Kimm Topping
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
author of Generation Queer and founder of Lavender Education 🏳️⚧️🩷 they/them
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✨We're so thrilled that Generation Queer by @kimmtopping.bsky.social & Anshika Khullar was recently featured in @advocate.com!
📚Read their exclusive excerpt of the book before you grab it from your favorite indie or request it from your local library: www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
📚Read their exclusive excerpt of the book before you grab it from your favorite indie or request it from your local library: www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
July 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
✨We're so thrilled that Generation Queer by @kimmtopping.bsky.social & Anshika Khullar was recently featured in @advocate.com!
📚Read their exclusive excerpt of the book before you grab it from your favorite indie or request it from your local library: www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
📚Read their exclusive excerpt of the book before you grab it from your favorite indie or request it from your local library: www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
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Learn more about the history of LGBTQ+ educators in this excerpt from @kimmtopping.bsky.social's GENERATION QUEER, published in the @theadvocatebr.bsky.social! 🌈⤵️
www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
Read an excerpt from an upcoming book celebrating young trailblazers
Explore the transformative impact of LGBTQ+ education in schools, from student-led GSAs to openly out teachers paving the way for inclusivity. How did your first encounter with LGBTQ+ education shape ...
www.advocate.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Learn more about the history of LGBTQ+ educators in this excerpt from @kimmtopping.bsky.social's GENERATION QUEER, published in the @theadvocatebr.bsky.social! 🌈⤵️
www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
www.advocate.com/voices/gener...
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“This book, after all, is about the now, about what young LGBTQ+ people are doing to reconstruct the world.” Read this terrific review of @kimmtopping.bsky.social'sGENERATION QUEER in @lgbtqnation.com, written by founder of LGBTQ+ History Month Rodney Wilson 🌈 ⤵️
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/youn...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/youn...
Young queer activists are fighting to rebuild the world. This book isn't waiting to celebrate them. - LGBTQ Nation
I had no idea so much was happening beyond my vision by a cadre of amazing young activists.
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July 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“This book, after all, is about the now, about what young LGBTQ+ people are doing to reconstruct the world.” Read this terrific review of @kimmtopping.bsky.social'sGENERATION QUEER in @lgbtqnation.com, written by founder of LGBTQ+ History Month Rodney Wilson 🌈 ⤵️
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/youn...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/youn...
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Look who's in Shelf Awareness! Our Pride celebration with @kimmtopping.bsky.social's Generation Queer was featured in last week's Shelf Awareness issue. https://f.mtr.cool/omdiqglhgn
L-R: @lmscovel.bsky.social, Kimm, @stacylwhitman.bsky.social
#nutmegsky
L-R: @lmscovel.bsky.social, Kimm, @stacylwhitman.bsky.social
#nutmegsky
June 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Look who's in Shelf Awareness! Our Pride celebration with @kimmtopping.bsky.social's Generation Queer was featured in last week's Shelf Awareness issue. https://f.mtr.cool/omdiqglhgn
L-R: @lmscovel.bsky.social, Kimm, @stacylwhitman.bsky.social
#nutmegsky
L-R: @lmscovel.bsky.social, Kimm, @stacylwhitman.bsky.social
#nutmegsky
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Today is day 6 of my #wonderlandpridespotlight project over on my #blog
Today's #authorinterview is with @kimmtopping.bsky.social
You can check it out here: readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2025/05/wps-...
#booksky #queerbooksky #readersky 💙📚✨📚
Today's #authorinterview is with @kimmtopping.bsky.social
You can check it out here: readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2025/05/wps-...
#booksky #queerbooksky #readersky 💙📚✨📚
WPS Author Interview Day 6: Kimm Topping
WPS Author Interview Day 6: Kimm Topping Welcome to day 6 of the Wonderland Pride Spotlight author interviews! Today I am interviewing Ki...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today is day 6 of my #wonderlandpridespotlight project over on my #blog
Today's #authorinterview is with @kimmtopping.bsky.social
You can check it out here: readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2025/05/wps-...
#booksky #queerbooksky #readersky 💙📚✨📚
Today's #authorinterview is with @kimmtopping.bsky.social
You can check it out here: readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2025/05/wps-...
