LGBTQIA+ Representation in Kids’ Media

May 2024 | Ruth Freeman

With PRIDE month in mind, we’ve gathered a list of resources for kids that have LGBTQIA+ representation. Having these resources in your home helps children be more open to diverse kinds of people and lifestyles and become better allies down the road. It is also important for queer kids to see themselves represented in the media they consume to reduce feelings of isolation and promote feelings of acceptance. Even quick and seemingly insignificant moments of representation can be groundbreaking for kids’ developing minds. 

Books

• Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. by Rob Sanders, Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)
• Together: A First Conversation About Love by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Anne/Andy Passchier (Illustrator)
• A Kid’s Book About Being Nonbinary by Hunter Chinn-Raicht
• It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn, Noah Grigni (Illustrator)
• Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlmann, Eda Kaban (Illustrator)
• Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) 

Movies

• Out on Disney+
• Storks
• Onward
• Strange World

TV Shows

• Steven Universe
• The Legend of Korra
• Rugrats (2021 reboot)
• Chip and Potato
• Blue’s Clues (reboot)

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