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After a 2023 that saw a rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and more than 500 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced across the country, where should LGBTQ parents and our allies put our efforts to advance equality in 2024?

This past year saw many setbacks for LGBTQ parents and our children—but also some important wins. Experts at several leading LGBTQ organizations shared their thoughts with me about the ups and downs of 2023.

This year's LGBTQ-inclusive middle-grade books cover a wide range of identities, settings, and moods. Here are some of the best. I've indicated the main LGBTQ representation in each; many also have additional LGBTQ characters.

The LGBTQ-inclusive picture books published this year have dazzled me. Here are some that stand out and seem the most celebratory, perfect for holiday giving.

More Inclusive of LGBTQ and Single People

LGBTQ history month is upon us, and the past 12 months have seen some great new kids' books about LGBTQ history, including several elementary-grade biographies of both well-known and lesser-known figures. For middle-graders, there's a terrific new overvie

My three-and-a-half-year-old son is starting to show signs of the reptilian obsession that seems to consume most small children.

Baking, cooking competitions, family recipes, and a little bit of magic—these terrific recent LGBTQ-inclusive kids' books will get you and your kids in the mood for the latest season of the Great British Bake Off. Several even include recipes!

This week marks Banned Book Week, the American Library Association's (ALA's) annual celebrating "the freedom to read" and drawing attention to the "harms of censorship."

I love that more and more LGBTQ-inclusive kids' books are not just "about" being LGBTQ, but instead show LGBTQ people in the fullness of our lives.