Librarian Offers Reading Tips for Gay Pride Month

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Librarian Offers Reading Tips for Gay Pride Month

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Tell Me More, June 26, 2008 · June is when many gay and lesbian Americans celebrate their sexuality. In recognition of Gay Pride Month, Loriene Roy, President of the American Library Association tells listeners about books that highlight the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender experience.

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Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers by Cris Beam. When Cris Beam first moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might put in just a few hours volunteering at a school for transgender kids while she got settled. Instead she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. In Transparent she intro­duces four of them—Christina, Domineque, Foxxjazell, and Ariel

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Librarian Offers Reading Tips for Gay Pride Month

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6/27/2008

"Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers
by Cris Beam. When Cris Beam first moved to Los Angeles, she thought
she might put in just a few hours volunteering at a school for
transgender kids while she got settled. Instead she found herself
drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she
discovered. In Transparent she intro­duces four of them—Christina,
Domineque, Foxxjazell, and Ariel"