Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Summer 2022 Update
Hi, community! The last few months have been full of many things, but not blogging... So, here are some fun highlights of what's been going on: #1 The International Literacy Association chose NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? as the winner of their Young Adult Nonfiction Award!...
Kings of B’More – A YA with two Black Queer main characters spending one last AMAZING day together before one has to move away
Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas With junior year starting in the fall, Harrison feels like he's on the precipice of, well, everything. Standardized testing, college, and the terrifying unknowns and looming pressures of adulthood after that--it's like the future...
Download and Decipher This Moment from Queer History – An Activity Worksheet for NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
One of the very cool discoveries I made in doing research for NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? was Anne Lister's secret code - crypthand - that let Anne write about things in the early 1800s without fear of someone else reading it and exposing her Queerness. In fact, it took...
Two Pride Podcasts – I’m a guest on “Virgin. Beauty. B!tch” and “Millennial Housewife”
As part of this month's celebration of Queer Pride, I had the honor to be interviewed on two podcasts: Virgin. Beauty. B!tch - a great conversation with Christopher and Heather "Revealing the Hidden History of Pride with Award-Winning Author Lee Wind" and Millennial...
STRONG – A Stereotype-Breaking Picture Book I Wish Had Been Read to Me When I was a Little Kid
Strong by Rob Kearney and Eric Rosswood, Illustrated by Nidhi Chanani Rob dreams of becoming a champion strongman. He wants to flip huge tires, lug boulders, and haul trucks -- and someday be the strongest man in the world! But he feels like he can't fit in with his...
Celebrating Queer Pride, Part Two – Join me for one or more of these three Pride Book Events!
I'll be talking about Queer books for kids and teens (mine and others) and empowering Queer History at three events in June... I hope you'll join me for one or more! Tuesday June 14th at 6pm - A Pride Book Talk IN-PERSON at PAGES Bookstore in Manhattan Beach, CA This...
Small Town Pride – A Gay 13 Year Old Finds Himself, His Voice, and Maybe… Community
Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school’s first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can’t be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio. When Jake’s dad...
Celebrating Queer Pride, Part One
It's June, and despite the difficult news cycle, there's a bunch of things to celebrate! Shout out to my amazing husband - we've been together 25 years now, and every day I'm grateful. And every day I want to spend more time with you. And every day your love gives me...
I Kissed Shara Wheeler – a contemporary Queer YA Romance with a Bi main character Chloe, a Queer Cast of Friends, and Chloe’s missing nemesis
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy....
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