Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to...
Books with Trans Teen Characters/Themes
10 years later there’s a new edition of “Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance” by Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi
Grateful to Marsha for this gift copy of the 2nd edition of the book she wrote with her son, "Two Spirits, One Heart." Those of you who have been following this blog for a long time may remember the "PFLAG Mom" video interview I did with Marsha back in 2011. Marsha's...
Too Bright to See – a Middle Grade Novel with a Ghost and an 11 Year Old Main Character Who Figures Out They Are Trans
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put...
Meet Cute Diary – A Trans Teen Rom-Com Where a Relationship ‘Expert’ Falls In Love For The First Time
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There’s just one problem—all the stories are fake. What started as the fantasies of a trans...
Out on the Shelves – a really cool resource from New Zealand listing hundreds of LGBTQIA+ Books for kids and teens
I'm really excited to both discover and share Out on the Shelves's online resource. I really love how they include the native terms in their description of who they are and who they're focused on helping: Out on the Shelves is run by InsideOUT, a national charity with...
Publishers Weekly Celebrates Spring and Summer 2021 LGBTQ Kid Lit Releases with a List of 91 titles! (And “No Way, They Were Gay?” Is Included!)
There are moments when words come hard. When I started this blog over 13 years ago, I thought that maybe there were 30 books - picture books, middle grade, Young Adult - 30 books with LGBTQ main characters or themes. In all. That number has grown, and grown, and grown...