What does AMAB and AFAB mean?
The terms “AMAB” and “AFAB” often come up in LGBTQ discussions and spaces. If you’ve just started exploring your own sexuality or are an ally who wants to do right by your LGBTQ friends, learning the proper terminology can help you gain a better understanding of the LGBTQ experience.Here, we break down the meaning and…
LGBTQ Books for Kids
Various Publishers$14.99-$17.99 Like every kid in the world, the one you love has a zillion questions. “Why” begins with ants and runs through zebras. “When” goes from astronauts to zoos. “Who” from Aunties to, well, you. So why not keep a few books around for the kiddoes, books that entertain and gently inform… Life is…
Proud Boys enter Wilmington library during LGBTQ story time, parents say they felt unsafe
Parents who attended an LGBTQ-themed story time at a Wilmington, North Carolina public library say members of the Proud Boys protested outside and entered the building during the event to antagonize them. At around 5:30 p.m. June 21, around 10 parents and children gathered at the New Hanover County Public Library Pine Valley Branch to…
Why I Make My Son’s Clothes
When you walk into a children’s clothing store, signs quickly alert you to which side of the store is for girls and which one is for boys. Like most parents of a son, I automatically walk to the “Boys” side. It is what I have been conditioned to do by societal norms. For decades, those…
Joe Biden issues executive order to fight conversion therapy & LGBTQ fostering discrimination
President Joe Biden is signing an executive order today to fight conversion therapy worldwide. The order addresses several other issues involving anti-LGBTQ discrimination. The executive order tells the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue rules that ban the use of federal funds for programs that offer conversion therapy. HHS will also have…
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