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homophobes are not allowed to use computers because the inventor of the computer was gay

Part of my job is processing all the new incoming books and putting our property stamp on them and barcodes, so I get to also see all the adorable new kid's books too with wonderful gorgeous art in them but ANYWAYS THIS NEW ONE CAME IN AND

"It Feels Good To Be Yourself. A book about gender identity" written by Theresa Thorn and illustrated by Noah Grigni. The cover shows the four main characters, one is a transgender girl, two are nonbinary in different ways, and one is a cis boy who is the little brother to the trans girl.

I typically don't read the kids books even when they are super cute but this one I HAD to read. So I start reading. And I just--

Here's a few pages: (short image description below)

Quick image description: Above are 5 pictures I took of pages that I really liked and made me extra happy. The first two are back to back pages of the book's introduction of JJ, who is a wheelchair user and is "neither a girl or a boy" and uses they/them pronouns. This is the text from the next two back to back pages depicting the four friends playing outside and coloring on the sidewalk: "Some kids don't feel exactly like a girl or a boy -- they feel like neither. Some kids feel like their gender identity isn't always the same -- it's often changing." [Next page] "And even with all these possible ways to be, some kids don't feel like any of the words they know fit them exactly right. There are a never-ending number of ways to be yourself in the world." The last page shows Ruthie after she came out to her parents as transgender. Her whole family (mom, dad, little brother, her, and a dog on the side) are hugging. The text reads "Oops! Ruthie was a girl all along -- they just didn't know it at first." End ID.

SO OBVIOUSLY IM ALMOST SOBBING AT WORK NOW OMG

This book is absolutely beautiful and so sweet and I encourage everyone to go see if they can borrow it at their library. It's a quick 2-3 min read, maybe 15 if you start getting emotional like my queer little heart did. I'm assuming there's a regular print version more widely available, and maybe a LT version too, and if my Hawaii library has a copy of the braille version I'm guessing others already have it too.

OH AND HERE'S THE BACK COVER I DIDNT NOTICE UNTIL AFTER I PROCESSED IT AND THIS PART REALLY GOT ME OKAY (text written below)

"No matter what your gender identity is, you are okay exactly the way you are. And you are loved."

reminder to randomly tell people you like & appreciate them. more people need to hear that from friends & fam

The human AU makes sense as long as you don’t think about it for more than 2 seconds at a time ^^;

question: do you guys even like hooty

i drew audrey being happy and posted it on twitter

the official creator of the show retweeted this and i lost my marbles

I just want to take the time to Thank Tumblr for pinning STOP ASIAN HATE with BLM because the world needs to see it and understand what’s going on. Our elders within the Asian communities and to the men and women in the African-American community don’t deserve this and we all need to rally against this. Because hate gets us no where.

Edit: I would like to add something to this post because some fellow Tumblr users have made some remarks I don’t completely agree with. BLM and STOP ASIAN HATE can AND WILL COEXIST. I am a minority mixed with both of these ethnicities and I didn’t make this post to “guilt trip” Tumblr or anyone else who sees this. I’m just glad that Tumblr, one of the main social media platforms is making an effort to show support to my communities. I may not look like the stereotypical Asian and I may not act like a stereotype of an African American but gosh darn it I’m going to voice my support to these communities... my communities.

My favorite tweets from today pt. 2 (sad that I have to make another one of these in the first place. First it was the bathrooms and now this.)

reblog if you aren’t afraid to have a picture of god on your feed