Rubble & Crew, a spin-off of Nickelodeon’s smash-hit kids’ show Paw Patrol, has dropped an episode with the franchise’s first nonbinary character (and first confirmed LGBTQ character overall), written by Lindz Amer of Queer Kid Stuff.
Sometimes it’s great to see LGBTQ protagonists simply having adventures like anyone else, and not always starring in books “about” their identities. In honor of International Nonbinary People’s Day (but good all year ’round), here are some picture books with protagonists who just happen to be nonbinary.
For young readers looking to move beyond picture books, but not quite ready for middle-grade titles, these four series offer text geared to their growing skills, engaging stories—and nonbinary protagonists!
To celebrate Nonbinary Awareness Week, here are several dozen wonderful, creative nonbinary parent names and the stories behind them, all submitted by nonbinary parents or their spouses/partners to the LGBTQ Parental Names Project that I’ve been running since 2011.
A stunning new book of more than 60 full-color photographs and accompanying interviews celebrates the lives of transgender and nonbinary people in their own words and those of their family members.
Happy Nonbinary Parents Day to all of the many nonbinary parents out there! Here are some books for all ages featuring nonbinary parents and adults, as well as ideas from other nonbinary parents about what their kids call them!
A new episode of Netflix animated kids’ show Ridley Jones centers nonbinary bison Fred, who comes out about their name and pronouns to their grandma (voiced by Cyndi Lauper). But Netflix has also just cancelled the series and not given its fifth and final season any promotion, says creator Chris Nee.
Looking for a great new kids’ music album that inspires kids to find creative solutions to challenges big and small? To grow their emotional skills and be allies to others? To sing joyously about a nonbinary best friend? Here’s the album for you, by a trans-led band.
Tiktok Chief Operating Officer V Pappas has said publicly that they identify as both a woman and nonbinary, and cited their kids as a primary reason for the announcement.
As a red-headed, queer, former fencer with a graduate degree in medieval history, I knew I was probably going to like the new sword-swinging, redhead- and queer-led middle grade fantasy novel from Esme Symes-Smith. This joyous, nuanced story with a nonbinary protagonist exceeded even my expectations.
