Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Look At Me – A Picture Book I Wish Had Been Read to Me When I Was a Little Kid
Cover of "Look At Me" Look At Me: A Celebration of Self, Playfulness, and Exploration by Audrey Beth Stein, Illustrated by Kristina Neudakhina What do YOU like to wear? Nail polish? Fancy suits? Pigtails? Monday underwear? Possibilities are endless in this vibrantly...
The National Coalition Against Censorship Puts Out a Coalition Statement Against the Attack on Books in Schools – I’m Proud to Have Signed It
Screenshot from the National Coalition Against Censorship's web page announcing the "NCAC Leads Coalition Statement On The Attack on Books In Schools" with an insert of names of individuals who signed including me - "Lee Wind, Author and Blogger" Here's the full text...
Adrian Matthias Stevens And Sean Snyder are a Two-Spirit Couple Changing Our World for the Better
screen shot of the In Magainze article on Adrian and Sean, "Changing Cultural Expectations Through Dance: Meet Two-Spirit Couple Adrian Matthias Stevens And Sean Snyder" The story of Adrian and Sean being the first Two-Spirit couple to do the sweetheart dance on the...
Publishing Can – And IS – Doing Better: Alex Gino’s Groundbreaking Book About a Trans 5th Grader Is Now Going to Be Titled “Melissa”
screen shot from the Publishers Weekly article "Alex Gino Debuts New Title and Cover for Groundbreaking Trans Novel" alongside the new cover, "Melissa" with the words "Previously Published as "George" above Alex Gino's name. This news made me feel both happy and...
I’m Interviewed on TV about “Red and Green and Blue and White”!
Screen shot from the interview and online article "Author inspired by response to '93 Billings hate crimes writes children's book" The Friday Dec 3, 2021 interview was with the gracious and lovely Victoria Hill on Montana This Morning, a program on KTVQ, the CBS...
“No Way, They Were Gay?” is named a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books!
Screen shots of the Chicago Public Library's announcement of the "Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2021" and the availability information for "No Way, They Were Gay?" in their library system. This is SO wonderful! The Chicago Public Library has announced...
Signed Bookplates (by me and Paul O. Zelinsky) for “Red and Green and Blue and White” – a Holiday Giveaway
A photo of 20 bookplate stickers signed by Paul O. Zelinsky and me (!) for our picture book, "Red and Green and Blue and White" I have twenty bookplate stickers to give away to celebrate the season! If you'd like one, just take a photo of yourself with your copy of...
The New York Times Review of “Red and Green and Blue and White” Calls it “Beautiful”!
Me posing with the Sunday Nov 28, 2021 New York Times - the top half of page 22 of the Book Review is the amazing review of "Red and Green and Blue and White"! External validation feels scary. To let it influence my internal measure of the worth of what I've done...
Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me – a Graphic Novel-Style Nonfiction Memoir and History Lesson
Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell Follow the daily life of one queer artist from Texas as they introduce us to the lives of ten extraordinary people.The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South,...
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