit
  • My Tiki Girl
  • Necessary Hunger, The
  • Of All The Stupid Things
  • Orphea Proud
  • Out of Left Field: Marlee's Story
  • Pretty Things
  • Qualities of Light
  • Questions Within, The
  • Radiant Days
  • Rage: A Love Story
  • Rhythm and Blues
  • Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy LaRue Save the World, The
  • Rose Of Versailles, The a.k.a. Lady Oscar
  • Rosemary and Juliet
  • Ruby
  • Rules For Hearts, The
  • Sappho Sings
  • Scars
  • She Loves You, She Loves You Not
  • Side Door, The
  • Silhouette of A Sparrow
  • Sister Mischief
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Skim
  • Split-Screen: Attack/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Zombies
  • Starting From Here
  • Sugar Rush
  • Suicide Year, The
  • Tessa Masterson Will Go To Prom
  • The End
  • Tomorrow, Wendy: A Love Story
  • Touching Snow
  • Travels Through Love And Time
  • Tricks
  • Tripping To Somewhere
  • Troll or Derby
  • Trouble With Emily Dickinson, The
  • Voiceful
  • What Night Brings
  • Wildthorn
  • You Know Who Girls: Freshman Year, The

Books with Bisexual Teen Characters/Themes

  • All Of Us
  • Collide
  • David Inside Out
  • Empress Of The World
  • FitzOsbornes in Exile, The: Book Two of the Montmaray Journals
  • Have You Seen Me?
  • Hello, I Lied
  • Hollowstone
  • In One Person
  • Kiss The Morning Star
  • My Invented Life
  • New Kid, The
  • Obscura Burning
  • Pink
  • Postcards From No Man's Land
  • Queer Greer
  • Suicide Year, The
  • Tricks
  • Very LeFreak

Books with Transgender Teen Characters/Themes

  • Almost Perfect
  • Angel Diary
  • Cheeky Angel
  • Circle of Change
  • Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite
  • Debbie Harry Sings In French
  • Every Day
  • F2M: The Boy Within
  • Glamazonia the Uncanny Super Tranny
  • I am J
  • In Her Skin
  • Jumpstart The World
  • Legend of Beka Cooper Series, The: Terrier, Bloodhound and Mastiff
  • London Reign
  • Luna
  • Parrotfish
  • Princess, The: Gals 'n Pals
  • Suicide Year, The
  • Sweet In-Between: A Novel, The
  • The End
  • Tiger Lily
  • Wandering Son, Book One
  • Wandering Son, Book Two

Books with Questioning Teen Characters/Themes

  • Absolutely, Positively NOT
  • All Of Us
  • Bad Boy
  • Band Fags!
  • Blue Coyote
  • Breathing Underwater
  • Country Girl, City Girl
  • Crush
  • David Inside Out
  • Don't Breathe A Word
  • Fruit, a.k.a. The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington
  • Getting Somewhere
  • Hey, Dollface
  • House You Pass On The Way, The
  • Kiss The Morning Star
  • Lessons From A Dead Girl
  • My Invented Life
  • Out Of Order
  • Peter
  • Pink
  • Poor Rich
  • Questions Within, The
  • Richer
  • Saints Of Augustine
  • Sleeping Angel
  • Tomorrow, Wendy: A Love Story
  • What I Know Now
  • Who I Am
  • Year They Burned The Books, The
  • You Know Who Girls: Freshman Year, The

Books with Queer (Gender Non-Conforming) Teen Characters/Themes

  • Above
  • Angel Diary
  • Behemoth
  • Boy 2 Girl
  • Boy In The Dress, The
  • Boy Princess, vol. 1
  • Brooklyn, Burning
  • Choir Boy
  • Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite
  • Cycler
  • Debbie Harry Sings In French
  • Drummer Girl
  • Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
  • Every Day
  • Fat Hoochie Prom Queen
  • Freak Show
  • From Alice To Zen And Everyone In Between
  • Goliath
  • If You Believe In Mermaids... Don't Tell
  • Leviathan
  • Princess Knight, The
  • Princess Princess
  • Sweet In-Between: A Novel, The
  • Tessa Masterson Will Go To Prom
  • Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers, The
  • What Happened To Lani Garver

