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November 29, 2023 45 mins

 This Book is Gay is a young adult nonfiction book by Juno Dawson. In the Untied States it has been ranked as the 9th most banned book of the 2022 - 2023 school year. This episode explores why and some of my favorite parts.

Next Up --> Censored: A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clemet Clarke Moore

LGBTQIA+ Support and Charities
 https://www.thetrevorproject.org
https://www.pointofpride.org/
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-uprising-50-years-lgbt-history
https://outrightinternational.org/

A Starter Pack to Current Conflicts
Armenia Conflict
Sudan Conflict
Congo Conflict
Palestine/Israel Conflict

Charities
https://www.gazaesims.com/
https://www.armeniafund.org/
https://donate.unhcr.org/int/en/sudan-emergency
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/democratic-republic-congo

About Juno Dawson

https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/juno-dawson

https://www.junodawson.com

Juno Dawson on the Banning/Challenging of her book

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/04/ninth-most-banned-book-america-list 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/19/2021-banning-books-message-texas-lgbtq

Banning Timeline for This Book is Gay

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/this-book-is-gay/#:~:text=Several%20Wasilla%20residents%20attacked%20the,the%20highly%20controversial%20public%20debates.

Elena Hanan Moran's -

https://universityobserver.ie/this-book-is-gay-controversy/

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