#VelshiBannedBookClub: 'This Book is Gay' by Juno Dawson

The reality is this: at some point between high school, college, and young adulthood most everyone will be confronted with a situation related to sex and sexuality. Relationships can be the most beautiful and rewarding part of life, and they can also be the most damaging – physically and emotionally. And for LGBTQ+ youth, the stakes are even higher. Despite all of that, adequate sexual education is rapidly disappearing from schools across America. Even if it exists in your high school it will likely exclude information pertinent to LGBTQ+ youth. So 7-year teaching veteran and LGBTQ advocate Juno Dawson decided to write her own. “This Book is Gay” is a guide. Equal parts humorous and informative -- this book would make as much sense laying on your coffee table as it would being assigned reading in a high school sexual education class. “This Book is Gay” is divided into sections: identity, stereotypes, queer history, coming out, relationships – including sex -- and interspersed with candid first-person narratives from real people. It is a crucial read for all LGBQT youth, their parents, and their allies.


Follow MSNBC Show Blogs

MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern.

Connect with MSNBC Online
Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube

#Books #JunoDawson #MSNBC

[chuck_in_socal]

Trans sexuality in children’s books is fine, but we have to ban Dr suess, right dims?

[aalhashmi]

Funny that they never showed a single page of the book.

Sure, you don't want to get demonetized lol🤣

[hamidlaaouina]

Nobody cares what they do, but why do they try to impose their way of life on everybody, including children?

[Bat_Boy]

There is room in our hearts to accept the small population of LGBT Americans. Jesus would definitely be friends with them and love them too.

[brandonellis]

Let me make myself clear, neither one of these people are men.

[ambivalent]

Interesting...the whole premise is the book is banned.

It isn't, it is censored. Kept from children, minors in Public schools. If a parent wishes to " educate " their child, all they have to do is purchase
it online or at a brick and mortor.

[iTrumpMakesLeftiesCryAgain]

The Donny Dumbo Library would contain only four items; Coloring Books, Mein Kampf, Spanky Mags, and mostly Tweets..Oops, and plenty of Collusion with Foreigner Enemies! .. 🤪

[InmateForBubba]

When it comes to mental competency they should test Republicans regardless of age

[steve.lichtenwald]

And a "thank you" to Velshi, too, for what you do

[emilybazer]

Reading this book for sure . . . my mother taught me to always read banned books. Something is in there they don't want you to see, and they don't get that right.

[josephsonora]

Or "Under The Bleachers" by Seymour Buhts 😂

[craigfowler]

This is disgusting, not appropriate for young children

[Sturmavk]

None of these books are banned. You can buy them all online or at bookstores.

[smash]

How about you dont give a child a phone or put parental controls on it. How about writing a book on how to secure a child from this kind of stuff rather than publish it?

[BrieontheEdge]

It's a shame i can only down vote this once.

[matthewdenney]

As someone who came out when I was 13 in the year 2000, I can definitely relate to the author's story about not having relevant, age-appropriate materials at the time. That's exactly why it's important that books like this one SHOULD be in schools - LGBTQ+ teens need to know that they're not alone.

[BFROFFICIAL]

California banned books, not Florida. See Miller vs California if you don't believe it.

[ronkirk]

Book banners have ALWAYS been on the wrong side of history. Haven't these people learned anything? Don't they read? Probably not, but why do they insist on preventing others from reading and learning? Thankfully with the availability of e-books the book banners won't succeed in their efforts because you can't ban bits and bytes of information.

[hrryandhrry]

this book is giving miranda sings book vibes..

[tonyvettori]

Why don't you people show the contents of the books they wanna ban if it's not so bad.
Your video would get demonetized that's why