Brandi Carlile’s Emmy Award-winning kids’ song “One Sacred Thing,” has been released today on an album from the preschool show Jam Van. With lines like “Only love can make a family/ Even when we aren’t the same,” it’s the perfect song for Pride or any time of year.
Drag stars Fay and Fluffy are returning this week with the second season of their award-winning preschool variety show, which will be premiering globally for the first time. It’s like a drag story time in your living room—but you don’t have to clean glitter out of the carpet. See a trailer here.
LGBTQ-inclusive content for kids, including performances, books, curricula, and more, has come under ever-increasing attack, bolstered in recent months by the federal government—but people are speaking out and fighting back.
Two-mom couple and former pro hockey players Madison and Anya Packer’s new podcast looks at “everything from professional women’s athletes, to sports, to raising children, and all the messiness in between.” If you have an interest in any of the above, give it a listen!
“The Bravest Knight,” the first children’s television series on a mainstream network to star a family with same-sex parents, has returned to Hulu for a second season after more than five years. Watch a trailer here (and get a peek at actor and drag queen Nina West’s guest role).
Danielle Joy “DJ” Healey, a renowned patent attorney in Texas, came out as a trans woman at age 57. An award-winning documentary, out this week on demand, follows her and her family as they navigate this transition and Danielle applies her legal skills to helping other trans and queer people. Watch a trailer here.
A farmer father makes the decision to support his transgender daughter in Not Losing You, a powerful and touching new video aimed at preventing future suicides of trans and LGBTQ youth. It will bring tears to your eyes, but also give you hope.
How does the journey to parenthood change us—especially a journey that isn’t straight, in many senses of the word? That’s the question asked in The Mattachine Family, a new movie from Andy Vallentine about a two-man couple trying to decide whether to continue pursuing parenthood after their foster child returns to his birth mother. Watch a trailer here.
Beloved animated children’s show Bluey has just dropped an episode revealing that one of the minor recurring characters has two moms. We never see the moms, however, and the rest of the episode actually dwells on a different-sex wedding. Here’s my look at the episode and how the show handles things.
The new kids’ music album Confidence Juice brings us fun, retro-pop tunes with a range of affirming themes, including family diversity, body positivity, self-confidence, and expansive gender expression. Have a listen!
