Inform and inspire with a brand-new picture-book biography of a legendary gay fashion icon, plus nine other picture-book biographies published this year that showcase LGBTQ writers, performers, activists, and an astronaut.
Want new LGBTQ-inclusive middle grade books? We’ve got them! These titles include the latest from the award-winning Alex Gino, plus two drag-themed novels, sequels in two magical adventure series, and an inclusive non-fiction title about body literacy.
New LGBTQ-inclusive picture books just keep on coming! Here are some of my recent favorites that I haven’t already mentioned, including a new board book for the youngest tots.
Today is Transgender Parent Day, so here’s to the trans parents of today and tomorrow—and of the past, on whose shoulders they stand. Please enjoy this profile of Billy Tipton (1914-1989), a jazz bandleader, father of three sons, and a trans man.
Seven picture books published this year—six biographies and one historical snapshot—highlight an array of figures and moments from LGBTQ history. One expects such books to be informative—but these are also often fun, lyrical, and dazzlingly illustrated, ready to inspire young readers in multiple ways.
Get your family ready for Halloween with these recent books for all ages (including grown-ups) about spooky and not-so-spooky witches, vampires, werewolves, demons, and ghosts—and featuring LGBTQ people and families.
Sword-swinging nonbinary protagonists return in the next volumes of two of my favorite middle grade fantasy series. Each is very different, but both explore issues of privilege, power, and social justice even as they give us rousing adventures.
Last August, rapper Snoop Dogg drew widespread criticism for his response to a grandson’s questions about same-sex parents in a movie. Now, he’s partnered with GLAAD and queer singer Jeremy Beloate to release “Love Is Love,” a new kids’ song about family diversity. Has he redeemed himself?
Black lesbian poet and activist Staceyann Chin has long offered incisive observations on motherhood, identity, and more. A powerful new documentary shows how parenting her own daughter led her on a journey to reconnect with the mother who abandoned her and to find a path towards healing. See a trailer here.
Today marks the theatrical release of Fairyland, based on Alysia Abbott’s memoir about growing up with a single gay dad during the 1970s and 80s. Go see it—then read the book and these other memoirs by people who grew up with queer parents in roughly the same era.
