Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Too Bright to See – a Middle Grade Novel with a Ghost and an 11 Year Old Main Character Who Figures Out They Are Trans
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put...
Queer Joy – the “No Way, They Were Gay?” Book Trailer
I'm really excited about this spoken word performance piece, and using it as my "No Way, They Were Gay?" book trailer. Enjoy! To watch the video, click the image above or use this url: https://youtu.be/xxrJBStXjjk Find out more about the book here. And here's the link...
I’m a Guest on the “Home Malone” Podcast with Michael Malone!
Talking with Michael - a comedian - was so fun, funny, and insightful. And when you think about it, comedy is a great way to look at stuff from a different perspective. A great way to lean into some things that are uncomfortable, and hopefully come out the other side...
Lambda Literary Announces the Winners of the 2021 Lammy Awards for Best LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade Book and Best LGBTQ YA Book published last year… *drumroll…*
Congratulations to Kacen Callender for winning best LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade book for King and the Dragonflies and to Mike Curato for winning best LGBTQ Young Adult best book for the graphic novel Flamer! As the Lambda Literary Foundation explains the awards,...
Join Me and Paula Yoo, Don Tate, Natasha Donovan, and Annette Bay Pimentel on June 15, 2021 for a Free Panel Discussion on Hidden History – and the Books for Kids and Teens that Re-Write Us All Into History
I'm excited and honored to be part of this discussion of how so much of our history needs to be reclaimed, and how books for kids and teens is a powerful way to tell the stories, and hear the voices, of Asian American, Indigenous, Black, Disabled, and LGBTQIA2+...
“Harvey Brownstone Interviews”… Me!
You know when you hear a really great, in-depth interview, like Terry Gross on Fresh Air, and you think - wow, that interviewer asks really great questions. I just had that experience this weekend, when I was interviewed for the "Harvey Brownstone Interviews" podcast....
Demi Lovato Comes Out As Non-Binary
Reported by Upworthy, and People, among other outlets, in their new podcast 4D with Demi Lovato, Demi comes out as Non-Binary. In the opening moment of the podcast, Demi announces: "Over the past year and a half I've been doing some healing and self-reflective work....
The Gender Wheel – A Beautiful Picture Book Explaining Gender to Kids in a Nature-Based, Queer-Positive, and Inclusive Way
Wow is this a picture book I wish had been read to me when I was a little kid! The Gender Wheel: A Story About Bodies and Gender for Everybody by Maya Gonzalez Here's the publisher description: "This is our world.Like many things in nature it's round and holds...
A Fun Way To Celebrate LGBTQIA2+ Pride This June: Take the Queer History Quiz to Reveal Your Pride Colors
You know those BuzzFeed-style quizzes that tell you if your colors are Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer; or which Disney Princess castle you would live in; or which Grey's Anatomy character would be your soul mate? They're fun, and fast, and some of them tell us things...
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