3 Jun 2026
Black, Brown & Queer: Why Intersectionality Matters During Pride
In this Pride Month special, host Ashley digs into the connection between queer liberation, racial justice, disability justice, immigration justice, and gender justice.
Because the first Pride was a riot. And the people who started it deserve to be named.
WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:
♿ The connection between disability justice and queer liberation
🌍 Queer and trans immigrant experiences and why immigration justice and LGBTQ+ rights are the same fight for millions of people
BOOKS MENTIONED & RECOMMENDED:
Picture Books (Ages 3–8)
Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council & Carolyn Choi — a picture book explicitly about intersectionality
When We Love Someone We Sing to Them by Ernesto Ortíz — a bilingual picture book about a Mexican family with a gay son
I Am Marsha P. Johnson by Alex Gino — picture book biography of a queer liberation icon
Neither by Airlie Anderson — about not fitting into either/or categories
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders — accessible queer history for young children
Middle Grade (Ages 8–12)
George (now Melissa) by Alex Gino — a trans girl of color navigating identity and belonging
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender — a queer Black Caribbean protagonist
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi — speculative fiction with a nonbinary Black protagonist
The Pants Project by Cat Clarke — a trans boy, a school dress code, and a fight worth having
Young Adult (Ages 13+)
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson — a Black queer coming-of-age memoir. Essential reading.
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas — a queer Latinx ghost story with gorgeous representation
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender — a trans Black teen navigating identity and love
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed — race, class, and identity through a queer Black teen's eyes
History & Nonfiction for Kids and Teens
Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager — 23 LGBTQ+ people who changed the world, including BIPOC figures across history
Brave. Black. First. by Cheryl Hudson — 50 African American firsts, including queer trailblazers
Gay & Lesbian History for Kids by Jerome Pohlen — comprehensive and accessible
For Parents & Educators
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde — essays and speeches from one of the most important queer Black feminist voices in history
Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa — foundational text on identity, queerness, and the borderlands experience
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor — radical self-love at the intersection of body, race, gender, and disability
All About Love by bell hooks — on building a culture of love rooted in justice
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo — direct, accessible, essential
CURRICULUM & ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED:
GLSEN — K–12 inclusive education resources and lesson plans
Learning for Justice — free lesson plans on identity, intersectionality, and justice
Black Lives Matter at School — curriculum centering Black queer and trans lives
Zinn Education Project — people's history curriculum with LGBTQ+ and racial justice intersections
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement — Latinx-centered queer advocacy and education
Sylvia Rivera Law Project — trans rights resources with explicit racial justice framing
Disability Justice Culture Club — Mia Mingus and others on disability justice
DOCUMENTARIES MENTIONED:
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix, 2017)
Paris Is Burning (1990) — Black and Latinx ballroom culture (parents preview first)
Disclosure (Netflix, 2020) — Laverne Cox on trans representation in media
Whose Streets? (2017) — Ferguson uprising centering Black queer voices
IF THIS EPISODE MOVED YOU, SHARE IT WITH: ✔ Secular homeschool parents looking for intersectional LGBTQ+ curriculum ✔ Progressive homeschool co-ops and learning pods ✔ Parents of LGBTQ+ kids building affirming home education ✔ Educators looking for queer and racial justice resources for kid
