LGBTQ Kid Lit

They She He Me – A Picture Book about gender for the littlest kids that’s simple, and beautiful, and very well might change the world

They She He Me – A Picture Book about gender for the littlest kids that’s simple, and beautiful, and very well might change the world

They She He Me, Free to Be! by Maya Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Sg How do you daily confirm and celebrate gender fluidity when the 'he' and 'she' binary is so prevalent in EVERYTHING, everywhere, all the time!?Pronouns serve as a familiar starting point for kids...

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Don’t Feed The Trolls – Gamers. Secret Identities. A Romance. And figuring out not just who you want to be, but who you are.

Don’t Feed The Trolls – Gamers. Secret Identities. A Romance. And figuring out not just who you want to be, but who you are.

Don't Feed the Trolls by Erica Kudisch Gaming while female is enough to incur the wrath of the dude-bros, and they've come for me. Instead of fighting back, I've created an alternate account. Male name, male pronouns. And I've met this girl. I've always liked girls,...

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Out on the Shelves – a really cool resource from New Zealand listing hundreds of LGBTQIA+ Books for kids and teens

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...

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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!)

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...

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Perfectly Me – 3 Picture Books centering Trans Children in loving and accepting families, schools, and communities

Perfectly Me – 3 Picture Books centering Trans Children in loving and accepting families, schools, and communities

Perfectly Linus, Perfectly Charlie, and Perfectly Bella by Camilla Gisslow, illustrated by Klaudia Drabikowska, translated by Ian Muller Meet Linus, Bella and Charlie. Three kids with different identities here to tell us how they want to look on the outside and how we...

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Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow
Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow

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