LGBTQ+ children’s books to help every young person feel seen on World Book Day
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The 11 best books of 2022 by LGBTQ+ authors
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Read MoreElliot Page reveals cover and release date of upcoming memoir Pageboy
Elliot Page has shared new details about his highly anticipated memoir, Pageboy, which is set to be released in 2023. “Writing a book has come up a few times over the years, but it never felt right and quite frankly, it didn’t feel possible,” the 35-year-old wrote on Instagram on 5 December. “I could barely sit still, let alone focus long enough to complete such a task. “At last, I can be with myself, in this body. So, I’ve written a book about my story.” The Umbrella Academy star further…
Read MoreExclusive: LGBTQ+ author Benjamin Dean on having “every walk of life” represented in children’s books
“I know who I am and what stories I want to tell, and that there’s not really a boundary of what I can put into a story,” says reporter and children’s author Benjamin Dean, whose first book, Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow, was met with critical acclaim last year. Its follow-up, The Secret Sunshine Project, was released on 31 March and gave him the chance to take his writing to a new level: “Obviously, I know who I’m writing for. These books, the first two, are…
Read MoreCatholic school’s diocese forces it to cancel visit from prominent LGBTQ+ author
Teachers are threatening to strike after a prominent author of LGBTQ+ fiction had his visit to their Catholic school cancelled by the diocese. Simon James Green, the writer behind hugely popular books such as Sleepover Takeover and Heartbreak Boys, was due to visit the John Fisher School in Purley, Croydon on 7 March. However, The I newspaper exclusively reported that his talk was cancelled last minute when the local diocese intervened to stop it going ahead. The school’s senior leadership reportedly voted on the issue and wanted Green to talk…
Read MoreBritney Spears signs “record-breaking” deal to write tell-all book
Britney Spears will write and release a tell-all book in what is being called a “record-breaking” deal with publishers Simon & Schuster. The 40-year-old’s deal is said to be worth as much as $15 million, Page Six reported. Britney’s memoir is expected to cover her career, personal life and family – likely including the highly controversial conservatorship she was kept in for more than a decade. Multiple publishers were reportedly bidding for the rights to the Inside Out hitmaker’s story, with an insider stating “the deal is one of the…
Read MoreWhy understanding queer data is vital for the LGBTQ+ community
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Read More10 of the most anticipated LGBTQ+ books of 2022
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Read More10 important books to read on the HIV/AIDS crisis
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Read MoreSouth Carolina governor calls for LGBTQ+ school book ban
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has urged his state’s Department of Education to remove an “inappropriate” book on gender identity. On Wednesday (November 11), McMaster (R) called for Maia Kobabe’s award-winning book Gender Queer: A Memoir to be recalled from shelves for its “obscene and pornographic” content. In a letter addressed to the South California Department of Education and Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman, McMaster petitioned for the book to be removed due to its “depictions”. “For sexually explicit materials of this nature to have ever been introduced or allowed…
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