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Proposed Bans Of LGBT-themed Books In The United States
Proposed bans of LGBTQ-themed books in the United States. 1996 Florida In September 1996, a local chapter of the national Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) created a display in the West Hernando/Staffordene T. Foggia branch library. The branch is part of the Hernando County Florida Library System. Authors such as Alexander the Great, Gertrude Stein, and Walt Whitman were among the gay and lesbian authors that were included in the display. Books by the authors and red ribbons were displayed, along with a poster detailing the contributions of the authors to literature. The community quickly responded. Hernando county offices and the library system received phone calls and letters. Responses were both positive and negative. Assistant County Attorney Bill Buztrey informed county commissioners that removing the display could be considered a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. This would leave the county open to a lawsuit. Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Twiss
Jill Twiss is an American writer best known for her work on the HBO show '' Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.'' She is a senior writer on the show and she portrays its "Janice from Accounting" character. She authored a children's book called '' A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo'' about a fictional day in the life of Marlon Bundo (Vice President Mike Pence's pet rabbit), as part of a ''Last Week Tonight'' sketch, which went on to be a best seller. Early life She was born in Redmond, Oregon and grew up in six different U.S. states due to her father's reassignments as part of the U.S. Forest Service. While Twiss was studying public policy and music in the College of William & Mary, her parents moved to Custer, South Dakota, and there she got interested in theater. After graduating in 1998, Twiss performed at the Black Hills Playhouse during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. After graduating, Twiss got accepted into a law school in New York City, but instead joined a touring children's t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillian Tamaki
Jillian Tamaki (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian American illustrator and comic artist known for her work in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker'' in addition to the graphic novels ''Boundless'', as well as ''Skim (comics), Skim'' and ''This One Summer'' written by her cousin Mariko Tamaki. Early life Tamaki was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She attended Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School and went on to study Visual Communication Design and graduate from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2003. After graduating art school, she worked at the video game company BioWare and later taught illustration at the New York City School of Visual Arts. Influences and themes Tamaki read Archie Comics, Archie comics and newspaper strips as a child. She submitted outfit designs into contests for Betty and Veronica (comic book), Betty & Veronica comics. Her parents also had anthologies of other popular comics, including Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels '' Skim'', ''Emiko Superstar,'' and ''This One Summer'', and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction."Mariko Tamaki". CBC Radio, '' The Next Chapter'', 12 November 2012. In 2016 she began writing for both Marvel and DC Comics. She has twice been named a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Early life Mariko Tamaki was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Japanese and Jewish descent. Mariko attended Havergal College, an all girls' secondary school. She studied English literature at McGill University, graduating in 1994. Career Tamaki has worked as a writer and performance artist in Toronto, including with Keith Cole's Cheap Queers and in the performance group Pretty Porky & Pissed Off with Joanne Huffa, Allyson Mitchell, Abi Slone, Tracy Tidgwell and Zoe Whittall. Tamaki published the novel ''Cover Me'' in 2000. It is a "poignant story about an adolescent coping with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This One Summer
''This One Summer'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published by First Second Books in 2014. It is a coming of age story about two teenage friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in Awago, a small beach town. Rose and Windy discover themselves and their sexuality while battling family dynamics and mental disabilities.Jaffe, Meryl. “Using Graphic Novels in Education: This One Summer.” Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 19 Feb. 2015, http://cbldf.org/2015/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-this-one-summer/ Due to the content in the novel, ''This One Summer'' has also been censored and listed on the American Library Association’s “Top Ten Most Challenged Books” list in 2016 and 2018 for the use of its sexual scenes and mature topics. The novel has also won numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal in 2015.Wong, Kayi. “In Conversation with Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki.” Room Magazine: Literature, Art, and Feminism Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cole (illustrator)
Henry Cole (born 1955) is an American author and illustrator of children's literature, children's books. He has illustrated several books for many authors including Julie Andrews Edwards, Lester Laminack, Erica Perl, Margie Palatini, Alyssa Capucilli, Harvey Fierstein, and Pamela Duncan Edwards. Background Henry Cole, born 1955 near Purcellville, Virginia, United States, most often uses a cartoon-like style with vivid colors and primarily works in Acrylic paint, acrylics and colored pencils. Cole grew up on a dairy farm in Virginia. He enjoyed art as a child and frequently made birthday cards for friends or signs for school functions He later went on to study Forestry at Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He never received formal art training, but his mother was an illustrator who gave him advice throughout his career. Work Before Cole was an illustrator, he taught science at The Langley School in Virginia from 1984 to 1999.(2008). Cole, Henry. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Richardson
