Of course, you should be mixing gay books into your to-be-read pile no matter what time of year, but this month, as you celebrate Pride, queer books can be the perfect way to explore the breadth and diversity of the LGBTQ community. Fortunately for anybody looking for a great gay read...
Every year since 2014, I’ve tried to do an audit of my reading, as well as a list of my favorite books of the year. It’s my way of keeping myself accountable to my goals of reading at least 30% books by authors of color and including good LGBTQ representation as well, though I...
SC Banned / Challenged Books Accross the country, schools are removing books from classrooms and libraries, often due to LGBTQ+ and African American representation. Here is a list of books that have been recently challenged, restricted, and/ or removed from South Carolina schools. ...
Unable to sleep that night, Rachel decided to make her hidden grief visible to the world. She blogged, “This week and beyond will be difficult for your LGBTQ and/or Muslim colleagues . . . one community grieves because our members were killed in one of the first safe places we ever kn...
and National Reading Month running through March, now’s the perfect opportunity to choose one (or more) read-alouds by diverse authors and illustrators toshare with your children. The following selection of picture books also includes representation of different races, cultural traditions, LGBTQ+ in...
I’ve been covering Texas school board elections for seven cycles, and as I have documented over and over again, book bans, attacks on educators and public schools, and attempts to target LGBTQ students do not fare well at the polls. Since dominating the May 2022 cycle—in which organized ...
Farrah Noorzad and Amir: Journeys with Jinn for Kids Posted on November 24, 2024 by Katy K. It’s always interesting to see how themes come out of year’s Cybils reading. Ghosts are definitely winning the book count this year, but I’ve read three books with jinn so far, all excellen...
"A lot of people decorate there homes very nicely for the holidays evenHalloween is fun for me once again with my kids and grandkids We all walk the neighborhood for Halloween and enjoy the fun festive decor at different homes in the neighborhood And we enjoy the beautiful Christmas lights ...
Tagged70s,80s,ATL,coming of age,family,funk,latchkey kids,lgbtq,new wave,punk,Punk rock,Queer,RuPaul,RuPaul & the U-Hauls Excavating Myself Posted onAugust 20, 2018|1 comment “I’ve got much more than most people have And a little less than a few ...
When I woke up this morning and checked my phone, I was shook to find the news of the shooting at Club Q. This is a hard enough time of the year for LGBTQ people, so please check on your queer friends and family members. See how they are doing, donate to LGBTQ organizations and ...