LGBTQ Kid Lit

What the World Needs Now [Lee Wind Feb 2026 Update]

by Lee Wind | Feb 24, 2026 | Author Lee Wind, Book Banning Smackdown, Books with Bi/Pan Teen Characters/Themes, Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes

Hi community, I'm thinking a lot about that song, "What the world needs now, is love, sweet love..." In 2002, as part of the wedding ceremony my husband and I had (it wasn't yet legal but it had all the meaning) we did a sing-along with everyone who joined us to...

Amid the Chaos: Defiant Joy, and Hope [Lee Wind Jan 2026 Update]

by Lee Wind | Jan 28, 2026 | Author Lee Wind, Awards, Events, LGBTQ History, LGBTQ Kid Lit, Miscellaneous Awesomeness, On Writing for Kids and Teens

Hi Community, "Defiant Joy" is one of my guide-star phrases for 2026, especially given the manufactured, mean-spirited chaos happening right now in the USA and beyond. In the face of the powers that want us unhappy and scared, JOY feels defiant. JOY is resistance. JOY...

Banana Menorah Launch, Year-End Lists, Interviews, and a Copy Edit Completed… Lee Wind Dec 2025 Update

by Lee Wind | Dec 14, 2025 | Antisemitism Smackdown, Author Lee Wind, Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes, Gender Binary Smackdown, Miscellaneous Awesomeness, Picture Books I Wish Had Been Read To Me When I Was A Little Kid, Transphobia Smackdown

Banana Menorah LaunchMy 8th book, the picture book BANANA MENORAH published last month, and I had a wonderful time at Pages, my local indie bookstore where I was one of two authors they hosted for the Manhattan Beach holiday pier lighting celebration. There were live...

Like THAT Eleanor publishes Tuesday June 3, 2025!

by Lee Wind | May 28, 2025 | Allyship, Author Lee Wind, Books with Queer/Gender NonConforming Characters/Themes, Picture Books I Wish Had Been Read To Me When I Was A Little Kid

Publishing takes time... but having a new book come out when it's finally all ready is so sweet! "Like THAT Eleanor" is beautifully illustrated by Kelly Mangan, and published so well by Maria Dismondy, Adam Blackman, and the team at Cardinal Rule Press. It's the...

Hope through Art, and other updates – Feb 2025

by Lee Wind | Feb 17, 2025 | Author Lee Wind, Awards, Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes, Books with Queer/Gender NonConforming Characters/Themes, Events, LGBTQ History, Miscellaneous Awesomeness, Picture Books I Wish Had Been Read To Me When I Was A Little Kid, Queer KidLit Creators

Hello community! “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson where hope “never stops.” For me, the feather metaphor telegraphs that hope is fragile, but the visual metaphor I prefer is the HOPE sculpture by Robert Indiana at the corner of...

Lee Wind July 2024 Update: Kickstarter Last Call, ALA Highlights, Your Launch Event Invite for THE GENDER BINARY IS A BIG LIE, and more!

by Lee Wind | Jul 17, 2024 | Author Lee Wind, Books with Gay Teen Characters/Themes, Books with Trans Teen Characters/Themes, Events, LGBTQ History, LGBTQ Sports, Miscellaneous Awesomeness, Transphobia Smackdown

It's summer, and I'm excited to share these author updates: 1) You can still join more than 150 other backers in the BRAVE Kickstarter to empower hundreds of LGBTQIA2+ and Allied teens with their own copy of my gay teen action adventure romance, A DIFFERENT KIND OF...

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