#booksky #queerbooksky #readersky 💙📚✨📚
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At LG Literary we hoist the Pride flag high. Read the rainbow with our authors: see @kimmtopping.bsky.social get a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social; @k-wilfrid.bsky.social make the ALA's Rainbow List Top 10; and @jodipicoult.bsky.social & Jennifer Finney Boylan heralded in Booklist. 🌈✊🌈
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At LG Literary we hoist the Pride flag high. Read the rainbow with our authors: see @kimmtopping.bsky.social get a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social; @k-wilfrid.bsky.social make the ALA's Rainbow List Top 10; and @jodipicoult.bsky.social & Jennifer Finney Boylan heralded in Booklist. 🌈✊🌈
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Generation Queer is hot off the presses and is part of our middle school donation set! Follow author and advocate Kimm Topping @kimmtopping.bsky.social for events near you! @leeandlow.bsky.social #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 💙📚#booksky #SchoolLibrarians
June 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Generation Queer is hot off the presses and is part of our middle school donation set! Follow author and advocate Kimm Topping @kimmtopping.bsky.social for events near you! @leeandlow.bsky.social #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 💙📚#booksky #SchoolLibrarians
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“A necessary addition to the literary canon.” Happy publication day to @kimmtopping.bsky.social! Their debut book, GENERATION QUEER, hits the shelves today – accompanied by a STARRED review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! 🤩
www.publishersweekly.com/9781643795201
www.publishersweekly.com/9781643795201
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“A necessary addition to the literary canon.” Happy publication day to @kimmtopping.bsky.social! Their debut book, GENERATION QUEER, hits the shelves today – accompanied by a STARRED review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! 🤩
www.publishersweekly.com/9781643795201
www.publishersweekly.com/9781643795201
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Catch @kimmtopping.bsky.social's launch for GENERATION QUEER tomorrow through @allshewrotebks.bsky.social in Somerville, MA! 🥳
✨SATURDAY MAY 31st @ 7pm ✨We are SO EXCITED to welcome historian and educator @kimmtopping.bsky.social to celebrate the release of their upcoming book “Generation Queer!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
May 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Catch @kimmtopping.bsky.social's launch for GENERATION QUEER tomorrow through @allshewrotebks.bsky.social in Somerville, MA! 🥳
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“All of the stories are intended to humanize: to focus on people’s joys & what they are most passionate about, & how they see the world and their futures.” @kimmtopping.bsky.social talks to @ala-booklist.bsky.social about GENERATION QUEER, out in 2 weeks. 🌈 ⤵️
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May 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“All of the stories are intended to humanize: to focus on people’s joys & what they are most passionate about, & how they see the world and their futures.” @kimmtopping.bsky.social talks to @ala-booklist.bsky.social about GENERATION QUEER, out in 2 weeks. 🌈 ⤵️
www.booklistonline.com/products/980...
www.booklistonline.com/products/980...
So excited that Generation Queer will be donated to middle schools through @openbooks501c3.bsky.social 🌈
Introducing our donation set of 13 LGBTQ+ middle school books! #EDUsky ⚖️ 🐈 💙📚#SchoolLibrarians @breindigo.bsky.social
@trungles.com
@mollyostertag.bsky.social
@nikismithcomics.bsky.social
@dekemoulton.bsky.social
@kevinarts.bsky.social
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
@katherinelocke.bsky.social
@trungles.com
@mollyostertag.bsky.social
@nikismithcomics.bsky.social
@dekemoulton.bsky.social
@kevinarts.bsky.social
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
@katherinelocke.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
So excited that Generation Queer will be donated to middle schools through @openbooks501c3.bsky.social 🌈
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“… an inspiring intersectional portrait of powerful young people enacting social change.” Fantastic review for @kimmtopping.bsky.social's GENERATION QUEER in Foreword ⤵️
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/gene...
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/gene...
Review of Generation Queer
Generation Queer: Kimm Topping’s heartening collection "Generation Queer" celebrates young LGBTQ+ activists who shifted cultural stereotypes about who is allowed to lead. Centering organizers, artists...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“… an inspiring intersectional portrait of powerful young people enacting social change.” Fantastic review for @kimmtopping.bsky.social's GENERATION QUEER in Foreword ⤵️
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/gene...
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/gene...
