Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
New Study Finds High Schoolers are More Gender-Diverse Than “Previously Thought”
A screen shot of the CNN article by Lisa Selin Davis So it turns out previous studies (like this one in 2017) basically asked teens if they were Trans. They found that 1.8% (so, 18 kids out of 1,000) identified as Trans. A new study that will be published in the June...
They She He Me – A Picture Book about gender for the littlest kids that’s simple, and beautiful, and very well might change the world
They She He Me, Free to Be! by Maya Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Sg How do you daily confirm and celebrate gender fluidity when the 'he' and 'she' binary is so prevalent in EVERYTHING, everywhere, all the time!?Pronouns serve as a familiar starting point for kids...
Alireza was 20 years old. He was Gay. And because of that, his family murdered him.
Sometimes we can forget the level of homophobia members of our LGBTQIA2+ community face in other countries. Alrieza's 'honour killing' in Iran was reported in Pink News by Patrick Kelleher and on Twitter by human rights lawyer Gissou Nia, who wrote: “RIP Alireza...
“Writing the Rainbow” – a Highlights Foundation Class about writing LGBTQ Picture Books that I’m really excited about
So here's the thing: reading up on the upcoming "Writing the Rainbow" six-part online course with Lesléa Newman and Rob Sanders offered by the Highlights Foundation, I got so excited, I signed up to take the class myself. There are the six main sessions, and...
Don’t Feed The Trolls – Gamers. Secret Identities. A Romance. And figuring out not just who you want to be, but who you are.
Don't Feed the Trolls by Erica Kudisch Gaming while female is enough to incur the wrath of the dude-bros, and they've come for me. Instead of fighting back, I've created an alternate account. Male name, male pronouns. And I've met this girl. I've always liked girls,...
Out on the Shelves – a really cool resource from New Zealand listing hundreds of LGBTQIA+ Books for kids and teens
I'm really excited to both discover and share Out on the Shelves's online resource. I really love how they include the native terms in their description of who they are and who they're focused on helping: Out on the Shelves is run by InsideOUT, a national charity with...
Two New Strong Reviews for “No Way, They Were Gay?” – Publishers Weekly & Bookology
So Publishers Weekly did a capsule review of No Way, They Were Gay?, calling it [An] accessible introduction to “hidden” queer history. A more robust review came out in the magazine Bookology, under their "Why We Love Nonfiction" banner. This review, by the acclaimed...
The Camino Club – Queer YA with an Ensemble Cast that includes Gay and Lesbian Teen Characters on a Forced Pilgrimage Across Spain
The Camino Club by Kevin Craig After getting in trouble with the law, a group of wayward teens from diverse backgrounds are given an ultimatum: serve time in juvenile detention for their crimes, or walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route across Spain over the...
Publishers Weekly Celebrates Spring and Summer 2021 LGBTQ Kid Lit Releases with a List of 91 titles! (And “No Way, They Were Gay?” Is Included!)
There are moments when words come hard. When I started this blog over 13 years ago, I thought that maybe there were 30 books - picture books, middle grade, Young Adult - 30 books with LGBTQ main characters or themes. In all. That number has grown, and grown, and grown...
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