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For Immediate Release Nov 8, 2017 Coming Soon: Playful Queer Alphabet Book to Demystify LGBTQ+ Terminology Vancouver, BC – What would happen if someone picked up a classic ABC book, crossed out the words, and replaced them with LGBTQ terms? The result would be GAYBCs—a playful, subversive alphabet book that aims to spread awareness and demystify queer terminology for everyone. Originally created by acclaimed graphic designer Rae Congdon as a personal project, this charming book was awarded a 2016 Adobe Design Achievement Award as winner in the Social Impact category. Greystone Books is proud to announce it has acquired world English language rights to the book and will publish it in fall 2018. Instead of apple, ball, and chick, this book’s ABCs are ally, bisexual, and cisgender. A ladybug gains a matching girlfriend to become lesbian, kiss becomes kink, and tie gets a gender-bending twist to become transgender. Using straightforward, accessible language, GAYBCs defines less commonly known terms + like “femme,” “Mx.,” and “ze,” and puts LGBTQ -friendly spins on words like “wedding” and “equality.” The clear definitions and clever illustrations make this book accessible to everyone, from preteens to + grandparents, and for those in the LGBTQ community as well as family, friends, and allies of all + backgrounds. Fun and informative, GAYBCs celebrates and normalizes LGBTQ terminology—a queer ABCs for our modern world. Greystone plans to publish GAYBCs in fall 2018. This deal was facilitated by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists literary agency.

Rae Congdon is an award-winning Canadian graphic designer and a graduate of Seton Hall University, where she studied graphic and interactive design with a minor in fine arts. GAYBCs, her first book, was awarded an Adobe Design Achievement Award in the Social Impact category. Rae lives in Montreal, Quebec. Greystone Books is a Vancouver-based trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction. For review copies or further information contact Alice Fleerackers at [email protected]