A Spirit of Hope
Today is Spirit Day, GLAAD’s annual event to show support for LGBTQ youth and speak out against bullying—both personal bullying and the sweeping bullying of anti-LGBTQ laws and rhetoric.
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16 Kids’ Books, Songs, and Games About Pronouns
For International Pronouns Day, here’s my latest roundup of kids’ books, music, and games all about pronouns, including a great new picture book just out this year—for you and her and him and them and xir!
For Gay Uncles Day: 18 Books from Past and Present Celebrating Queer Uncles
Today is Gay Uncles Day—and gay (and other queer) uncles have been the subject of picture books since 1989! Here are some of them (and a few for grown-ups) to help you celebrate these special people today and any day!
20 Recent Books Featuring Queer Dads for Father’s Day or Any Day
Here’s to the dads, to all who fill that role, and to all who claim today as their own. Let’s celebrate with a roundup of recent picture, middle-grade, and grown-up books featuring queer dads!
How Do Two-Mom Families Celebrate Father’s Day?
Father’s Day is this Sunday—a holiday that might seem to exclude families with two moms. The reality is a little more complex.
Today is LGBTQ Families Day! Join In the Celebration!
Today is the 19th Annual LGBTQ Families Day, a time to celebrate the many families with LGBTQ people in them! I invite you to post a family photo/video or some words of support on any social media channel, with the hashtag #LGBTQFamiliesDay. Let’s show our collective strength as a community of LGBTQ people, our children, our parents, and our allies.
Celebrate LGBTQ Families Day on June 3, 2024
Monday, June 3, 2024, is the 19th Annual LGBTQ Families Day, a time to celebrate the many families with LGBTQ people in them who live in every state and almost every county of the U.S. The event aims to raise awareness of the diversity, joys, and challenges of all LGBTQ families—found, formed, and chosen—who exist throughout our society.
Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the Moms and All Who Mother
Whether you call yourself Mom, Mama, Mommy, Maman, Mamá, Mami, Momo, Momily, MaPa, Baba, Maddy, or any other parental name, if you want to rejoice in your parental identity today (even more than you do any other day), go for it!
8 New LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books for Mother’s Day
It’s nearly Mother’s Day (or Mothers’ Day, if that’s how you roll), so here are some great new LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books to enjoy this weekend or anytime.
14 New Pride Books for Kids
Pride will be here before we know it, so get a jump on the celebration and check out some of these great new books for young children and middle-grade readers, with themes of LGBTQ Pride, history, and culture!