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Time Magazine Op-ed: Our Books Help Teach LGBTQ Themes in Schools. Should SCOTUS Allow Parents to Opt Out?

Time Magazine

Keeping Up With Gender Fluid Children

KQED Radio NPRGender fluidity in young people can pose unusual challenges for adults who want to support them. Read more here.

A Rock and a Hard Place

KQED Radio NPRSarah Hoffman’s young son’s preference for dresses, long hair and tiaras makes for some very difficult parenting choices.

Please Let My Gender-Nonconforming Kid Pee Where They Want

SheKnows logoFrom the first day of first grade, Sam was harassed in the hall bathroom.

Keith Ablow: Until You Have a Gender-Nonconforming Child, Stop Condemning Those Who Do

The Huffington PostSarah Hoffman challenges CNN’s Keith Ablow to walk a mile in the shoes of parents of gender non-conforming kids

My Son, the Pink Boy

SalonMoms ask if my “feminine” son is gay. Strangers tell me I’m being too permissive. Here’s what they don’t understand.

Let Them Be

san francisco chronicleWhat’s the proper parental response when faced with a kid who’s gender variant?

The Pink Dress

cookie-logoYoung Sam demands to wear a dress to school, forcing his parents to make a decision: protect him from ridicule or cultivate his self-expression?

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Jacob's Missing Book

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Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She & They!

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Jacob's Room to Choose

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Jacob's New Dress

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Testimonials

“Jacob is back in a timely story about book censorship, broaching the topic in a relatable, kid-friendly way with plenty of room for discussion…There’s a lot to like here: the child’s-eye perspective on the impact of book bans; the gentle depiction of why representation is important; and the ending that doesn’t offer a saccharine resolution, but leaves room for hope…A helpful conversation starter for children experiencing book bans and the grown-ups seeking to explain them.”

Dana Rudolph, Founder and Publisher of two-time GLAAD Media Award-winning parenting blog Mombian August 26, 2024

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“With books like this, minds open, perspectives blossom and everyone has more choices.”

Jesica Sweedler DeHart, librarian June 27, 2019

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