A Gift Guide to Books for LGBTQ Families
It was a good year for books about LGBTQ families and youth. Here are some of my 2016 favorites—great for gift giving or borrowing from the library to read with family over the holidays.
children’s books
LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Book Publisher Launching 2nd Season
Flamingo Rampant, a micropress that makes “feminist, racially diverse books featuring LGBT2Q kids and families with celebratory, joyful story lines” is launching a Kickstarter for their second season of books. I’m very excited.
Two Sisters with Two Moms Star in Adoption Tale
Let’s end National Adoption Month with a recommendation for a sweet picture book about two adopted sisters with two moms.
Children’s Book Creators Pledge to “Uplift Through Books”
In the wake of the election, children’s authors and illustrators are pledging to use their talents to help eliminate fear and hatred and to spread understanding and empathy.
Transgender Middle School Boy Shines in New Book
A new middle-grade book about a transgender boy is a positive, hopeful story of coming of age and transitioning. Put this one on your reading list.
LGBTQ History Books for Kids
October is LGBTQ History Month, so why not share some LGBTQ history with your kids? Here are some histories and biographies for a variety of ages.
Cricket Media Provides Contrast in Kids’ Magazine LGBTQ Inclusion
After an Internet uproar over the past few days over Highlights magazine’s initially weak response to why they haven’t included LGBTQ families in their pages, I reached out to Cricket Media, another long-time behemoth in children’s magazine publishing, to see if they had ever done so. Here’s what they said.
#HighlightLGBTFamilies Urging LGBTQ Inclusion in Highlights Magazine
Many of us, I imagine, remember Highlights magazine from our youth. The publication gave one queer mom a less than satisfactory answer about why they haven’t included LGBTQ families on their pages—and LGBTQ families are responding.
Telling Stories of Jewish LGBTQ Families
The Jewish High Holiday season is this week, so let’s take a look at some new stories that feature queer, Jewish families, including a children’s picture book and a grown-up memoir by a woman with four lesbian moms.
New Kids’ Book on Bodies Is Trans-Inclusive
A new children’s picture book about human bodies includes transgender and gender nonconforming people as well as same-sex parents. That’s a rare and wonderful thing, making this a welcome book, despite a few caveats.