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Greenville County Hughes Main Library. Photo credit: Antony-22, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

A South Carolina Library Board Restricts All Children’s Books Depicting Trans or Gender Diverse Children to Adult Section

February 29, 2024

South Carolina’s Greenville County library board voted unanimously this week to move all children’s books with trans characters or others that show gender “in ways inconsistent with the minor’s biological sex” out of the children’s section—but they adopted an amendment so books with “tomboy” characters could stay. As a “tomboy” myself, I find this appalling rather than comforting.

There's No Such Thing as Vegetables - Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! What Are Your Pronouns Today?

2 New Picture Books on Gender, Pronouns, and … Brussels Sprouts?

February 27, 2024

It’s a very good day that sees new picture books by the multi-award-winning Kyle Lukoff and by Lindz Amer, creator of the award-winning Queer Kid Stuff edutainment video series. Each book may make you think more deeply about gender—but in very different ways.

6 Recent Picture-Book Biographies of Black LGBTQ Americans for Black History Month and Beyond

February 8, 2024

In honor of Black History Month—but best read all year round—here are some of my favorite recent children’s biographies of Black LGBTQ people from U.S. history, including two brand-new titles!

4 New Picture Books With LGBTQ Inclusion from Pedagogical to Incidental

February 6, 2024

Four new picture books highlight the many ways to approach LGBTQ inclusion, from books specifically about LGBTQ identities to ones where the queerness is incidental to the tale, and places in between. Take the journey with me!

100+ Children’s and YA Books Selected for 2024 Rainbow Book List

February 2, 2024

More than 100 books made the American Library Association’s annual Rainbow Book List of librarian-approved titles with “significant and authentic” LGBTQIA+ content for children and teens. Let’s look more closely at the books, why they matter, and at some exclusive charts showing trends over the years.

Classic LGBTQ Picture Book “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” Coming to Television

February 1, 2024

Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the tale of a girl worried that her favorite uncle will no longer have time for her after he marries his boyfriend, is becoming an animated television special. This has long been one of my favorite picture books, and I’m thrilled by the news.