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  • Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

    By Sarah Prager (J155.33 Prag)

    Rainbow Revolutionaries brings to life the vibrant histories of fifty pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world.

  • The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights

    By Archie Bongiovanni (J306.76609 Bong)

    Three teenagers -- Natalia, Jax, and Rashad -- are magically transported from their modern lives to the legendary Stonewall Inn in the summer of 1969.

  • Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes

    By Rob Sanders (J811.6 Sand)

    Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the queer community from both past and present.

  • A child's introduction to pride: the inspirational history and culture of the LGBTQIA+ community

    By Sarah Prager (J306.76 Prag)

    An essential and empowering introduction to the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement throughout history with kid-friendly explanations of important terms.

  • You be you!: the kid's guide to gender, sexuality, and family

    By Jonathan Branfman (J305.3 Bran)

    This is an illustrated children's book that makes gender identity, sexual orientation and family diversity easy to explain to children.

  • People of pride: 25 great LGBTQ Americans

    By Chase Clemesha (J306.76 Clem)

    Featuring people from a variety of occupations and backgrounds, this collection of 25 short biographies demonstrates the diversity, accomplishments, and pride within the American LGBTQ community.

  • Gender identity for kids: a book about finding yourself, understanding others, and respecting everybody!

    By Andy Passchier (J305.3 Pass)

    This book introduces different terms for gender identity and expression, while also teaching children how to accept and respect others.

  • Pride Month

    By Steve Foxe (J306.766 Foxe)

    Pride Month is about celebrating the lives and activism of LGBTQ+ people around the world. It started as a way of remembering the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City.

  • True you: a gender journey

    By Gwen Agna (J306.76 Agna)

    This affirming and inclusive photographic picture book offers a celebratory and informative look at kids and their wide-ranging gender identities.

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