"I went into Felix Ever After knowing I would want to write about a person like me, someone I had never before seen in books or in any media: A Black, queer, trans masculine person who identifies as a demiboy. I’ve seen trans masculine characters (though still very rare), I’ve seen queer characters (not as rare these days, but there could still be more), and I’ve certainly seen plenty of non-Black and especially white characters in stories before. Sometimes it’s a mixture of two of these identities, but never all at once."
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Author Kacen Callender talked about their YA novel FELIX EVER AFTER, the importance of seeing every part of yourself represented, and their writing process. 

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(Source: diversebooks.org)

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During Pride Month and every month, WNDB honors the lives of trans and non-binary people. Here are Own Voices books by trans and non-binary authors, whom we have featured on our blog or recognized with Walter Awards.
Also check out Maya Sungold’s...

During Pride Month and every month, WNDB honors the lives of trans and non-binary people. Here are Own Voices books by trans and non-binary authors, whom we have featured on our blog or recognized with Walter Awards. 

Also check out Maya Sungold’s essay, “The Importance of Celebrating Trans Stories” on our blog.

  • GEORGE by Alex Gino
  • ZENOBIA JULY by Lisa Bunker
  • FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender
  • CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas
  • DARK AND DEEPEST RED by Anna-Marie McLemore
  • I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST by Mason Deaver
  • THE SHIP WE BUILT by Lexie Bean
  • EACH OF US A DESERT by Mark Oshiro
  • DRAGON PEARL by Yoon Ha Lee
  • PET by Akwaeke Emezi (Walter Award Honoree)
  • IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo (Walter Award Honoree)

(Source: ow.ly)

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I am a genderqueer literacy educator.

Before I get into that, let me start by saying this: watching all of the AMAZING tweets fly through my feed from summer literacy conferences and events has been inspiring, hopeful, and hope-filled. I love, love, LOVE that minoritized voices and bodies have been shifting towards the center of these space and conversations. I LOVE the increased critical consciousness among many of my privileged literacy friends. I think the work happening is real, it’s powerful, and it’s social justice in practice.

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theoffingmag:

“The world is not divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects. The sooner we learn this concerning sexual behavior the sooner we shall reach a sound understanding of the realities of sex.”

Alfred Kinsey, 1948.

Read more: One’s Own - Transgender Artists After Kinsey: Then and Now

Photos: Courtesy of Kinsey Institute, Indiana University.

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micdotcom:

The newest issue of Batgirl features the first transgender wedding in major comics history

Just two years ago, DC Comics wouldn’t even permit a marriage between two women, much less such a wedding where one of the characters is trans. Luckily, things have changed since then. Batgirl’s best friend Alysia came out to her in a 2013 issue — but this event has been a long time coming.

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(Source: mic.com)

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