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• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• “THIS BOOK IS GAY” BOOK REVIEW

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

This Book Is Gay Photograph: Jam DawsonIt was brave of Jam Dawson to wre this book.

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THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW

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.

‘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.

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’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK

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. 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.

THIS BOOK IS GAY

The notoriety of This Book is Gay has only creased. 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. “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” BOOK REVIEW

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.