Books with an Ensemble that includes GLBTQ Teen Characters

  • Alt Ed
  • Behind You
  • Briar Rose
  • Case of the Missing Mother, The
  • Chaos, The
  • City of Ashes
  • City of Bones
  • City of Fallen Angels
  • City of Glass
  • Crash Into Me
  • Cursebusters!
  • Fat Hoochie Prom Queen
  • Ironside
  • It Chicks
  • Lessons From A Dead Girl
  • Marked: The House of Night #1
  • Misfits, The
  • Mortal Instruments, The: City of Bones
  • Mousetraps
  • Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The
  • Plain Janes, The
  • Pretty Things
  • QUAD
  • Quarterback's Secret, The
  • Realm Of Possibility, The
  • Sixteen Candles
  • The End
  • Tillmon County Fire
  • Tithe
  • Tricks
  • Valiant
  • Weetzie Bat
  • Who Framed Lorenzo Garcia?
  • Will Of The Empress, The
  • Witch Baby

Books with a GLBTQ Parent/Caretaker

  • And Tango Makes Three
  • Angel, The
  • Arizona Kid, The
  • Between Mom and Jo
  • Blue Magic
  • Box Girl
  • Case of the Missing Mother, The (Pride Pack #2)
  • Daddy, Papa, and Me
  • Donorboy
  • Eagle Kite, The (A.K.A. A Gathering Darkness)
  • From The Notebooks Of Melanin Sun
  • Getting Somewhere
  • Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture
  • Happy Families
  • Hit The Road, Manny
  • Holly's Secret
  • If It Doesn't Kill You
  • In Our Mothers' House
  • In Your Room
  • Ironman
  • Jack
  • Josef Jaeger
  • King and King and Family
  • King Of The Screwups
  • Last Exit To Normal, The
  • Love and Leftovers
  • Love You Two
  • Luv Ya Bunches
  • Manny Files, The
  • Mommy, Mama, and Me
  • My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
  • Now That I Know
  • Poor Rich
  • Popularity Papers, The
  • Project Sweet Life
  • PUSH
  • Real Life Channel, The
  • Richer
  • Royally Jacked (a.k.a. Royally Crushed)
  • Saints Of Augustine
  • Shockproof Sydney Skate
  • Skull of Truth, The
  • Soames On The Range
  • Sonny's House Of Spies
  • Tell The Wolves I'm Home
  • Uncle Bobby's Wedding
  • Unlived Affections
  • Who Framed Lorenzo Garcia? (Pride Pack #1)

Books on Friends and Family of GLBTQ Characters

  • 7 Days At The Hot Corner
  • After Tupac and D Foster
  • Boys Don't Cry
  • Cat Girl's Day Off
  • Dear Julia
  • Frenzy, The
  • Fruit, a.k.a. The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington
  • My Brother Has AIDS
  • Night Kites
  • Pedro and Me
  • Punkzilla
  • Shine
  • Something Like Fate
  • Way He Lived, The
  • Whistle Me Home
  • Will

Books With Homophobia As A Theme

  • Courage in Patience
  • Don't Let Me Go
  • Drowning Of Stephan Jones, The
  • Fly On The Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
  • Freaks and Revelations
  • Frenzy, The
  • Keeper Of Secrets
  • Last Exit To Normal, The
  • Less-Dead, The
  • Love Drugged
  • Magic and Misery
  • Mousetraps
  • October Mourning: A Song For Matthew Shepard
  • Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The
  • Power Within, The
  • Secrets of Truth and Beauty
  • Shine
  • Something Like Fate
  • Tillmon County Fire
  • Twelve Days In August

