A majority of titles in the American Library Association’s (ALA’s) latest annual list of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books were challenged or banned because of their LGBTQ content. Two of the books were also burned.
Not only has the number of LGBTQ-inclusive picture books increased greatly over the past few years, but more and more are being published even for the very youngest children. Here are some new ones (board books and otherwise) aimed at babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.
A maiden falls in love with a princess at a multiracial royal court in a delightful new children’s book that adds to the growing collection of LGBTQ fairy tales.
Maybe it’s the hint of real spring in the air, but I’ve had music in my head lately, so I thought it would be a good time to recap some of the great music that now exists for and about LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ kids, and different types of families in general.
Moms Stef and Lena of Freeform’s The Fosters make their second guest appearance in spinoff show Good Trouble, in an episode that raises the question: What’s more awkward, bringing your lesbian moms to your conservative boss’ house for drinks or having dinner with your new girlfriend, your ex, and the ex’s new girlfriend? And what happened to Lena’s hair? It’s now rather … straight.
A coloring book about a girl with two dads who imagines herself as a “princess ballerina” reminds us that princesses come in many forms and have many strengths, separately and together.
Last night, Kazoo, a queer-inclusive (but not exclusive) magazine for girls founded by a lesbian mom, won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Award for General Excellence, its most prestigious honor. It is the first children’s magazine to win the award, beating out the more established publications Audubon, Columbia Journalism Review, The Hollywood Reporter, and Smithsonian.
Arthur Levine, best known as the U.S. editor of Harry Potter, is leaving publishing giant Scholastic to start his own publishing company focused on diverse books and creators.
Esther the Wonder Pig, the real-life pig whose adoption by a two-man couple has inspired two memoirs and a picture book, is getting a movie!
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots—but also marks the decennial anniversaries of several groundbreaking LGBTQ-inclusive books for children and young adults in the U.S. Walk through the decades with me.
