Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Bryce Dershem Gives the Queer-Positive, Mental Health-Aware Valedictorian Speech His High School Administration Tried To Silence
This story is really infuriating and inspiring. Infuriating: the administrator turning OFF Bryce's microphone after Bryce said he came out as Queer his freshman year and taking his printed speech away. Inspiring: Bryce giving the speech he truly wanted to give anyway...
Of Fire and Stars and Of Ice and Shadows – In a World of Dangerous Magic and With Their Kingdoms in Peril, Two Princesses Fall in Love With the Wrong People – Each Other
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands....
The Deep & Dark Blue – A Middle Grade Graphic Novel with Twins on the Run, Magic, and – for One Twin – a New, More Authentic Gender Identity
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who...
We Donated More Than 70 Copies of “No Way, They Were Gay?” to LGBTQIA2+ Teens!
Thank you, community! Here I am, surrounded by the donated copies! I'm so excited to share that this week the copies were delivered to the team at Brave Trails, this amazing nonprofit that's building the next generation of LGBTQ+ youth leaders! The donations of my...
Cemetery Boys – Yadriel is trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family, so he summons a ghost — who then refuses to leave. (And the ghost is kinda hot).
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to...
Karol Ruth Silverstein Helps Kids Get “Cursed” – The Book Drive Interview
Karol Ruth Silverstein’s debut YA novel, Cursed, won the 2021 ALA Schneider Family Book Award for best representation of the disability experience. To celebrate the book coming out in paperback in July 2021, Karol has launched "Help Kids Get Cursed (*the book) – July...
Senior Prom – a powerful 14 minute film about LGBTQ+ Seniors (a.k.a. Retirees) getting the prom of their dreams
Selected as a PBS Voices short film and an official documentary short of a few film festivals, Senior Prom was created by Filmmaker Luisa Conlon and produced by the queer, female-led production company Cousins. You can watch the short film and learn more at...
“Amber Live!” – I’m a guest on the drag queen comedy talk show!
Amber LeMay's television talk show is very adult, and fun, and airs live. I was a guest for their final pride show in June, No Way, They Were Gay is the new book by author Lee Wind on the drag queen comedy talk show!, and the on-demand video's available now - the 18...
The Lucky List – Emily sets out to accomplish everything on her late mother’s senior year bucket list… and might be falling for the girl helping her
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott Emily and her mom were always lucky. Every month they'd take her lucky quarter, select lucky card 505, and dominate the heatedly competitive bingo night in their small, quirky town of Huckabee. But Emily's mom's luck ran out three...
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