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Dr. Jon Paul Higgins on “Black. Fat. Femme.”: A Bold Testament to Identity, Joy, and Audacity

Shar Jossell — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:57:03 +0000

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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GLAAD Spotlights LGBTQ Authors and Stories

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:52:20 +0000

GLAAD Spotlights LGBTQ Authors and Stories Expanding understanding and accelerating acceptance of LGBTQ people. GLAAD is spotlighting LGBTQ-inclusive books and authors who are expanding understanding and accelerating acceptance of LGBTQ people. Books about and by LGBTQ people, as well as books about race and racism, are the most challenged and banned in the U.S. GLAAD [...]

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Nicole Maines Talks New Memoir “It Gets Better…Except When It Gets Worse”

Allison Bloom, Communications Consultant — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:37:17 +0000

Actress, writer, and activist Nicole Maines is giving readers the cold, hard truth in her new memoir: It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets Worse. The national bestselling book chronicles the groundbreaking actress’s life as a trans kid who had to fight for her right to exist in the classroom to becoming [...]

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GLAAD Unveils New Resources for Transgender Awareness Week, November 13–19

GLAAD — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:43:00 +0000

Today marks the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week 2004. The week, celebrated each year from November 13-19, is dedicated to raising visibility and awareness about transgender and gender non-conforming people and address challenges the community faces. “Transgender Awareness Week arrives at a particularly profound time to celebrate transgender people’s lives, contributions to our culture, and [...]

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Book Bans Cannot Stand: Organizing to Defeat Book Bans in Your Community

GLAAD — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:14:18 +0000

Here’s a new page in the nation’s unfortunate book banning epidemic, and why community voices are needed more than ever to organize and fight back. Last year in Escambia County, Florida, a region home to just over 300,000 residents in the northwesternmost corner of the Florida panhandle, a high school teacher called for the review [...]

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GLAAD Video Interview: Drag Queen Story Hour Board Member Lil Miss Hot Mess Reads from Latest Children’s Book, Responds to Hateful Drag Queen Backlash

GLAAD — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 21:01:17 +0000

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today released an exclusive interview with Lil Miss Hot Mess, a drag queen, children’s book author, and board member of Drag Queen Story Hour. Her latest picture book with illustrator Olga de Dios Ruiz, If You’re A Drag Queen and [...]

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#BooksNotBans: GLAAD joins 600+ organizations and individuals to stand against school censorship

GLAAD — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 22:20:53 +0000

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to a powerful statement of support against efforts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive books and books about race and racism. The statement, from the National Coalition Against Censorship, is the first national collective response to the wave of attempted book bans [...]

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