This Book Is Gay by Jam Dawson - review | Children's books | The Guardian

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• THIS BOOK IS GAYNONFICTN | BOOK | YA | PUBLISHED 2014A MORN ALTERNATIVE TO SPARKNOT AND CLIFFSNOT, SUPERSUMMARY OFFERS HIGH-QUALY STUDY GUIS THAT FEATURE TAILED CHAPTER SUMMARI AND ANALYSIS OF MAJOR THEM, CHARACTERS, QUOT, AND SAY TOPICS.DOWNLOAD PDFACCS FULL GUISTUDY GUISUMMARYBACKGROUNDCHAPTER SUMMARI & ANALYSINTRODUCTN-CHAPTER 3CHAPTERS 4-6CHAPTERS 7-9CHAPTER 10-BACK MATTERKEY FIGURTHEMINX OF TERMSIMPORTANT QUOTESSAY TOPICSSUMMARY AND STUDY GUI
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW
• “THIS BOOK IS GAY” BOOK REVIEW
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JUNO DAWSON
• BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• WMNF AIRS D OM HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD DISCSN OF THE CHALLENGED BOOK, “THIS BOOK IS GAY” – WAS BANNED ALL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

THIS BOOK IS GAYNONFICTN | BOOK | YA | PUBLISHED 2014A MORN ALTERNATIVE TO SPARKNOT AND CLIFFSNOT, SUPERSUMMARY OFFERS HIGH-QUALY STUDY GUIS THAT FEATURE TAILED CHAPTER SUMMARI AND ANALYSIS OF MAJOR THEM, CHARACTERS, QUOT, AND SAY TOPICS.DOWNLOAD PDFACCS FULL GUISTUDY GUISUMMARYBACKGROUNDCHAPTER SUMMARI & ANALYSINTRODUCTN-CHAPTER 3CHAPTERS 4-6CHAPTERS 7-9CHAPTER 10-BACK MATTERKEY FIGURTHEMINX OF TERMSIMPORTANT QUOTESSAY TOPICSSUMMARY AND STUDY GUI

OverviewThis Book Is Gay is a 2014 young adult self-help book wrten by Juno Dawson to help teenagers unrstand the world of LGBTQ+ inti.

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

This Book Is Gay also addrs parents and cisgenr heterosexual teenagers wh LGBTQ+ iends and loved on, providg support wh a variety of rourc. And serv as a pann piece to This Book Is Gay that explor genr inty.

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

Dawson humor This Book Is Gay to munite plex and stigmatized ias to people who don’t fully unrstand what means to be LGBTQ+. Content Warng: This Book Is Gay addrs the followg topics: anti-LGBTQ+ bias, anti-LGBTQ+ slurs, rape, suici, self-harm, dg e, and Book Is Gay is divid to an troductn, 12 chapters, and several sectns of back matter filled wh rourc.

Dawson explas that some stereotyp are rooted a nugget of tth and create LGBTQ+ inti wh the larger muny (such as “twk” and “bear” inti among gay men). Chapter 9 (“The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex”) giv tailed advice on approachg LGBTQ+ sex, how to al wh other people’s bodi, and safe sex practic. Chapter 12 (“A Gui to Regnizg your Gay Sats”) is a short, alphabetized chapter that lists famo LGBTQ+ people and LGBTQ+ clive media.

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

THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW

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” BOOK REVIEW

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

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

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.

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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.

This Book Is Gay Photograph: Jam DawsonIt was brave of Jam Dawson to wre this book. Particularly, addrs llg somethg 'gay' (e. G, "Your hair is so gay, man.

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That needs to Book is Gay mak you feel nfint, and fortable wh yourself, regardls of sexualy.

I thk this a really great start to a culture whout homophobia or embarrassment or shame due to sexualy. Whether you yourself are impacted by the topics This Book Is Gay or not, 's a really important book to read. Kat Otey, Onle EdorOctober 6, 2022After the succs of her 2015 novel slash stctnal gui, “This Book is Gay, ” Juno Dawson returns wh a new, updated edn by the same name.

BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY

“This Book Is Gay” (2021) is a funny, lighthearted, yet tailed work that masterfully fulfills s purpose: to te rears on LGBTQ+ topics.

“This Book Is Gay” is a manual wrten wh edy and young rears md. It giv basic overviews of genr, sexualy, labelg and life as a queer person before divg to more plex topics, such as stereotyp and blogy (fact: though studi have been done, there is no blogil difference between a gay person and a straight person).

Sce then, I’ve lved ep to the topic—I read books wh gay ma characters, I watch shows and vios that discs the topic of our rights and how they’re nstantly changg around the world, I wre any say I n ame as a ll to actn for —so I went to this book expectg to know a lot of the ntents already. ” Dawson, as a transgenr woman who also intified as gay before her transn, has experience, rearch and a brilliant voice that touch the people who read this book. Beyond jt homophobia, Dawson tackl seemgly harmls stereotyp, the rapid growth of LGBTQ+ people our generatn, sexualizatn—pecially of bisexual, transgenr, and lbian people—and many more issu.

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA

Topics to be expected when the book self is lled This Book Is Gay. “This Book Is Gay” is a personal story, spe beg formatted as a guibook.

The advice on how to make new iends and live as a gay person was actually relevant and eful, unlike the ual “e out when you’re ready but also before that you have to live nstant fear, sorry, there’s nothg we n do, live wh . Ironilly, the biggt pot I took om a book lled “This Book Is Gay” was this: you are not first and foremost a gay person; you are first and foremost a person who serv to live and love as everyone do. “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.

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“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.

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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.

WMNF AIRS D OM HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD DISCSN OF THE CHALLENGED BOOK, “THIS BOOK IS GAY” – WAS BANNED ALL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

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. Tle: This Book Is Gay. This Book Is Gay, is a nonfictn YAL book wrten by Juno Dawson, a transgenr whe woman.

I walk back over toward the table and beg to make out the tle: This Book Is Gay. This Book Is Gay has challenged me to nont my own perspectiv.