GLBTQ YA Graphic Novels and Comics

  • 12 Days
  • Angel Diary
  • Boy Princess, vol. 1
  • Cheeky Angel
  • First Love Sisters, vol. 1
  • Friend of Dorothy
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
  • Glamazonia The Uncanny Super Tranny
  • Gotham Central Vol. 2: Half A Life (Batman)
  • House of the Muses: The Latter Days of Sappho of Lesbos, vol #1 - The Phokaian
  • Legend Of Bold Riley, The
  • Not So Bad
  • Only The Ring Finger Knows
  • Pedro and Me
  • Plain Janes, The
  • Power Within, The
  • Princess Princess
  • Princess, The : Gals 'n Pals
  • Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Stevens Comics
  • Rose Of Versailles, The a.k.a. Lady Oscar
  • Silver Diamond
  • Skim
  • So Super Duper
  • Stuck Rubber Baby
  • Top 10 GLBTQ Moments in Comic Book History!
  • Tough Love: High School Confidential
  • Ultimate X-Men Issue 65: Magnetic North, Part 5
  • Voiceful
  • Wandering Son, Book One
  • Wandering Son, Book Two
  • Young Avengers, The

Easy Reader / Chapter Books with GLBTQ (and Gender Non Conforming) Content

  • Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers
  • Pinky and Rex and the Bully

Picturebooks I Wish Had Been Read To Me When I Was A little Kid!

  • 10,000 Dresses
  • And Tango Makes Three
  • Boy Who Cried Fabulous, The
  • Christian, The Hugging Lion
  • Daddy, Papa, and Me
  • Donovan's Big Day
  • Everywhere Babies
  • Family Book, The
  • Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers
  • High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake, The
  • In Our Mothers' House
  • King & King
  • King & King & Family
  • Mermaids On Parade
  • Mini Mia And Her Darling Uncle
  • Mommy, Mama, and Me
  • My Princess Boy
  • One
  • Paper Bag Princess, The
  • Pop-It - an ipad picture book app
  • Princess Knight, The
  • Uncle Bobby's Wedding
  • You Can Find Out About More Picture Books With GLBTQ Content Here
  • Zero

Books with Surprise Gay (GLBTQ) Content

  • Absolutely Maybe
  • Mortal Instruments, The: City of Bones
  • Shattering, The
  • Skull Of Truth, The
  • Tiger Lily

LGBTQ Twenty-Something Characters

  • Education of Queenie McBride, The
  • Fall, The
  • Totally Fabulous

Cross Over Adult Books of GLBTQ Teen Interest

  • Borrower, The
  • Don't Let Me Go
  • Lancelot and the Wolf
  • Sing You Home

Hi-Lo Books (High Interest, Easy To Read)

  • Breaking Dawn
  • Questions Within, The

Stereotype Smashers!

  • Nerds and Jocks in "Game Changer"

Books Still To Come! (I'll post them as soon as I can...)

  • All The Books Still To Come

A Gay (GLBTQ) Book Flyer

  • Here's A Printable & Downloadable List - Think of it as a Sampler!

The GLBTQ Middle Grade Bookshelf

  • GLBTQ Middle Grade Books

The Gay Fantasy Bookshelf!

  • GLBTQ Teen Fantasy & Sci Fi

The GLBTQ Teen Short Story Bookshelf

  • Am I Blue? Coming Out From The Silence
  • Athletic Shorts
  • Awake
  • Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories
  • Girl Goddess #9
  • God Loves Hair
  • Grl2Grl
  • Growing Up Gay: A Literary Anthology
  • Hear Us Out: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress and Hope, 1950 to the Present
  • How Beautiful The Ordinary
  • How They Met, And Other Stories
  • Love and Sex: Ten Stories Of Truth
  • Nightsiders
  • Not The Only One: Lesbian and Gay Fiction For Teens
  • One In Every Crowd
  • Poison Eaters and Other Stories, The
  • Resilience: Stories, Poems, Essays, Words For LGBT Teens
  • Seasonal Velocities: Poems, Stories and Essays
  • So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction
  • Voting Booth After Dark, The
  • We'll Always Have Paris
  • Winter Garden and Other Stories, The
  • Zombies Vs. Unicorns

