Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Guardian of the Dead – YA Fantasy where the main character’s best friend is Asexual
"Guardian of the Dead" by Karen Healey Seventeen-year-old Ellie Spencer is just like any other teenager at her boarding school. She hangs out with her best friend Kevin, she obsesses over Mark, a cute and mysterious bad boy, and her biggest worry is her paper...
Antisemitism is the Core of White Nationalism – Eric Ward’s Disturbing and Important Analysis
The idea that the core of white supremacy's hatred and fear of anyone "other" - specifically Black, brown, and other people of color - is a hatred and fear of Jewish people isn't something I knew. Eric Ward is the Western States Center’s Executive Director and Senior...
I’m Interviewed On the Nicholas Snow Show on PromoHomo.TV about “No Way, They Were Gay?”!
Nicholas and I had a great discussion about my new book! Check it out here! https://youtu.be/4R7o-mbgrUg I'm really grateful for the opportunity to share about the book! If you'd like to donate a copy of "No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives and Secret Loves" to an...
Neopronouns – Are You Up On This New Evolution of English-Language Terms of Identity?
Noun-self pronouns. Words created to be pronouns that are not gendered. As reported by Ezra Marcus in the New York Times, "A Guide to Neopronouns" This article was fascinating, and I really loved that it included three self-portraits by artists who use Neopronouns,...
Book Riot’s list of 14 LGBTQ+ Board Books
There were some fun new titles I hadn't heard about before on this list, as well as some of my favorites, like Lesléa Newman and Carol Thompson's "Mommy, Mama, and Me!" and "Daddy, Papa, and Me!" Thanks to Danika Ellis for putting together "14 LGBTQ Board Books to...
The Launch Event Recording for “No Way, They Were Gay?”
What an amazing launch party! Thanks to {pages} a bookstore for hosting, and to the amazing Alex Sanchez for interviewing me. And now, with no further ado, here's the recording of the hour-long party... https://youtu.be/2iD3Sxs6DZU Feeling all kinds of grateful, The...
Last Night at the Telegraph Club – YA Historical Fiction About a Chinese American Teenage Girl Falling in Love with Another Girl in 1954 San Francisco
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo “That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you...
Launch Day for “No Way, They Were Gay?” is Here!
Ancestors. It means our parents, and their parents. And our grandparents' parents, and on and on, back through time. And it also means our collective, community ancestors. For those of us in the LGBTQIA2+ community, we didn't grow up knowing this part of our heritage....
The April 2021 Lee Wind video newsletter
Getting to sign preordered copies of "No Way, They Were Gay?" just days before the launch was a big moment in my author journey that I wanted to share... so here's the under two minutes mini-documentary of the experience! https://youtu.be/oMdQsHIXXZc Here's the link...
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