d e n n a B Books Serie O N WILS BY EVA
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TOO OFTEN, THE VOICES THAT ARE HEARD WITHIN THE QUEER COMMUNITY ARE STILL THOSE WHO ALREADY HOLD PRIVILEGE
MY HOPE IS THAT THIS BODY OF WRITING WILL GIVE VOICE TO THE LGBT QUEER AND QUESTION COMMUNITY...
...THAT'S MEDIA IS STILL PAINFULLY SMALL AND LACKING IN BOTH QUALITY AND DIVERSITY
I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES AND SHORTCOMINGS WITHIN THE QUEER COMMUNITY
WITH LOVE, E
Q Banned Book Seies
I.
They Don't Want You to Know by
Evan Wilson
C E N S O R S H I P
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cen sorship The changing or suppressing of speech or writing that which is deemed as disruptive to the greater good or undermines those in authority.
THE CENTER OF ALL HATE CAN BE RELEASED THROUGH
THE
PAGES
OF
TIME
WHERE..
THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN HOMOPHOBIA AND FEAR OF PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS GENDER IN A NON-TRADITIONAL WAY MEET.
BECAUSE WE WERE DIFFERENT
SEARCHING FOR HATE WAS FAR GREATER THAN COMMUNICATION
T TH HE ER RE E II N N T TH HE E S SH HA AD DO OW W O OF F LL II E ES S II S S A A S SE EC CE ER RT T P PA AS ST T
WHEN THEY ASKED US A QUESTION
GAY
QUEER BISEXUAL
LESBIAN
NON BINARY GENDERQUEER
TRANSGENDER QUESTIONING NOT STRAIGHT
H U M A N
THE STONE WALL RIOTS
THE QUEER CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT
WHAT IT
HAPPENED
WORSE.
ANYONE."
THEY THEY
THERE SAID,
WAS
"IT'S
SHOVED
ME
FORCED. A
SECERT
INSIDE
THE YOU
THE
FEAR
ONLY
CAN'T
DOOR
MADE
TELL
AND
LOCKED
IT.
"I'M IN HERE, LOCKED IN HERE."
"Censorship of books will never stop as long as there are books in circulation." Grasiela Franco-CarreĂąo
T Banned Book Seies
II.
You're Not Alone In This by
Evan Wilson
W H E N
I
C A M E
F I N A L L Y O U T ,
IT SHOOK MY WHOLE WORLD. #no
longer
silenced
WE
RISK
PERSON
HAVING
A
WITHOUT
HARD
A
GAY
TIME
TRYING
STORY.
TO
RELATE
TO
A
I
WROTE
A
WE
STORY
WILL
SPEAK
OF
NEVER
TO
OUR
HOW
KNOW SILENT
WE
THE
COULD
TALES
OF
NARRATIVES.
#to
us
BE.
OUR
ADVENTURE
THAT
#queer
youth
TODAY
WE
TO
TELL
FEEL
THE
WORLD,
HOPEFUL,
TO
CHANGE
POWERFUL
#powerful
AND
TO
THE
PAST.
STRONG.
WE
SETTLE
WITH
A
A
NARRATIVE
CHARACTER,
READER KNOW,
FOR
WOULD
BOUNT
THE
WANT
TO
TO
NEVER
TELL
SECERTS.
#never
settle
L Banned Book Seies
III.
One Day You'll Know by
Evan Wilson
BELIEVE ONE
THAT
DIDN'T HOW
NO
IT
KNOW WAS
GROWING
UP
BREAKING
UP
PERVIOUS
CRACKS
SUDDENLY
WITH
LEFT
THOSE HAS
ONE
HETEROSEXUALITY
KIND
OF
FORGIVENESS FRONT PAFE TO
OF
AND
FINISH
NEVER
SOMEONE. THE THIS
NEXT
IDLES THIS
ARE
BOOK.
IN
LEFT
THESE WILL
PAGES
SIT
STARE
AND
INTO
SPACE, LONGING FIND
TO
A
MESSAGE.
THEY
WERE
WRONG.
THE
ACCEPTANCE
PEOPLE SMALL WITH
WHO
MINDED
THIER
OF
WERE AND
DENIAL
THEIR
OWN
FEARFULLY STRUGGLING OF
FACELESS
READERSHIP.
HOPING THAT
TO
MAN
CENSOR
COULD
COMFORTABLY ENTITLEMENT
≥
EXPERIENCE DREAMS
WRITING
LIVE
WITH
A
WITHOUT OF
SO
MORE SENSE THE
DEBILITATING
OF
THE
LGBTQ
COMMUNITY...
MOVEMENT
FOUGHT
FOR
HISTORIC
A
DIFFERENT
ADVANCEMENTS
WORLD,
FOR
AFTER
A
DECADE
OF
UNPRECEDENTED
THE
KNOWLEDGE
THAT
THE
HOPE
BETTER
FOR
A
THAT
WE
STRIVE CAN
TOWARD LIVE
CHANGE DAY,
DRIVES
A
THEIR
WORLD LIVFE
IS
PROGRESS,
POSSIBLE
BECOMES
AND
THE
FUEL
US.
WHERE TO
THE
EVERY
PERSON
FULLEST.
G Banned Book Seies
IV.
We Did This For You by
Evan Wilson
#SPEAK OUT
QUEER VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY
Queer stories...
T H E
R E S U L T S
#keeping
W E R E
you
a
secert
F L E E T I N G
Silencing
8 out of 10 In 2019 the top 10 most challenged books were books containing LGBTQIA+ content.
#banned
Queer books? A N N I E
O N
M Y
M I N D
L U N A I
A M
D A R E
J T R U T H
O R
P R O M I S E
G E O R G E S E C O N D O N C E
A
C H A N C E G I R L ,
R E D E F I N I N G B E Y O N D
A L W A Y S
R E A L N E S S
M A G E N T A #keeping
you
a
secert
A
B O Y
QUEERNESS? IN
A
LIKE
WE
PAST A
LIFE
SHADE
WERE
HATED,
STRAIGHT
KNOW
IT
THE
WAS
SICKLY DOWN
AND
AND
WAVE
TO
OF
COME
AGAINST
STRIPPED.
EMBEDDED
FIRST
COMMUNITY
WAS
PULLED
WITH
EVERY QUEER
CULTURE
MOVEMENT
TO
OUT.
THE
WAS
FEAR
OF
LIVING
FIGHTS.
HELPED
LIVE.
#second
IT
WORLD.
chance
BRING
WE
PICK
KNEW
UP
THE
WHERE
TRUTH...
WE
LAST