Category: Children’s

Adventure Art Children's Fiction

Pearl Fairweather, Pirate Captain: Teaching children about gender equality, respect, respectful relationships, empowerment, diversity, leadership, recognizing bullying behaviors, and the prevention of violence

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Captain Pearl Fairweather is a brave and fair pirate captain. She and her diverse crew of twenty-four women sail the seven seas on the good ship, Harmony. All is well until the day Captain Sandy McCross sails into their lives and demands to take over Pearl’s ship! This beautifully illustrated children’s picture book explores the…

Children's Fiction Other Short Story

The Boy in the Dress

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Everybody needs friends, especially a boy in a dress! Dennis’ life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, “no hugging” is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer: he’s the leading…

Children's Humanities Nonfiction

Beyond the Gender Binary

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In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today’s leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in…

Children's Nonfiction Reference/Guide/Manual

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression

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How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self. Resilience is a key ingredient for psychological health and wellness.…

Anthology Art Children's Fantasy Fiction Humanities Poetry Short Story Social Sciences

The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities

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Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s. The…

Biography Children's Essay History Humanities Journal/Diary Nonfiction Reference/Guide/Manual Social Sciences Theory

Surviving a gender-variant childhood: the views of transgender adults on the needs of gender-variant children and their parents

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Adults with gender-variant childhoods have often lived traumatic lives because of the attitudes and limited understanding that people in their environment had of the concept of gender variance. This study explores the childhoods of transgender adults with the aim to understand their gender-related difficulties as children, in order to identify their needs and the needs…

Children's Essay History Natural Sciences Nonfiction Reference/Guide/Manual Social Sciences

The Transformation of Sexuality Gender and Identity in Contemporary Youth Culture

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How do contemporary young people construct their sexual identities? Are young people sexually liberated, or is human sexuality increasingly controlled and manipulated by commercial forces? Thomas Johansson explores the construction of sexual identities by young people as part of a wider process of identity construction, combining the work of key authors such as Elias and…