Hopster, a learning and entertainment service for preschoolers, has today launched a variety of LGBTQ-inclusive animated stories, songs, and video books—watch two of their cute ones right here!
Children’s cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is introducing a same-sex couple in an episode airing this coming weekend. That’s reason to celebrate—even as it comes halfway through the show’s final season, following a long tradition of many children’s shows only including queer characters right before they end.
The number of children’s books about Pride has increased dramatically over the past few years. Here are some of the best.
Three new children’s books each offer different approaches as they highlight different aspects of gender identity and expression.
A look at the news over the past few weeks leaves no doubt that abortion rights are under attack. This makes a new book for teens about abortion rights and reproductive justice a superbly timely and important read. Even better, it’s by a queer mom whose other books you may have read!
It’s just going to be a week of LGBTQ kids’entertainment news, and I’m okay with that. Streaming service Hulu has announced the premiere of The Bravest Knight, the first mainstream children’s television series that centers a family with same-sex parents. Watch a trailer here!
Even as mainstream children’s shows like PBS Kids’ Arthur are starting to show LGBTQ characters, independent efforts are still striving to provide quality LGBTQ-inclusive content for kids. One new effort is All Together Now!, a queer animated kid’s show about “a community of people with different gender identities, body types, abilities, family structures, and cultural backgrounds.”
Alabama Public Television is refusing to show an episode of the beloved show Arthur on PBS Kids because it depicts two male characters getting married. Contact them to let them know how you feel!
A picture book about LGBTQ-rights hero Harvey Milk is gaining support among parents and others after some parents in Hanover County, Virginia, objected to it being read in a second-grade classroom. The teacher had read the book after one child in the class was called “gay” in a negative way.
Arthur, the beloved 22-year-old series on PBS Kids, has just introduced its first queer character, Arthur’s teacher Mr. Ratburn, who got married on yesterday’s season premiere. Watch it in full online—and learn why, even though he’s not the first queer character on children’s television, he still breaks new ground.
