‘This Book Is Gay’ Author Juno Dawson Stands By Her Banned Book – Rollg Stone

Contents:

• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
• AUTHOR OF BANNED BOOK 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' SAYS BOOK IS 'FELY NOT PORNOGRAPHIC'
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN
• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• IS DAVID DAWSON GAY? THE 'MY POLICEMAN' STAR IS GETTG MARRRIED SOON
• IS SHANE DAWSON GAY? WHO IS HE MARRIED TO?
• WHO IS DAVID DAWSON DATG? INSI SECRET LOVE LIFE AND 'GAY' MORS OF ACTOR SET TO PLAY HARRY STYL' LOVER

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK

‘This Book Is Gay’ Author Says Ameri’s Teens Have Bigger Problems Than Her Book.

AUTHOR OF BANNED BOOK 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' SAYS BOOK IS 'FELY NOT PORNOGRAPHIC'

Juno Dawson didn’t want to wre This Book Is Gay. First published 2014, Dawson’s how-to about gay relatnships has bee a staple for sex ed class. Acrdg to Vanrbilt Universy, 2022, This Book Is Gay beme the nth most-banned book Ameri.

In light of the recent rise book banngs, Rollg Stone spoke wh Dawson about why her 2014 book remas such a hot topic, why she thks This Book Is Gay is necsary, and how she thks policians uld really help keep Ameri’s kids safe.

How do you thk sex tn and available rmatn have changed sce you wrote ‘This Book Is Gay?

'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN

But as a queer teenager, I jt wish there had been somethg like This Book Is Gay.

We’re all very clear This Book is Gay is not for children. In a lot of your ments about This Book Is Gay, you’ve phed back agast the ia that the manual is a danger to young adults.

YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY

In your ey, why is so important that more books like This Book Is Gay exist and are available to teens growg up? Most recently, ‘This Book Is Gay’ went unr a formal review as part of vtigatns to bomb threats sent to several public schools.

The notoriety of This Book is Gay has only creased.

The thor of a wily banned book "This Book Is Gay" told Rollg Stone Magaze on Wednday that the book is "fely not pornographic, " rpondg to the book’s cril receptn om nservativ and parents around the U. -based thor, told Rollg Stone Magaze a one-on-one published 2014, Dawson’s how-to about gay relatnships has bee a staple for sex ed class "This Book Is Gay, " a nonfictn book geared toward LGBTQ+ youth, was cricized by many parents for sexually explic scriptns and diagrams and even promotg the e of hookup apps.

IS DAVID DAWSON GAY? THE 'MY POLICEMAN' STAR IS GETTG MARRRIED SOON

STATES PASS UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE AMID PARENTAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: 'TEACHERS UNIONS AWAKENED SLEEPING GIANT'Gay datg app Grdr was reportedly featured the book, which some have cricized for havg a "flimsy" age verifitn procs.

" "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson was available to stunts the Anchorage school district. ""We’re all very clear ‘This Book is Gay’ is not for children, " Dawson GOVERNOR SIGNS MAJOR EDUCATION FUNDING BILL, BECOMING THIRD STATE TO ENSHRINE SCHOOL CHOICE INTO LAW"I would challenge anyone to be tillated or aroed by what is sentially a textbook. " Fox News Digal prevly reported that 'This Book is Gay, ' which ntas rmatn on BDSM/kk, was found DoDEA schools.

(Juno Dawson | iStock)"This Book Is Gay" has been part of a heated bate around the U. Edutn admistrators and school boards have implemented book review polici as parents and muny members raised the alarm about books beg "sexually explic" and appropriate for Hillsborough County, Florida school board recently cid to ban "This Book Is Gay" om middle school librari a 4-3 vote on March school board meetg reportedly spiraled to a heated bate about the graphic book. IOWA GOV KIM REYNOLDS SIGNS HISTORIC SCHOOL CHOICE BILL: 'WE WILL FUND STUDENTS NOT SYSTEMS'The Tampa Bay Tim wrote that the meetg over "This Book Is Gay" was a tense polil nontatn at tim.

IS SHANE DAWSON GAY? WHO IS HE MARRIED TO?

“This Book is Gay, ” by Juno Dawson, starts wh a wele: “There’s a long-nng joke that, on ‘g out, ’ a young lbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership rd and stctn manual.

” And “This Book is Gay” reads as exactly that: a fact-based chapter is terspersed wh a ndid, first-person narrative llected om real parts humoro and rmative, this nonfictn young adult book is divid to sectns: inty, stereotyp, queer history, g out and relatnships — cludg sexual relatnships. “The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, ” a chapter posned toward the end of the book, opens wh text outled to make you take notice, “This Chapter is about sex. “This Book is Gay” is equently near the top of the Amerin Library Associatn’s list of most banned of the books we feature on the “Velshi Banned Book Club” are lerature, cludg ntemporary works of poetry and graphic novels.

WHO IS DAVID DAWSON DATG? INSI SECRET LOVE LIFE AND 'GAY' MORS OF ACTOR SET TO PLAY HARRY STYL' LOVER

Conversely, the nversatn surroundg “This Book is Gay” is about the necsy for prehensive and, most importantly, clive sexual tn.

As Dawson so saliently remds rears, the excln of same-sex upl the typil sex-ed class is nothg short of “stutnal homophobia. This is happeng all over the natn, state by urse, many of the arguments ma agast “This Book is Gay” center around antiquated views of genr exprsn and sexualy, but they’re also ma bad fah, cludg labelg this book as “appropriate.

“This Book is Gay” is for those young adults already grapplg wh their sexualy and inty. By prohibg accs to valuable rourc like “This Book is Gay, ” we are leavg already vulnerable LGBTQ+ young adults wh nowhere to turn. However, after playg a gay man "My Policeman, " he revealed subsequent terviews that he was also gay real life; hence, he jumped at the opportuny to ntribute to the film.