The one thing that I like about this book — picture and alphabet books — is their common structure for young people.

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The result would be GAYBCs ―a playful, subversive alphabet book that aims to spread awareness and demystify queer terminology for everyone. As a teacher and a queer person, I think it's important that books like these exist and that kids in their early years learn about diversity and normalize it. Using straightforward, accessible language, GAYBCs also defines less commonly known terms, such as “femme,” “Mx. When I think back when I was a kid, I had a very strong understanding of pronouns, but I didn’t necessarily have the language to express it,” Amer said.

It is important that children understand that we are all born different and that there is no one catch description that fits all.

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When I was 5 years old, I knew that I felt differently than the people around me, but I didn’t have the words. I believe parents could use this book with their young children to help normalize conversations about the full spectrum of loving relationships and gender-fluid identities. I’d therefore suggest, “A friend who is there/Though they’re different from you, they still show they care” as closer. I do appreciate that it introduces readers to the terms "Mx" (a non-binary honorific) and "ze" (a non-binary pronoun).for "C," the "original" word/illustration is a Chick, and the author added cracked eggshells around the chick (indicating it was just hatched) and replaced "Chick" with "Cisgender" ("Describes someone who identifies with their gender assigned at birth") -- even though Egg is a common term for a trans person (especially a trans woman) who doesn't yet realize they're trans.