TRANSGENDER WEEK OF AWARENESS + KRAFT PEANUT BUTTER LEARNS ABOUT PRONOUNS WITH CRUNCHY + SMOOTHIE
Nick North + Kraft Peanut Butter team up, for a brand partnership to help Canadians feels more comfortable talking about pronouns with the kids in your life.
Hi My Name is Nick and I use He/Him Pronouns.
I wrote a book for 8 year old me!
I am so thrilled to share it with you!
#KraftPeanutButter_Partner.
As a kid, I knew the word “She” didn’t fit. I knew it felt bunchy and uncomfortable at the best of times. I knew I wanted everyone to know that I was, “he”...but I didn’t know it was possible.
I didn’t know that I could exist in the world as my true self.
Now, I know just how good it feels to be me. To be “he” when everyone thought “she”.
When Kraft Peanut Butter asked me to team up for Transgender Week of Awareness, to create, “His, Hers, Them and Theirs: Learnings Pronouns with the Bears” a children’s book, with their very own Crunchy and Smoothie, to help inspire families to have meaningful conversations around pronouns and what it means to Stick Together, and support each other when it comes to being our truest selves, I jumped at the opportunity.
I imagined little boy me, sitting across the table from my grandma while eating my morning toast and reading a book about someone like me, with a grin across my face, and eyes shining bright. I imagined how proud I might feel, how comforting it would be and what she might have said to me, if books like this existed to show her that it wasn’t as hard or scary as she thought. To show her that I would be okay.
I wonder who I would have become and then my heart bursts for all the kids, and grown ups out there who see themselves in this story. Especially my own little Mx.Wilde, who is currently becoming their truest selves right in front of me.
If you’ve ever wondered how to support the transgender and gender creative folks in your life, starting a conversation about pronouns with kids in your life, via very exciting bears, is a great place to start.
Mark your calendar, and grab a limited edition copy or 3 for the kids in your life, November 20th at KraftPeanutButter.ca, (@kraftpeanutbutter_ca)with the proceeds going to @rainbowrailroad, an amazing non profit supporting LGBTQIA2S+ folks.