GLBTQ Teen Nonfiction

  • Dear Bully
  • GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Teens
  • Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide For Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
  • It Gets Better
  • Letter Q, The: Queer Writers' Notes To Their Younger Selves
  • Prayers For Bobby: A Mother's Coming To Terms with The Suicide Of Her Gay Son
  • Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children

GLBTQ Biography and Memoir

  • "Bumbling Into Body Hair: A Transsexual's Memoir" by Everett Maroon
  • "Deflowered: My Life In Pansy Division" by Jon Ginoli
  • "Ellen: The Real Story of Ellen DeGeneres" by Kathleen Tracy
  • "Flying Through Yellow" by Gay Dancer Michael Apuzzo
  • "Just Kids" by Patti Smith
  • "Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer" by Chely Wright
  • "Man In The Middle" by John Amaechi
  • "Mayor of Castro Street, The: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" by Randy Shilts
  • "Me" by Ricky Martin
  • "My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus" by Kelly Barth
  • "My Two Wives And Three Husbands: A True Love Story" by S. Stanley Gordon
  • "Naked" by David Sedaris
  • "Rapture Practice: My One Way Ticket To Salvation" by Aaron Hartzler
  • "Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade" by Justin Spring
  • "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" by Gertrude Stein
  • "Transition: The Story Of How I Became A Man" by Chaz Bono
  • "Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain" by Portia De Rossi
  • Land Near Oz, The: Two Gay Yankees Move To New Zealand
  • Seasonal Velocities: Poems, Stories and Essays by Ryka Aoki

GLBTQ Poetry

  • Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality
  • Inheritance
  • October Mourning: A Song For Matthew Shepard

Resources

  • Bully At The Blackboard: When Teachers Are The Bullies
  • Bullying Research by Jaana Juvonen at UCLA
  • From the Dress Up Corner To The Senior Prom: Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Pre-K - 12 Schools
  • Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth, The - a great Non Fiction Book On Bullying
  • Gender Now Coloring Book
  • Joy Nash's Fat Rant
  • Michael Levin was at the Stonewall Bar the night the Rebellion began
  • Phyllis Lyon Tells About Falling In Love With Another Woman in 1953 and the Founding of The Daughters of Bilitis
  • Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with LGBTQ Content
  • Teaching Teachers How To Stop Bullying
  • The Beauty Industry exposed
  • The Importance of GLBTQ books in Middle Schools

Friday, March 15, 2013

Ash Beckham on The Cultural Shift Needed To Stop Using "Gay" as a Bad Word

This video of Ash Beckham speaking at Ignite Boulder is Brilliant!

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Where Lee's Speaking Next...

California Teachers Association GLBT Caucus meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013
"Discovering LGBTQ History" presentation

The 2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013
Moderator of "Pictures on the Page: The Art of Children's Books" Panel

Where Lee Spoke Recently

Palisades Charter High School, Pacific Palisades, CA, March 2013
"Creating Safe Space: Ending Anti-Gay (And All!) Bullying In Our Culture... and at YOUR School" Assemblies, meeting with Gay-Straight Alliance and LGBT Student Group

SCBWI Los Angeles' Writer's Days, San Gabriel, CA, March 2013
"Our World of Diversity and What That Means For The Characters You Create"

Brentwood School, Brentwood CA, March 2013
9th grade "Smashing Stereotypes" workshops
and February 2013
Diversity Day presentation on "Discovering LGBTQ History"

Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA, February 2013
8th grade Assembly "Creating Safe Space: Ending Anti-Gay (and All!) Bullying in our Culture... and at YOUR School", Smashing Stereotypes workshop, meeting with Alliance club

Archer School for Girls, Brentwood, CA, January 2013
Diversity Day "Smashing Stereotypes!" workshops for middle and high school students, meeting with GSA club

Fresno State University, Fresno, CA, January 2013
Keynote presentation at Bullying Symposium for Educators, "Smashing Stereotypes" workshop for middle school educators.

