Contents:
- THIS BOOK IS GAY
- ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
- THIS BOOK IS GAY
- 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
- ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA
THIS BOOK IS GAY
‘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.
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13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
This ndid and uncensored exploratn of sexualy and what 's like to grow up LGBT also clus real stori om people across the genr and sexual spectms, not to mentn illtratnsAg 14 and upGras 9-12"Origally published 2014 the Uned Kgdom by Hot Key Books"--Tle page versoInclus biblgraphil referenc (pag 260-262)Wele to the members club -- The name game -- You n't mistake our blogy -- Stereotyp are poo -- The fear -- Haterz gon' hate -- Comg out -- Where to meet people like you -- The s and outs of gay sex -- Ntg -- Hats -- A gui to regnizg your gay sats -- Build a bridge -- The cheat sheet. A book tend for LGBT young adults is beg challenged the Wasilla, Alaska, public library by rints who want to see rhelved or removed, reports the Alaska Dispatch Dawson’s “This Book Is Gay” is currently shelved the library’s juvenile nonfictn sectn.
”The Dispatch News reports that several schoolchildren attend the meetg, tellg the cy uncil that “they didn’t want ‘gay books’ or books about gay people the library at all. “I love librarians wh all my heart and I tst they will fd an appropriate shelf to stock ‘This Book Is Gay’ where younger rears n’t get to , but those who sperately need n, ” he wrote an email to the Dispatch noted that LGBT teenagers who might fd the book eful were probably too aaid to speak up s fense.