Happy pride month, everyone! Celebrate by reading one (or more) of the books nominated for the 2014 Rainbow List. Our list is growing with six more awesome titles nominated in the last month. Happy reading!   Barnes, David-Matthew. Wonderland. Bold Strokes Books, 2013. 192p. $11.95. (ISBN 9781602827882). Grades 9 and up. Clark, Kristin Elizabeth. Freakboy. [...]

Spring is here and the Rainbow Committee has been busy nominating titles for the 2014 Rainbow List. We have eight titles so far: Block, Francesca Lia. Love in the Time of Global Warming. Henry Holt and Company, 2013. 240p. $16.99. (ISBN 9780805096279). Grades 9-12. Dos Santos, Steven. The Culling. Flux, 2013. 420p. $9.99 (ISBN 9780738735375). Grades [...]

The year 2012 will be remembered as an important landmark in the struggle for GLBTQ rights.  On the one hand, national and state elections polarized attitudes and big business took sides on GLBTQ issues.  At the same time, marriage equality saw major wins in four battleground states, the President of the United States came out [...]

Want to see what the Rainbow Project is all about?  Join us today (Sunday, January 27) at the Renaissance Seattle (515 Madison) starting at 9 a.m.  We will complete the 2013 Rainbow List today, so come see how everything works!  Meetings are in Room 525, and open to all conference attendees.  Dying to see what made the [...]

Headed to the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle? Have a passion for GLBTQ books for youth and teens?  We’d love to see you! ALA Midwinter is when we create our Annual List, and this year is sure to have some interesting debates about whether books meeting the criteria for the list. Our meetings are open [...]

The 2013 Rainbow Project Committee is proud to present our 2013 Nominations list!  Please remember that not all nominations make make the final list, which will be announced during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, this year held in Seattle, Washington January 25-29.  All books on the nomination list will be discussed during the group [...]

Pepper, Rachel, editor. Transitions of the heart : stories of love, struggle and acceptance by mothers of transgender and gender variant children. Cleis Press, 2012. xv, 203p. $16.95 ISBN 9781573447881 Ages 9-up. Schwartz, Amy. Willie and Uncle Bill. Holiday House, 2012. Unpaged. $16.95 ISBN 9780823422036 Ages 3-7. Howe, James. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Otter and [...]

The nominations period for the 2013 Rainbow List ends at midnight on Halloween–just nine days away!   If you want to suggest LGBTQ books for young readers (that were newly published between July 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012) for the Rainbow List, please visit our suggestions page.  We call these field suggestions and committee members will [...]

Takako, Shimura.  Wandering Son, Volume 2.  Fantagraphic Books.  2012. Matt Thorn, translator.  221 pages.  $19.99.  ISBN:  9781606994566.  YA. Takako, Shimura.  Wandering Son, Volume 3.  Fantagraphic Books.  2012.  Matt Thorn, translator.  219 pages.  $19.99.  ISBN:  9781606995334.  YA. Hopkins, Ellen.  Tilt.  2012.  Margaret K. McElderry Books.  604 pp.  ISBN:  9781416983309.  $16.99.  YA (14 & up). Hoole, Elissa [...]

Three new nominations for you this Tuesday afternoon! Buckell, Tobias S. & Joe Monti, Eds. DIVERSE ENERGIES. Tu Books/an imprint of Lee & Low Books. October 2012. 368 pages. $17.95 ISBN: 9781600608872. Grades 9-12. Guran, Paula, ed. BRAVE NEW LOVE: 15 DYSTOPIAN TALES OF DESIRE. Running Press Book Publishers. 2012. 392 pages. $9.95. ISBN: 9780762442201. [...]