LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
It’s time for another roundup of LGBTQ parenting news I haven’t covered elsewhere, with stories on family creation, politics, censorship—and penguins!
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched After Mayor Withholds Library Funds Over LGBTQ Books
A Mississippi Friends of the Library group has launched a crowdfunding campaign after their town’s mayor said he is withholding $110,000 in library funds unless LGBTQ books are removed from the shelves.
Meet the Queer Parent Winter Olympians
As always, I have my eye on the queer parent athletes at the Olympics! Come meet them and see photos of their families! One met her future spouse when they were both 10 years old; the other is fighting for marriage equality in her home country.
4 New LGBTQ Kids’ Books Out Today
The LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books of 2022 are just getting started—here are four being published today, two picture books and two middle-grade titles! Read on for reviews.
8 New Year’s Resolutions for LGBTQ Parents
The end of January is here, which to me means a last day for New Year’s resolutions. The middle of a global pandemic is perhaps not the best time to commit to any big life changes (though if you can pull them off, more power to you), so here are a few small, suggested resolutions for us LGBTQ parents as we start the new year. I hope that one or more of them speak to you.
14 LGBTQ-Inclusive Titles for Multicultural Children’s Book Day: #ReadYourWorld
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day, so I’m showcasing 14 picture books that are both LGBTQ inclusive and celebrate various cultures around the world!
Tennessee School Board Bans Pulitzer Prize-Winning Holocaust Novel from Curriculum
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is deeply ironic, then, that news broke this week of a Tennessee school board removing a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its curriculum—one of many recent attempts across the U.S. to ban or restrict books about marginalized groups.
Michigan Reaffirms Support for LGBTQ Families Even as Legal Settlement Allows Discrimination in Foster Care and Adoption
The state of Michigan must continue contracting with child service agencies that discriminate against same-sex couples, according to the settlement this week of a long-running case whose outcome rested on a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The state’s Children’s Services Agency nevertheless reaffirmed its commitment to supporting LGBTQ people who want to foster or adopt or are already doing so.
Some of the Best Recent Books for and About LGBTQ Parents
I’ve been writing a lot about kids’ books—so for a change, here are some of the best recent parenting guides, memoirs, and social science studies for and about us LGBTQ parents.
Queer-Inclusive Books Win Big at Youth Media Awards
A children’s book with a transgender protagonist and a transgender author earned a Newbery Honor for the first time ever, and other queer-inclusive children’s and young adult books—and their queer authors—also won big at this year’s American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards.