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| What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke | An introduction for young people on how to respectfully ask others for their pronouns. |
| Call Me Max by Kyle Lukoff | A thoughtful children’s book about a kid finding their identity as a transgender boy. |
| Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer | A story that celebrates the diversity of families and how ultimately, they share the same foundation- LOVE! |
| Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian | A love story about two worms that want to get married and break the traditional barriers in their community. |
| It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn | Great introduction to young children about the diversity within gender identity. |
| Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman | A story about how gender is not reflected by what children play with or how they want to dress. |
| They, She, He, Me, Free to Be! by Maya and Matthew Gonzalez | This book serves as a fantastic resource for teaching young kids about pronouns! |
| A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O’Leary | Story about how families can look so many different ways and how children view the importance of the relationships with people around them! |
| What Riley Wore by Elana Arnold | Fantastic book about a young kiddo that chooses to wear everything that represents themselves without pressure from what people of a certain gender should or shouldn’t look like. |
| Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love | Costumed mermaids on public transportation sparks a young boy to discover his unique and creative individuality! |
| Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders | The story of how the pride flag came to be! |
| Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju | This book tells the story of a young girl, Nima, who is going through rough times at home, finds herself discovering the drag scene in a different part of the city. |
| Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender | A young girl from the Virgin Islands develops a friendship with a girl that just moved to her school from Barbados. They go on many adventures to find internal strength and eventually develop a love for each other. |
| Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram | A truly beautiful book following the intersections of culture, relationships, and mental health. |
| Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt | A coming-of-age story about two girls who become close friends while navigating middle school. |
| Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon | The author paints a beautiful illustration in this book that gender is something that is flexible and is a wide array of colors. |
| Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Marke Bieschke and Kathy Belge | A book to help teens in the LGBT+ community navigate conversations with loved ones to advice on how to deal with homophobia. |
| The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy | As a teen Indian American, young Rahul struggles to find his identity amid the difficulties of middle school. |
| Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek | Middle school brings many challenges for Martin to find his true identity, while at home he is surrounded by expressive personalities. |
| Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman | Colin’s brother becomes very sick, so he is sent to stay with his extended family in England and try to find a cure to save him. |
| The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams | This book tells the story of two teen brothers whose parents' divorce when they were young and their situation living with their father after. |
| Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle | The author tells the story of a boy and a dream to make it big on Broadway in New York City and he will do anything it takes to make it happen. |
Find more books with this list of US-based bookstores owned by LGBTQ+ community members.
