LGBTQ parents do not “make” our kids LGBTQ, but research has shown we may be more flexible than cisgender, straight parents about kids’ gender socialization. A new study finds, however, that some LGBTQ parents still feel invested in children’s gender conformity, feeling tension between supporting their children and protecting them from external harm.
Today is International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” I’ve been thinking, therefore, about how we parents can help our children inspire inclusion for girls and women. Here’s my own experience.
October is LGBTQ History Month and includes National Coming Out Day, Spirit Day, Ace Week, and Intersex Awareness Day. By Halloween, my head is abuzz with ways to support and sustain our multifaceted queer selves. Here’s how the spookiest day of the year can bring it all together.
A joyous new book is filled with photos and testimonials of real children across a variety of gender identities and expressions. It’s an extraordinary celebration of ordinary kids, and a must-have for any collection of diverse books.
A thoughtful and practical new guide is intended to help all parents understand gender identity and expression, have healthy conversations with their children about gender, and create an affirming environment, whether their children are transgender, cisgender, nonbinary, gender expansive, or questioning.
Coming out this week and next are two picture books featuring transgender girls (one told from her sibling’s perspective), one about a kid whose mom is a transgender man, and one about a boy who wants to dance ballet!
After a year when time has seemed strangely warped, it’s hard to believe it’s back-to-school season already, but it is. To help get the school year off to an inclusive start, here are some great new picture books about gender identity. Check them out for home or school use!
Two new books for elementary-age kids by nonbinary creators offer thoughtful lessons about gender, pronouns, and self.
A new book for tweens takes a lighthearted but informational approach to bodies, gender, feelings, health, relationships, consent, and other aspects of puberty in all their sometimes sticky, smelly, and hairy variety. It is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities (and includes information on binders, tucking, and more for transgender and nonbinary youth).
In a new picture book by Stonewall Award-winning author Gayle Pitman, a child tells lovingly about her nonbinary parent.
