2010 Rainbow Bibliography Highlights LGBT Books for Kids
(Originally published as my Mombian newspaper column.)
http://www.mombian.com/2010/02/16/2010-rainbow-bibliography-highlights-lgbt-books-for-kids/ (http://www.mombian.com/2010/02/16/2010-rainbow-bibliography-highlights-lgbt-books-for-kids/)
The American Library Association's Rainbow Project has just published its third annual Rainbow Bibliography, a list of recommended, LGBT-inclusive books for readers under age 18.
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Ward, in an interview, also highlighted two of the books with transgender characters. One is the fictional Almost Perfect, by Brian Katcher, about a boy who falls in love with a girl and finds out she's transgender. "It's very nicely done," she said, "and it shows the difficulty on both sides of dealing with this situation."
The other is Mara Drummond's Transitions – A Guide To Transitioning for Transsexuals and Their Families. Although it is not aimed at youth per se, Ward said she thinks it will be of use to students in middle school and beyond. She relates that in Portland, Oregon, near her home, there have been newspaper articles about two ministers and a high school teacher who made gender transitions and remained in their positions. "These are people that young people will then need to know information about," she observed. "I think [Transitions] will provide them good information about why they [transition]. It's not clinical. It's just very, very straightforward material."