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Gender 101 Video Series

  • A Map Of Gender-Diverse Cultures Across The World
  • Episode #01: Don't Box Me In
  • Episode #02: Thinking About Gender
  • Episode #03: A New Vocabulary
  • Episode #04: "cis," "trans," and "queer": Words To Describe Gender
  • Episode #05: "Bisexual" & "Pansexual" - what's the difference?
  • Episode #06: Being Gender Queer In Our World
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  • Episode #08: Gender Queer Advice & Resources
  • Episode #09: Family & Coming Out As Gender Variant
  • Episode #10: Gendered Words in our Language and Culture
  • Episode #11: Gendered Vitamins and Toys
  • Episode #12: Gender-Neutral Restaurant Etiquette (and socks!)
  • Episode #13: Presenting & Passing
  • Episode #14: Genderfork.com
  • Episode #15: Transsexual, Transgender and Drag Queen/Drag King
  • Episode #16: The Alien Abduction Question
  • Episode #17: The No Pronoun Preference
  • Episode #18: Being Trans Enough
  • Episode #19: Meet Frankie
  • Episode #20: Gender Queer People Of Color and the QPOCC2012 Conference
  • Episode #21: Frankie's Gender Queer Heroes
  • Episode #22: Community Insurance
  • Episode #23: Meet Nenu
  • Episode #24: Nenu's Gender Non-Conforming Heroes
  • Episode #25: How Gender Non-Conforming Are YOU?
  • Episode #26: Meet Emmi
  • Episode #27: Emmi's Gender Non-Conforming Heroes
  • Episode #28: Emmi's Advice On Interacting With Gender Non-Conforming People
  • Episode #29: Meet B J
  • Episode #30: B J on Role Models, Hiding and Healing
  • Episode #31: Benji, Nenu, Frankie and Emmi on Presenting
  • Episode #32: Nenu and Frankie on being Gender Queer and People Of Color
  • Episode #33: Benji, Nenu, Emmi and BJ on being "Enough"
  • Episode #34: Lucy, Nenu, Emmi and BJ on the "T" in GLBT

Coming Out or Looking For Support? Check out

  • Dan Savage and his husband Terry tell GLBTQ kids and teens "IT GETS BETTER!"
  • Dustin Lance Black accepts his OSCAR for "MILK"... and has a message for Gay kids Today!
  • National Coming Out Day - Every Day
  • Human Rights Campaign's Resource Guide for Coming Out
  • Brent Hartinger Says It So Well!
  • Gay Straight Alliance Network
  • Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network
  • The Trevor Project (866-4-U-TREVOR)
  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
  • The National LGBT Scholarship Fund

The Official SCBWI Conference Blog

SCBWI TEAM BLOG!

  • Jaime Temairik's CocoaStomp
    The Next Big Thing: Global Blog Tour
  • Martha Brockenbrough's Author Blog
    So it was a good weekend
  • Suzanne Young's Author Blog
    The Book Tour!
  • The Official SCBWI Conference Blog
    SCBWI Success Story: Tracy Clark
  • Jolie Stekly's Cuppa Jolie
    MATTHEW J KIRBY: SCBWI Pre-Conference Interview #NY13NYC

