Show Notes
In this Pride Month special, host Ashley digs into the connection between queer liberation, racial justice, disability justice, immigration justice, and gender justice. Because the first Pride was a riot. And the people who started it deserve to be named.
WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: ♿ The connection between disability justice and queer liberation 🌍 Queer and trans immigrant experiences and why immigration justice and LGBTQ+ rights are the same fight for millions of people
BOOKS MENTIONED & RECOMMENDED: Picture Books (Ages 3–8)
Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council & Carolyn Choi — a picture book explicitly about intersectionality When We Love Someone We Sing to Them by Ernesto Ortíz — a bilingual picture book about a Mexican family with a gay son I Am Marsha P. Johnson by Alex Gino — picture book biography of a queer liberation icon Neither by Airlie Anderson — about not fitting into either/or categories Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders — accessible queer history for young children
Middle Grade (Ages 8–12)
George (now Melissa) by Alex Gino — a trans girl of color navigating identity and belonging Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender — a queer Black Caribbean protagonist Pet by Akwaeke Emezi — speculative fiction with a nonbinary Black protagonist The Pants Project by Cat Clarke — a trans boy, a school dress code, and a fight worth having
Young Adult (Ages 13+)
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson — a Black queer coming-of-age memoir. Essential reading. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas — a queer Latinx ghost story with gorgeous representation Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender — a trans Black teen navigating identity and love The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed — race, class, and identity through a queer Black teen's eyes
History & Nonfiction for Kids and Teens
Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager — 23 LGBTQ+ people who changed the world, including BIPOC figures across history Brave. Black. First. by Cheryl Hudson — 50 African American firsts, including queer trailblazers Gay & Lesbian History for Kids by Jerome Pohlen — comprehensive and accessible
For Parents & Educators
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde — essays and speeches from one of the most important queer Black feminist voices in history Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa — foundational text on identity, queerness, and the borderlands experience The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor — radical self-love at the intersection of body, race, gender, and disability All About Love by bell hooks — on building a culture of love rooted in justice So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo — direct, accessible, essential
CURRICULUM & ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED:
GLSEN — K–12 inclusive education resources and lesson plans Learning for Justice — free lesson plans on identity, intersectionality, and justice Black Lives Matter at School — curriculum centering Black queer and trans lives Zinn Education Project — people's history curriculum with LGBTQ+ and racial justice intersections Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement — Latinx-centered queer advocacy and education Sylvia Rivera Law Project — trans rights resources with explicit racial justice framing Disability Justice Culture Club — Mia Mingus and others on disability justice
DOCUMENTARIES MENTIONED:
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix, 2017) Paris Is Burning (1990) — Black and Latinx ballroom culture (parents preview first) Disclosure (Netflix, 2020) — Laverne Cox on trans representation in media Whose Streets? (2017) — Ferguson uprising centering Black queer voices
IF THIS EPISODE MOVED YOU, SHARE IT WITH: ✔ Secular homeschool parents looking for intersectional LGBTQ+ curriculum ✔ Progressive homeschool co-ops and learning pods ✔ Parents of LGBTQ+ kids building affirming home education ✔ Educators looking for queer and racial justice resources for kid
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