From Alaska to Zimbabwe, people are glad to be gay. Robin Stevenson's splashy and jubilant Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community (Orca $24.95) is a tribute to LGBTQ folks around the globe. Designed to appeal to young readers, it contains queer facts (South Africa is the only African country to have legalized same sex marriage) and an astonishing array of international images. In Uganda, we see five brave demonstrators grinning for the camera, one carrying a placard that declares KILLING GAY PEOPLE SOLVES NOTHING. In Russia, Putin's homophobic laws engender a parade of activists. North American images veer towards celebratory. The 2015 photo (at left), is from Victoria's annual ball game between drag queens and drag kings.

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