Queer Reads: ‘The ABCs of Queer History’ by Emmy-winning journalist and professor Dr. Seema Yasmin out now
Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor and professor Dr. Seema Yasmin’s The ABCs of Queer History (Workman Kids; Hardcover; $18.99) takes readers ages 5 and up beyond simple ABC words to explore what it means to be accepting, brave, compassionate and inclusive.
The picture book introduces a different kind of ABCs—not just words like apple, ball or cat, but rather what it means to be diverse, to be equitable, and to be inclusive.
The book was released on April 30 and was illustrated by Lucy Kirk. The ABC’s of Queer History celebrates both joyful and challenging moments in queer history in the United States through rhyming verse and illustrations. “As a queer, Muslim author who so needed this book as a little girl, I am delighted to share a joyous, affirming, celebratory and honest picture book about queer icons, queer people’s contributions to society, and all the ways we exist in the world,” Yasmin said in a press release.
This is a book of people, of ideas, of accomplishments and events. The book covers Allies and Ancestors, about Belonging and Being accepted; it is about Hope, Knowledge, and Love.
