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BE AMAZING: A HISTORY OF PRIDE

Desmond Napoles, illustrated by Dylan Glynn

Desmond is Amazing guides readers through LGBTQ history in a personal account that highlights people including Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul. The book connects their contributions to greater safety and inclusion for LGBTQ people and follows their efforts to make it possible for people to live openly as themselves. Illustrated by Dylan Glynn, it also encourages readers to value their own distinctiveness rather than be discouraged by hostility.

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Book details

Themes
Diversity And Inclusion · History · Identity · Self Acceptance · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Pages
40
ISBN-13
9780374312589
Language
English
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