Screen shots from Eli Lieb's Boys Who Like Boys music video. So fun. Enjoy! The light in me recognizes and acknowledges the light in you,Lee
Miscellaneous Awesomeness
Pumpkin – Waylon, a Fat, Openly Gay Teen, is Nominated for Prom Queen as a Joke. He Decides To Run For It… And Win.
Pumpkin by Julie Murphy Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can...
Cybils Awards Call for Judges Open Until September 10, 2021 – Do You Talk About KidLit Online (a traditional blog, YouTube, Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter, and/or TikTok)?
The great folks over at the Cybils Awards are looking for judges for 2021 children's literature! I've done it in the past, and they're right, it's a lot of reading... It's also completely fascinating to read multiple books in the same category, and to discuss with the...
My Fanboy Moment – Cheering Alok Vaid Menon
I follow Alok on Instagram where they share glamour shots of themself, along with mini essays that get me all teared up, like this recent one on body hair... Read the full post on Instagram here. Alok also shares book reports that investigate and eplore Queerness -...
The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families – Young Reader Nonfiction
The Every Body Book by by Rachel E. Simon, illustrated by Noah Grigni This vibrant and beautifully illustrated book teaches children sex, gender and relationships education in a way that is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Covering puberty,...
A Personal Note About SCBWI
As the SCBWI 50th Anniversary Summer Conference gets underway, I want to acknowledge the crisis of confidence and belonging SCBWI is going through. It’s a crisis that has led to there not being a team blog reporting on this conference, and to there not being an LGBTQ+...