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Why I Write About LGBTQ Kids-Jean P. Moore

When my first novel, Water on the Moon (She Writes Press), came out, I was invariably asked about the subplot of teen lesbianism. In my new novel, Tilda’s Promise, I have included 14-year-old Tilly who is questioning her gender. And I will no doubt be asked why I chose to include…
Jean P. Moore
October 1, 2018
Miscellany

Bathroom Bigotry and the Next Battle for Transgender Rights

If you want to know what some people think about transgender people, consider their comments about the bathroom. Right, the bathroom—bathroom use to be specific. Here are a couple of examples: From former Arkansas Governor, former Fox News talk show host and soon-to-be-former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee: “For those…
Joe Wenke
August 11, 2015
Nonfiction

A primer on gender identity and transgender children

Aidan Key is the founder and director of Gender Diversity Education and Support Services at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Joe Wenke is the author of THE HUMAN AGENDA: Conversations about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Aidan, Joe and transgender fashion model and activist Gisele Alicea will be at Seattle Town Hall on…
Joe Wenke
April 8, 2015
FictionSave the World

Returning Hate Mail to Sender

“You hunted me down,” begins Vivek Shraya on the first page of her graphic novel Death Threat (Arsenal Pulp Press). A hate email explodes into her inbox one morning and Vivek’s initial reaction is “Haha wow.” It’s not the reaction that the email’s author expected, or hoped for. He is…
Jeff Daugherty
May 7, 2019