My SCBWI Interviews - Authors, Agents & More

  • Award-Winning Author/Illustrator Shaun Tan
  • Executive Editor Françoise Bui
  • Editorial Director Yolanda Scott
  • Publisher and Editor Jennifer Besser
  • Two Time Newbery Medal-Winning Author Lois Lowry
  • Multi-Award Winning Author/Illustrator Mo Willems
  • Editor Nick Eliopulos
  • National Book Award-Winning Author M.T. Anderson
  • Literary Agent Josh Adams
  • Newbery Medal-Winning Author Paul Fleischman
  • Literary Manager/Producer Eddie Gamarra
  • Art Director Laurent Linn
  • Multi-Award Winning Author Jacqueline Woodson
  • New York Times Bestselling Author Ellen Hopkins
  • New York Times Bestselling Author Holly Black

Great Blogs I Read

  • Betsy Bird's Fuse #8 Blog - Essential & Unique
    Celebrate the Life of Peter Sieruta
  • Laini Taylor's Writer+Artist+Daydreamer+Nerd blog
    German Secret Cover
  • Guys Lit Wire (Where I'm an Occasional Reviewer)
    Manhattan Projects Volume 1: Science Bad by Jonathan Hickman
  • Gregory K. - poetry and laughs
    Banana Stickers
  • Rita Crayon Huang's Quirky Life
    Some days . . . (and somedays)
  • Jay Asher's Best Selling NYTimes Author Blog
    The F.A.M. at The Grove
  • QueerYA
    Play Me, I’m Yours
  • Brent's The Naughty Book Kitties
    Giveaway: IF YOU FIND ME by Emily Murdoch
  • Sara Wilson Etienne on Writing and More
    Paperback Writer!
  • Aerin is "In Search of Giants"
    Glog: All Summer in a Day
  • Robin Mellom's Author and Mother Journey
    Coming Up
  • Janet Trumble's Pinched Nerves
    I’ve launched my new web site
  • Paula Yoo - write like you mean it
    NaPiBoWriWee & Website Redesign Launch Update - Mon 4/25/11
  • Queer YA: Fiction for LGTBQ Teens
    Moving!

Lee's Musings

  • On Culture, Gay Culture, Sports, and American Idol
  • On Politics, Equality, and Same Gender Marriage
  • On Writing and Blogging and... well, Life

Bitchin' Queer Quotes and Poems

  • Hidden Gay History (and Her-Story!) So Far
  • Amazing Queer Poetry So Far!

GSA Mondays: Topics to Spark Discussion & Build Community

  • All Topics So Far!

Lee's Cool Videos!

  • Happy St. Patrick's Day! Good News For Gays and Leprechauns!
  • LOVE SUCKS! Good News for Gays and Vampires
  • Good News for Gays and Conservatives

What Do YOU Think? SURVEYS!

  • Surveys So Far! (Take 'em, See the results!)

Who's The Artist Who Did My Amazing Logo?

  • Jim Di Bartolo!

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The Small Print: How To Recommend Books To Include, and a Disclaimer

Don't see your favorite Book here? First do a search in the top left search box. Then check my "Books Still To Come" list. If you still don't see it, just click on "Contact Me" and leave me a note. I appreciate all your help making this blogsite a comprehensive resource! Also, when you've read one of the books listed, help other visitors out by adding a review.

Submission Guidelines: If you are an author or publisher, I do not generally accept review copies, since I don't really review the books featured on this blog - My goal is to let readers review them. All I need is a synopsis (including what's significantly GLBTQ about the book - so I know why I should include it here), a link to the author website or some online info or interview with the author, and the book's release date (as I don't post on books before they are available to the public.) Please make sure to include your contact info so I can follow up with you!

Disclaimer: Having said that, some of the books discussed on this blog may have been 
provided by the author or publisher. Some Links when you click on a book cover image will take 
you to Powell's bookstore online (as one option of how you can get the 
book), where a "Powells Partner" account credits me for linked 
purchases. The opinions expressed on this blog, unless they're a 
comment from someone else, are my own.

Please, be kind and patient with each other, with yourselves, and, well - with me. Thanks! Lee