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New Middle-Grade Book Tells Childhood Stories of LGBTQ and Other Social Justice Activists

September 24, 2019

Every social justice hero was once a child. Some became activists as children; others did so as adults because of things they experienced when they were young. A new middle-grade book from the prolific Robin Stevenson explores the childhoods of activists in the LGBTQ, racial, disability, labor, immigrant, and women’s civil rights’ movements, among other areas, offering young readers both information and inspiration.

5 Ways to Support LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books and Banned Books Week

September 23, 2019

This week is Banned Books Week, the annual event from the American Library Association (ALA) honoring the freedom to read! Half of the books in the ALA’s latest Top Ten Most Challenged Books list are there because someone objected to their LGBTQ content—underscoring how much work is yet to be done on the path to equity and justice. Here are some ways you can support Banned Books Week and the authors behind books that have faced challenges!

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

September 19, 2019

Personal stories, political news, entertainment tidbits, and more that I haven’t covered elsewhere! A buffet for your reading pleasure!

Children’s Book About Boy Writing Love Song for Another Boy Is Now an Award-Winning Film

September 17, 2019

A children’s book that tells of one boy creating a love song for another, carrying on the Mexican serenata tradition of serenading one’s beloved, is the inspiration for an award-winning new short film.

Divorce, Reproductive Losses, and Other Queer “Failures”

September 16, 2019

When the first same-sex couple to marry legally in the United States, Hillary and Julie Goodridge, was feeling stressed from public attention, they didn’t want to seek couples’ counseling. Julie told NPR this past May, “It felt like too much of a risk.” They divorced a few years later. Their daughter Annie, who was 10 at the time, said in retrospect, “I felt like our family let everyone down.” Their situation highlights a long-time problem for the LGBTQ community and other marginalized groups: the pressure to be perfect. Two new books, however, each look at topics often associated with failure—relationship break-ups and reproductive losses—in order to help LGBTQ people and our children better navigate them.

Author of “Julián Is a Mermaid” Wins Major U.K. Book Prize

September 12, 2019

Jessica Love, whose picture book JuliÃ¡n Is a Mermaid tells the story of a gender creative child and his grandmother, has won the 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize for “the most exciting and promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.”

Gender, Sexuality, and Family, Explained for Kids

September 10, 2019

A new book offers LGBTQ-inclusive, simple explanations of terms and ideas about gender, sexuality, and family for children in older elementary grades.

Nonprofit Brings Hope and LGBTQ-Inclusive Books to Rural Schools

September 9, 2019

I don’t have to convince regular readers of the need for LGBTQ-inclusive books and other media in schools. That’s why I’m excited about a new project that is donating boxes of such books to rural public schools, and providing coaching and curriculum guides to help educators use them effectively.

Queer Children’s Comic Book Is a Time-Traveling Adventure

September 6, 2019

A new children’s comic book now being crowdfunded follows four sisters as they travel back in time to 1980s Paris on a mission to save their dads and the city itself in an alternate universe where love has become a crime.

Watch: New IKEA Video Features Two Men in Bed (Trying to Sleep)

September 4, 2019

A new video from furniture giant IKEA shows two men struggling with the discomfort of their too-small bed. It’s part of a faux-nature docuseries, createdÂ in partnership with National Geographic, “to capture and document the human species in one of the most challenging habitats the world has ever seen—the bedroom.”