Authors | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:57:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Authors | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Dr. Jon Paul Higgins on “Black. Fat. Femme.”: A Bold Testament to Identity, Joy, and Audacity https://glaad.org/dr-jon-paul-higgins-on-black-fat-femme-a-bold-testament-to-identity-joy-and-audacity/ https://glaad.org/dr-jon-paul-higgins-on-black-fat-femme-a-bold-testament-to-identity-joy-and-audacity/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:57:03 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935327 Dr. Jon Paul Higgins is daring to go there—and claiming the space they so rightfully deserve. In their memoir, published last month, they share their truth with vulnerability, humor, and an unwavering commitment to self-love. It’s a story about what it means to fully exist in a world that often tries to shrink your brilliance. [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/dr-jon-paul-higgins-on-black-fat-femme-a-bold-testament-to-identity-joy-and-audacity/feed/ 0 Author Shamim Sarif is making huge waves in the YA thriller and screenwriting worlds https://glaad.org/author-shamim-sarif-making-huge-waves-ya-thriller-and-screenwriting-worlds/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:17:17 +0000 https://glaad.logalt.net/blog/author-shamim-sarif-making-huge-waves-ya-thriller-and-screenwriting-worlds/ Award-winning Canadian/British novelist/screenwriter/director Shamim Sarif—a brown/feminist/lesbian/of South African/Indian/Muslim heritage—is out this fall with THE SHADOW MISSION, the sequel to THE ATHENA PROTOCOL, which itself is receiving its paperback release this week.

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