Life, Death, and the Ties Among All Families: “An Ordinary Day” Is an Extraordinary Book
A moving new picture book, whose theme is nothing less than the circle of life, is also a quietly queer-inclusive tale.
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New Picture Book Rejoices in the Diversity, Strength, and Joy of Being Brown
A new picture book celebrates and affirms brown children’s varied cultural and geographic origins, interests, talents, physical appearances, and relationships—and it’s inclusive of creative gender expressions as well.
Celebrating a Best Friend in a Captivating New Picture Book
An exquisite new picture book about making a best friend is sure to find a treasured place on many bookshelves.
Needing More Than a Moment: LGBTQ Representation in Children’s TV and Film
The Academy Award-winning songwriters behind Disney’s Frozen announced recently that they are working on Universal Pictures’ movie musical adaptation of The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang’s award-winning graphic novel about a genderqueer prince. And 20th Century Fox is adapting the Goldie Vance comic series, which stars a queer protagonist, into a film—making this a good time to assess the state of LGBTQ representation in children’s film and television.
Gay Parent Magazine Interviews Mombian
Gay Parent Magazine spoke with me recently about my family, my career, and the origins of Mombian—and the interview is in its latest issue, available now.
Watch: Reps. Angie Craig and Jackie Speier Read Kids’ Books on Gender Identity — from the U.S. House Floor
Yesterday was the annual Jazz & Friends National Day of School and Community Readings, organized by HRC’s Welcoming Schools program. Watch Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), the first lesbian mom elected to Congress, and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), a strong LGBTQ ally, read two great children’s books on gender identity on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives!
“Clifford the Big Red Dog” TV Reboot Introduces Two-Mom Family; Hate Group Inadvertently Helps Queer Families
A new television reboot of the children’s show Clifford the Big Red Dog includes a two-mom family (with a lesbian actor voicing one of the moms). How did this news break? Not because of any outreach to the LGBTQ community on the part of the show, but because a hate group is calling on its members to speak out against it.
New LGBTQ-Inclusive Middle Grade Books for Spring
OK, it’s not quite spring—but the new crop of LGBTQ-inclusive middle grade books that are coming out in the next few weeks are putting me in a spring-like mood. There’s humor, mystery, poignancy, adventure, romance, and a surfeit of surfing—plus a hint at what could be yet another queer-inclusive animated feature film!
“Frozen” Songwriters Creating Movie Musical Based on Book About Genderqueer Prince
The songwriters behind Disney’s Frozen have announced their next project will be the movie musical adaptation of an award-winning graphic novel about a genderqueer prince.
“Onward” to Have Pixar’s First LGBTQ Character with Dialogue
The upcoming Disney Pixar film Onward will include the studio’s first queer character to have dialogue (though not its first queer character).