All the Colours of the Rainbow by Rae White

People are like rainbows – each colour is different, and you can choose to be any colour of the rainbow. A gentle look at gender diversity and acceptance by non-binary transgender poet Rae White, with illustrations from award-winning artist Sha’an d’Anthes.

Jem is a kid who sometimes loves wearing yellow dresses and sometimes loves wearing blue jeans. They feel like a girl when searching for bugs and lizards in the rain, and like a boy when running around under the sun. And when there’s a rainbow in the sky, they feel like a boy and a girl, like both and neither.

Some adults in Jem’s life only want to see in black and white, leaving Jem confused about what choices they have, until Mum helps them with a different and wonderful way of seeing the world.

People are like rainbows – each colour is different, and you can choose to be any colour of the rainbow. A gentle look at gender diversity and acceptance by non-binary transgender poet Rae White, with illustrations from award-winning artist Sha’an d’Anthes.

About the Author: Rae White (author)

Rae White is a non-binary transgender writer, educator and zine maker. Their poetry collection Milk Teeth won the 2017 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and commended in the 2018 Anne Elder Award.

Rae’s second poetry collection, Exactly As I Am, was shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and 2023 Queensland Literary Awards.

Rae has poems published in Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender-Diverse Australia and also contributed a piece to Dear Lover.

Rae’s short story ‘The Body Remembers’ placed second in the 2019 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. They have had poetry published in many journals, including Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite, Meanjin, Overland and Rabbit.

Rae is the Creative Director and Founder of community poetry initiative Uplift Poetry, and the Founding Editor of #EnbyLife, a journal for non-binary and gender-diverse creatives.

Sha’an d’Anthes (illustrator)

Sha’an d’Anthes is the author and illustrator of Zoom and Bandits and is based in Sydney, Australia. Her work is vibrant and playful and is enjoyed by children and adults alike. You can find Sha’an on Instagram and Youtube.

http://instagram.com/furrylittlepeach

http://youtube.com/furrylittlepeach

29 Jan 2025

All the Colours of the Rainbow by Rae White ISBN 9780734423061