Affirming Resources
The page offers readers safe and affirming resources for the LGBTQ+ community. Know that you are loved and are worthy of respect.
Affirming Books:
Religious/Spiritual
Heart of God's Word by Chris Pepple
Because I Love by Chris Pepple
A Bigger Table by John Pavlovitz
If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk by John Pavlovitz
UnClobber by Colby Martin
Trans-Forming Proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence by Liam Hooper
Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: Church and the Famine of Grace by Jarel Robinson-Brown
Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians by Katie Hays and Susan A. Chiasson
Reaching for Hope: Strategies and Support for the Partners of Transgender People by Suzanne DeWitt Hall
Holy Censorship or Mistranslation? Love, Gender and Sexuality in the Bible by Renato Lings
Multicultural, Affirming and Inclusive Books:
Children
Joy to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker
I am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter
Every Body is a Rainbow by Caroline PsyD Carter and Mathias Ball
Amanda Gorman by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Queenbe Monyei
Families by Susan Kuklin
ABC: A Family Alphabet Book by Bobbie Combs
The Mommy Book by Todd Parr
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
The Adventures of Little Miss Crazy Hair: The Girl with Curl by Christopher Garcia-Halenar and Alejandro Garcia-Halenar
Adopting My Two Dads by Luca Panzini
Bare Tree and Little Wind by Mitali Perkins and Khoa Le
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity by
Theresa Thorn (Author)/ Noah Grigni (Illustrator)
Bright Brown Baby by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Best Best Colors: Los Mejores Colores by Eric Hoffman
Free at Last by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle and Alex Bostic
Good Dream Dragon by Jacky Davis and Courtney Dawson
The Meaning of Pride by Rosiee Thor and Sam Kirk
A Boy Named Isamu by James Yang
A Day for Rememberin’ by Leah Henderson and Floyd Cooper
ABC of Gender Identity by Devika Dalal
Cookies and Cake & The Families We Make by Jennifer L. Egan
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
The Different Dragon by Jennifer Bryan
Stacey's Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams
Multicultural, Affirming and Inclusive Books:
Middle School
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock
In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby
Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
A Smart Girl's Guide: Body Image Book by American Girl (includes resources for transgender youth, as well as language about pronouns and gender identity)
Affirming and Inclusive Parenting Books
Parenting Transgender Children by Janet Gattis Duke (Author), Shailagh Clarke Ph.D. (Contributor), Jennifer Lea Gamewell LPC (Contributor)
LGBTQ Family Building: A Guide for Prospective Parents By Abbie Goldberg
Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child
By Telaina Eriksen
How We Sleep At Night: A Mother's Memoir by Sara Cunningham
Who's Your Daddy?: And Other Writings on Queer Parenting by Rachel Epstein
And Baby Makes More by Susan Goldberg
Never a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey by Jo Ivester
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