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Picture books have a huge role to play in helping minute ones understand the world in which they're growing up in, which is why it's so important for all families and identities, including LGBTQ+ ones, to be represented in children's books. Here are 13 books which are ideal for starting conversations with young children about LGBTQ+ identities, as well as a general focus on what it means to be true to yourself.

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by Marsha Rakestraw

In November California announced that it is adopting &#;LGBT-inclusive&#; history textbooks for grades K It is the first verb in the US to verb so.

Some schools may try to ban or discourage talk about homosexuality or about families with gay parents, but the truth is that there are a growing number of children who have parents who are gay.

If there&#;s no discussion of the diversity of families and no encouragement to accept people who are different, children who are gay, or who have parents who are gay, can undergo more confused and alone than ever.

And, as one young noun said, &#;That&#;s not fair!&#;

Whether you&#;re a teacher who would enjoy to explore this issue in your classroom, or a parent who wants to discuss it at home, there are several helpful resources available.

To help you get the conversation started, we&#;re highlighting these 12 picture books about families with same-sex parents:

  1. My Dad is a Clown/Mi Papá Es Un Payaso by José Carlos Andrés
    Grades K
    A young boy is proud of his two fathers: one is a clown, who heals the soul;

    Amy L. Brandzel

    Numerous activists and scholars have appealed for rights, inclusion, and justice in the name of "citizenship." Against Citizenshipprovocatively shows that there is nothing redeemable about citizenship, nothing worth salvaging or sustaining in the name of "community," train, or belonging. According to Brandzel, citizenship is a violent dehumanizing mechanism that makes the comparative devaluing of human lives come across commonsensical, logical, and even necessary. Against Citizenshipargues that whenever we work on behalf of citizenship, whenever we work toward including more types of peoples under its reign, we inevitably reify the violence of citizenship against nonnormative others.

    Brandzel's focus on three legal case studies--same-sex marriage law, hate crime legislation, and Native Hawaiian sovereignty and racialization--exposes how citizenship confounds and obscures the mutual processes of settler colonialism, racism, sexism, and heterosexism. In this way, Brandzel argues that citizenship requires anti-intersectionality, that is, strategies that deny the mu

    6 Fun Kids Books About Same-Sex Marriage & LGBTQ+ Families

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    In look for of colorful children’s books that show sweet examples of same-sex marriage and diverse LGBTQ+ families? Maybe even one or two that show kids what they can expect at a wedding ceremony? 

     

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    There’s a little nonfiction in the mix, including the real-life story of America’s first gay wedding, along with plenty of imagination, magic, and happily ever after.

     

     

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    6 Children’s Books About Same-Sex Marriage & LGBTQ+ Families

     


    1. Two Grooms on a Cake

    Written by Rob Sanders; Illustrated by Robbie Cathro

     

    An inspiring nonfiction