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✨SATURDAY MAY 31st @ 7pm ✨We are SO EXCITED to welcome historian and educator @kimmtopping.bsky.social to celebrate the release of their upcoming book “Generation Queer!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
April 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
✨SATURDAY MAY 31st @ 7pm ✨We are SO EXCITED to welcome historian and educator @kimmtopping.bsky.social to celebrate the release of their upcoming book “Generation Queer!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
✨This book launch event does require registration, and be done by visiting allshewrotebooks.com/events!
Thank you friends!! Go support @aokgrants.bsky.social 💜
Happy Birthday, @kimmtopping.bsky.social! Kimm's new book, GENERATION QUEER, will be out on 5/27/25. We are so happy to support them and the essential work being done to tell the stories of so many. Pre-order the book now!
✨Activism. Art. Community care. Education. These are the hallmarks of the work done by the youth highlighted in GENERATION QUEER written by @kimmtopping.bsky.social & illustrated by Anshika Khullar!
📚On shelves 5/27/25 & available for pre-order now! Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/books/genera...
📚On shelves 5/27/25 & available for pre-order now! Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/books/genera...
April 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thank you friends!! Go support @aokgrants.bsky.social 💜
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GENERATION QUEER by @kimmtopping.bsky.social features in @washblade.bsky.social, alongside a bevy of other new LGBTQ+ books. Head on over for their roundup ⤵️
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/b...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/b...
Bookstores full of LGBTQ-themed new releases
Novels, memoirs, and even a George Takei biography
www.washingtonblade.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
GENERATION QUEER by @kimmtopping.bsky.social features in @washblade.bsky.social, alongside a bevy of other new LGBTQ+ books. Head on over for their roundup ⤵️
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/b...
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/b...
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Huge congratulations to @kimmtopping.bsky.social (one of my very first clients!) whose phenomenal GENERATION QUEER will finally be out in the world this May!!
Yahoo! Just in at LG Literary: finished copies of @kimmtopping.bsky.social'sGENERATION QUEER. Out May 27th from Tu Books!
March 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Huge congratulations to @kimmtopping.bsky.social (one of my very first clients!) whose phenomenal GENERATION QUEER will finally be out in the world this May!!
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Kirkus Reviews calls GENERATION QUEER by @kimmtopping.bsky.social “joyful and inspiring”! Take a look ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
GENERATION QUEER | Kirkus Reviews
A collection of illustrated profiles of a diverse range of young queer activists, grouped into three categories: organizers, artists, and educators.
www.kirkusreviews.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Kirkus Reviews calls GENERATION QUEER by @kimmtopping.bsky.social “joyful and inspiring”! Take a look ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
So proud of everyone involved in making this book possible, and I can’t wait for you to read it! 🏳️⚧️🌈💜
✨Activism. Art. Community care. Education. These are the hallmarks of the work done by the youth highlighted in GENERATION QUEER written by @kimmtopping.bsky.social & illustrated by Anshika Khullar!
📚On shelves 5/27/25 & available for pre-order now! Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/books/genera...
📚On shelves 5/27/25 & available for pre-order now! Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/books/genera...
February 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So proud of everyone involved in making this book possible, and I can’t wait for you to read it! 🏳️⚧️🌈💜
Nonfiction is the art of truth-telling, which we need a whole lot of right now. Meeting with writers who are interested in writing their first nonfiction book yesterday was so energizing, so I'm offering more sessions and hope to connect with more writers soon!
January 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nonfiction is the art of truth-telling, which we need a whole lot of right now. Meeting with writers who are interested in writing their first nonfiction book yesterday was so energizing, so I'm offering more sessions and hope to connect with more writers soon!
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If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.
January 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.
Introducing Boston’s queer art journal club! If you’re in the Boston area, these will be wholesome artsy afternoons.
Part of celebrating queer history is documenting our own - and building community while we do it! Join us for Boston’s queer art journal club 💕
Boston's Queer Art Journal Club — Lavender Education
Join us for an inclusive, creative space where LGBTQIA2S+ folks and allies come together to celebrate self-expression through art and journaling. Whether you're new to journaling or an experienced cre...
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January 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Introducing Boston’s queer art journal club! If you’re in the Boston area, these will be wholesome artsy afternoons.
Just got here and tryna connect with as many queer/trans writers, historians, artists as possible! Please share suggestions 🌸
January 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just got here and tryna connect with as many queer/trans writers, historians, artists as possible! Please share suggestions 🌸