Justin Richardson (born 1963) is an American author and psychiatrist best known for co-authoring ''And Tango Makes Three'' with Peter Parnell. Richardson was profiled in the New York Times is 1997 in an article entitled "Elite Schools Face the Gay Issue." The article detailed his work with numerous New York independent schools (Trinity, Dalton, Brearley, and Spence are mentioned), speaking to teachers, students and parents about sexual orientation development in children and teens. "Dr. Richardson," the author wrote,"-- pedigreed, carefully spoken, determinedly nonthreatening -- has become the schools' gay issues consultant of choice. 'He's so sane, and he's so clear,' said Edes Gilbert, the head of Spence." According to the New York Times, Richardson and pediatrician Mark Schuster M.D. Ph.D. were inspired by a parent's question at one of these schools to write their book ''Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)'' (Crown, 2003). "How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Parnell
Peter Parnell (; born 1953) is an American Broadway and Off-Broadway playwright, television writer, and children's book author. Parnell is also Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Personal life Parnell is gay and is married to the psychiatrist Justin Richardson. They live in Manhattan with their daughter. Plays * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' - Disney Theatricals - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (composer), Stephen Schwartz * ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' - St. James Theater, Broadway - 2011 - starring Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller, and David Turner * ''Trumpery'' - Atlantic Theatre Company - 2007 ''Trumpery'' received its European and British premiere in Oxford, UK during June 2014. * ''QED (play), QED'' - Lincoln Center Theater - starring Alan Alda - 2001 * ''The Cider House Rules, Part One'', adapted from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Tango Makes Three
''And Tango Makes Three'' is a children's book written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole which was published in 2005. The book tells the story of two male penguins, Roy and Silo, who create a family together. With the help of the zookeeper, Mr. Gramsay, Roy and Silo are given an egg which they help hatch. The female chick, that completes their family, is consequently named "Tango" by the zookeepers. The book was based on the true story of Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins who formed a pair bond in New York's Central Park Zoo. ''And Tango Makes Three'' has been mentioned in numerous censorship and culture war debates on same-sex marriage, adoption, and homosexuality in animals. The American Library Association (ALA) reports that ''And Tango Makes Three'' was the most frequently challenged book from 2006 to 2010, and the second most frequently challenged in 2009. Ultimately, it became the fourth-most banned book between 2000 and 2009, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gino
Alex Gino is an American children's book writer. Gino's debut book, ''George (novel), George'', was the winner of the 2016 Stonewall Book AwardALAnews. (January 12, 2016"2016 Stonewall Book Awards Announced."/ref> as well as the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children's/Young Adult. Gino is genderqueer and uses singular they pronouns and the honorific Mx. Biography Gino was born and raised in Staten Island, New York, but over the years they have lived in such locations as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn, New York; Astoria, Queens; Northampton, Massachusetts; and Oakland, California. They have also spent time living in an Recreational vehicle, RV and driving around the country. Works Gino is best known for their 2015 debut novel ''George (novel), George'', a middle grade fiction, middle grade novel featuring a young transgender girl, which they first began work on in 2003. The working title of the novel was ''Girl George'' (a reference to Boy George) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa (novel)
''Melissa'', previously published as ''George'' until April 2022, is a children's novel about a young transgender Trans woman, girl written by American author Alex Gino. The novel tells the story of Melissa, a fourth-grade girl who is struggling to be herself to the rest of the world. The rest of the world sees Melissa as George, a boy. Melissa uses the class play, ''Charlotte's Web,'' to show her mom that she is a girl by switching roles with her best friend, and playing the part of Charlotte. Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic first published the novel on August 25, 2015, and it has had a mixed reaction because of its LGBT+ content. In 2021, Gino retitled the novel ''Melissa''. The novel has received positive feedback from sources such as the The New York Times, New York Times and the NPR, National Public Radio for its inclusion of Transgender, transgender experiences.However, the book has remained controversial to some parents and teachers, leading it to be listed on the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raina Telgemeier
Raina Diane Telgemeier (/'ɹeɪna 'tɛlgə'maɪəɹ/, born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiography, autobiographical webcomic ''Smile (comic book), Smile'', which was published as a full-color graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters (graphic novel), ''Sisters'' and the fiction graphic novel ''Drama (graphic novel), Drama'', all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller lists. She has also written and illustrated the graphic novels ''Ghosts (graphic novel), Ghosts'' and ''Guts (graphic novel), Guts'' as well as four graphic novels adapted from ''The Baby-Sitters Club'' stories by Ann M. Martin. Telgemeier was born on May 26, 1977 in San Francisco and grew up there. She has two younger siblings, Amara and William. According to Telgemeier, she knocked out two front teeth while in sixth grade and needed braces and multiple surgeries as a result. Also according to Telgemeier, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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