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I do appreciate that it introduces readers to the terms "Mx" (a non-binary honorific) and "ze" (a non-binary pronoun). But J turns Juice into "Judgment-free" (by writing "Good Apple" on the juice box), with definition "No time for negative!

New Kids’ Alphabet Book Seeks to Teach LGBTQ Terms New Kids’ Alphabet Book Seeks to Teach LGBTQ Terms

This is a fantastic book for a range of people, whether they be genderqueer, or related to or friends with someone who is. Grounded in science and contextualized in thousands of years of mankind’s history, there is just no other way to put it: sexual activity and the pursuit of it under the LGBTQ definition is an anomaly in the animal kingdom. We have two ideas that pop into our heads when forming an opinion, the first idea is what we are conditioned to think, the second idea is what determines who we are as people. The perfect way to teach your kiddos LGBTQ+ vocab while celebrating the beauty of embracing yourself and others. Kindness,”“Visibility,” and “Support,” might have worked, with the last used to incorporate the idea of an ally, so that “A” could then be used for “Asexual.This book is absolutely adorable and I love it so much and I can't wait to read it to my potential future offspring or my niblings or really any child I have the opportunity to read to. Update: A commenter reminded me of yet another one, M Is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book, by Catherine Hernandez and illustrated by Marisa Firebaugh (2015), from Flamingo Rampant micro-press, which has a few queer-specific terms like “pride,”“rainbow,” and “queerspawn,” but that also includes more general words to describe the people and feelings encountered at Pride.

gay BC book by Allen Dennis | Open Library The gay BC book by Allen Dennis | Open Library

If you need introductions to some of the basic terminology of the queer community, then this book will be somewhat helpful.

The kids who this book is targeting are still deciding whether they want to be a dolphin or a mermaid! The little vignettes inspired by each letter of the alphabet are informative and uplifting for tiny humans who are intersex or gender creative and helps normalize the queer experience in an age-appropriate way. According to Greystone Books, it’s “a playful, subversive alphabet book that aims to spread awareness and demystify gay and queer terminology for everyone. For myself, I didn't grow up with these terms and I feel like finally people are understanding that there is nothing different about LGBTQ and the only thing wrong is the way they were and may still be treated by others.