Wow is this a picture book I wish had been read to me when I was a little kid! The Gender Wheel: A Story About Bodies and Gender for Everybody by Maya Gonzalez Here's the publisher description: "This is our world.Like many things in nature it's round and holds...
So here's the thing: reading up on the upcoming "Writing the Rainbow" six-part online course with Lesléa Newman and Rob Sanders offered by the Highlights Foundation, I got so excited, I signed up to take the class myself. There are the six main sessions, and...
The Camino Club by Kevin Craig After getting in trouble with the law, a group of wayward teens from diverse backgrounds are given an ultimatum: serve time in juvenile detention for their crimes, or walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route across Spain over the...
This was totally inspiring! There are a bunch of articles on what Trevor Wilkinson achieved in his fight not just to be able to wear nail polish if he wanted to, but to let other students be free of the constraints of a gendered dress code. The scoop is that Trevor...
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...
It's been more than 13 years since I started blogging at I'm Here. I'm Queer. What The Hell Do I Read?, and with two books coming out in 2021, it felt like time for a new virtual home. Welcome, to the new LeeWind.org What's the same? I'll still be regularly blogging...
