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Why Every Child Should Read Books About Diverse Cultures

I am a queer Latina. Since a young age, my mother has worked to combat negative ideas about my culture, always enforcing the idea that my culture is rich and beautiful and that Latinx people are bright, smart, and changing the world.

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For #LGBTQhistory Month, use our coloring book to supplement classroom discussions about #LGBTQ historical figures! This page features the trans activists who fought against police brutality and LGBTQ discrimination at the 1966 Compton Cafeteria Riots. Download or purchase the whole coloring book! 🌈 📚

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Watch and learn. 🌈 LGBTQ students, what do you wish people knew? Share your school experiences: glsen.org/survey

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Amazing opportunity for LGBTQ activists in high school ✊

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What’s your school story? www.glsen.org/myschoolstory

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Eight People of Color Discuss the Challenges of Navigating Queer Spaces

H/T: The Stranger

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How I Told the World I’m Neither a Man Nor a Woman

Years later, once I had established myself in New York and found a community of friends who welcomed discussion on such issues, who asked preferred pronouns and respected all genders, I experienced an important self-discovery: I don’t need to look a certain way to identify, and to feel, the way that I do. My identity and its expression are separate, and at times may even appear to contradict one another. Yes, I wear a lot of makeup, but beauty doesn’t need to be ascribed to just one gender.

H/T: Esquire

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Artist Creates An Imaginary History Of Queerness From Found Photos

H/T: HuffPo

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How One Queer Muslim Activist Combats Islamophobia After Orlando

Mirna Haidar sounds exhausted but determined. And she and her community of LGBT and allied Muslims are overwhelmed, both personally and as a group of people working to represent for themselves in the face of Islamophobia while in solidarity with fellow communities in grief. And it’s the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, a time for fasting, reflection, and study.

“So many things are frustrating about this,” Haidar, a board member for the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity, tells The Advocate. “It’s taking a lot away from us and moving us backward instead of forward.”

H/T: The Advocate

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5 Reasons I Choose to Call Myself Queer

The word queer isn’t for everyone. Historically, it’s been used as a slur, and while some people have reclaimed it, it’s definitely not popular with everyone. I respect everyone’s right to use the words that work best for them when they’re describing their own identity, but personally, I’m a fan of this provocative little word. And for many reasons:.

H/T: Pride.com