MORE 'GLBTQ' POSTS
by Amanda MacGregor Check out these articles and websites for great suggestions on books to add to your collections and how to support GLBTQ youth. “LGTBQ and You: How to Support Your Students” by Lauren Barack at School Library Journal. From the article: “With 82 percent of LGBTQ students reporting verbal harassment, among other forms […]
Book Review: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Book Reviews, Civil Rights, GLBTQ, Historical fiction, We Need Diverse Books
|by Amanda MacGregor Jefferson High School, Davisburg, Virginia. 1959. In Robin Talley’s Lies We Tell Ourselves, it’s been two years since the Supreme Court said all schools must integrate. The people in Davisburg have done everything they can to resist this order, including entirely shutting down their schools for months. High school senior Sarah Dunbar […]
by Amanda MacGregor (NOTE: I’m going to use the pronoun “she” when referring to Katie even pre-transition and “he” for Arin pre-transition as well.) When Arin and Katie met, they felt an immediate connection. It wasn’t just that they each thought the other was cute (though they did), but it was more that they understood […]
Sexual Violence Inside (and Because of) the Closet by Anthony Isom (#SVYALit Project)
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Dream Boy, GLBTQ, Jim Grimsley, Nick Burd, Sexual Violence, Vast Fields of Ordinary
|We live in a fortunate time. Once upon a time, homosexuality was viewed as either a disease or else an abnormality; things have certainly been changing as hatred toward homosexuality, AKA anti-gay discrimination, may not be viewed as abnormal but certainly as backward or retrogressive. This is a good thing. As a young gay man […]
So, a couple of weeks ago I presented with Peter Coyl, the chair of the Stonewall Committee, and author David Levithan (Two Boys Kissing, Every Day) at the Texas Library Association about awesome books dealing with GLBTQI/QUILTBAG topics, issues and characters. (for those that don’t know, QUILTBAG stands for Queer/Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender/Transsexual, Bisexual, Allied/Asexual, […]
One Man Guy by Micahel Barakiva (YA Fiction, May 2014) Alek has never thought about having a boyfriend—he’s barely ever had a girlfriend—but maybe it’s time to think again. Sweet Tooth by Tim Anderson (Fictionalized Memoir, March 2014) What’s a sweets-loving young boy growing up gay in North Carolina in the eighties supposed […]
Almost a year ago (February 21, 2012, actually) I reviewed Drama for Teen Librarian Toolbox. Drama has been named a Stonewall 2013 Honor Book, a 2013 Rainbow Project Top Ten title, and a Great Graphic Novel Top Teen for Teens. A few days ago, we (Teen Librarian Toolbox) got this comment in response to my […]
Sherlock and the Case of the Diversity Problem (and why representation matters)
Diversity, Doctor Who, Gender issues, GLBTQ, Sexism, Sherlock, stereotypes, Steven Moffat
|The creator of the BBC Sherlock reboot is none other than Steve Moffat, who also is currently helming another popular BBC show – Doctor Who. One of the things that has always impressed me about Doctor Who as I began watching it was the diversity of the show. When we first meet the reboot Doctor, […]
Take 5: Rainbow Project Nominee Sequels
Alex London, Emma Trevayne, GLBTQ, Laura Lam, Rainbow Project, Shimura Takako, tim federle
|The 2014 Rainbow List Nominees were announced the other day, and it looks wonderful. I cannot wait to see the final list when it is finished at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia in January! HOWEVER, did you know that there are SEQUELS coming out to these awesome books, some as early as JANUARY?!?!?!?!?! […]
The 2013-2014 Rainbow Project Committee announced their nominees for the 2014 Rainbow List on Monday. A committee of 9 members search all year long and talk and debate about books and whether or not they meet the criteria of the list, and this year they found 51 titles. The Rainbow Project is unique in that […]
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