LGBTQ Parenting Year in Review 2018
LGBTQ parents and our children faced significant challenges to equality and inclusion in 2018—but there was still some progress. Here are the highlights of the year, both good and bad.
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LGBTQ-Inclusive Christmas Books for Kids
Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas books to read with your children? There aren’t many, but they do exist. Check them out (and learn why we still need more)!
Might Doc McStuffins Creator’s Netflix Deal Mean More Queer Families on TV?
Award-winning producer and screenwriter Chris Nee (who also happens to be a lesbian mom)Â has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to write and produce new series for preschoolers and all ages. Her Disney Junior show Doc McStuffins made headlines last year when it became the first show on the network to feature a two-mom family. Might Nee be bringing more queer families to our screens?
New Children’s Music for Queer Families Celebrates Feelings, Farts, and More
A new album of children’s music for queer families and others covers a range of topics for tots and parents alike, including feelings, farts, social justice, potty training, and nipple confusion.
Marlon Bundo to Return in (at Least) Two Books Next Year
Marlon Bundo, “the Bunny of the United States” who made headlines when he starred in a book by Charlotte Pence, daughter of Vice President Mike Pence, and in an alternative story produced by comedian John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, in which he marries his boyfriend, will be back next year in two more books.
“Fierce Papa Bear for LGBTQ Youth” Inspires New Award for Young Adult Literature
A national organization for English teachers has established a new award for equity and inclusion in young adult literature. It will first be given to gay author Bill Konigsberg and named after him for future recipients.
LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Book Publisher Back for a 3rd Season
Flamingo Rampant micropress is getting ready to launch its third season of “feminist, racially diverse, LGBTQ positive children’s books”! I’ve always loved their joyous approach to inclusivity, and their next set of books looks sure to continue that tradition.
2018 Gift Guide to LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s and Middle-Grade Books
It’s time for my annual roundup of some of this year’s best LGBTQ-inclusive children’s and middle-grade books and magazine! It was a banner year for such books in many ways, with a high overall volume and a surge in the often neglected middle-grade range.
Watch: New Music Video by Two-Mom Couple on Adoption
Musicians, producers, spouses, and moms Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion have released a new beautiful video inspired by their personal journey to adoption.
New Middle-Grade Book Asks Us to Look Beyond the Surface
Dana Alison Levy is back with her fourth middle-grade book set in the universe of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, her 2014 novel about a two-dad family. Her latest book, It Wasn’t Me, centers around one of the Fletchers’ classmates, whose photography project was vandalized with threats and gay slurs, and it asks readers to reflect on the assumptions we make about others.