nonbinary – YA Pride

#PreOrderHurricaneChild Campaign

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00March 17th, 2018|Categories: Book Club, New Releases|Tags: Black, Middle Grade, nonbinary, Queer Girls|

We are so excited to announce our first ever pre-order campaign, for HURRICANE CHILD by Kheryn Callender. There is very, very little LGBTQIAP+ representation in Middle Grade books. I can list maybe seven books of the top of my head, and could find a few more through research. If I tried to list Middle Grade books about queer kids of color, that list would trickle down to almost zero. YA Pride believes that LGBTQIAP+ representation in Middle Grade is just as important, if not more important, than it is in Young Adult. Sometimes Young Adult gets to readers [...]

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The Power of Stories: Saving Lives and Connecting Readers, One Book at a Time

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The Power of Stories: Saving Lives and Connecting Readers, One Book at a Time

By Ariel|2020-03-28T13:40:11-05:00June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Black, Middle Grade, nonbinary, PoC, Queer Girls|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 10 – Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon by Kheryn Callender I didn't like myself very much when I was younger. I was the only black student in my private school for a few years, and whenever I left my school, which was deep in the countryside where many white people from the states lived, I was surrounded by locals from St. Thomas who thought I acted too snobby, who thought I spoke with a stateside accent because I didn’t love my island, who thought I acted too “white.” It seemed wherever I went, whichever community [...]

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How the Fox Became

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:40:19-05:00November 18th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: nonbinary, Trans|

Trans Awareness Week: Day #4 Previous Posts: Interview: Alex Gino, The Room Where it Happens by Parrish Turner, Trans Stories Are Human Stories by April Daniels, Center Trans Voices: Introduction to Trans Awareness Week Series by Vee S.) by Fox Benwell I talk a lot, both as a transmasculine guy and as a writer, about the importance of words. The weight of them; how we should use them consciously, with care. How the words we choose have histories and connotations that they carry with them regardless of your intentions in the moment that you use them. I’ve talked about the intersections of [...]

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Never Am I Whole

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:37-05:00June 18th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading, Teen Voices, Writers on Writing|Tags: Black, Intersectionality, Mental Health, nonbinary, Representation|

by Wesaun There’s nothing more exciting than the prospect of finally seeing myself in the books I read except, oh wait, I never do. I look and look and search and search and all that meets me is a gap, all that meets me is the laughter track as if I am on a comedy show and I am the queer character that has just had a cruel trick played on them. All that meets me is parts of my identity dismembered and separated into different stories but never am I whole. Because according to books, I do [...]

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Promoting LGBTQIA+ YA: A Publicist’s POV

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs|Tags: LGBTQIA, nonbinary, Trans|

by Jamie Tan As a publicist, I’m used to being gregarious or quiet, adapting to whichever author I’m with. I’ve sat quietly with authors, filled up space with small talk so an author could have a moment of rest, and leaned back while an author took the floor. I’m here to be supportive, but more importantly I want to be respectful of the author and the work they have created. Pat Schmatz was one of the first authors I worked with when I started at Candlewick. I can say now how much I adore working with her, [...]

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Let’s Talk: What is Easy and What is True?

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:40:50-05:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading|Tags: LGBTQIA, nonbinary, Representation|

by Adriana L. I try to avoid using the bathroom when I'm on campus. As a student employee and part-time student—someone who can expect to stay on campus for anywhere from four to eight hours on any given day—this is a pretty ambitious feat. Some days, it's just not feasible. True, there are a few departments with gender neutral bathrooms (which are a blessing), but I can't always be near them. Because of what I've got going on downstairs, when I'm faced with male and female bathrooms, the ladies' room is my closest choice. If there's a wait [...]

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