I was young when I first started using words to avoid reality. The earliest examples can be found in my teenage journals which, while not quite fiction, display a decidedly ambivalent relationship with the truth. I wrote around the subjects of my sexual orientation and gender identity as if I... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-25 08:57:01 UTC ]
The criticism comes after the Autauga-Prattville Public Library’s newly appointed board enacted a new policy suspending the purchase of children’s or young adult books that include "sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender discordance," a move the National Coalition Against Censorship... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Signed by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in May, SF 496, among its provisions, bans books with depictions of written or visual sex from school libraries, and prohibits instruction and materials involving gender identity and sexual orientation for students through sixth grade. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
Last month, Penguin Random House released their disability pay gap report along with statistics for sexual orientation and socio-economic background. Whilst the publication of the report was positive, with PRH being the first publishing house to include disability in their reporting, the pay gap... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-06 09:01:13 UTC ]
Conservatives were ridiculed for objecting to the sexual orientation of a comic book character. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2021-10-12 05:14:12 UTC ]
In April, French regulators ordered Google to help develop a system to reward the country's news outlets with licensing fees when portions of their stories are displayed on the tech giant's news tab or in its search results. The decision was hailed as a triumph for publishers by those favoring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-07-08 17:40:51 UTC ]
In 'Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love,' Michelle LeClair recounts her long history inside the Church of Scientology, including her struggle with sexual orientation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Questions of fairness, fact-checking, and reviewing diverse books were the subject of Book Reviews: The Diversity of Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation, a panel held Friday morning at BookExpo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This most fundamental of principles is under attack – from over-zealous law making, online witch hunts, and a profit-driven media offensive on the BBCIn our troubled and insecure environment, Britain has accumulated laws which curtail freedom of expression – in the name of national security and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The goal of the survey, which publisher Lee & Low created and is overseeing, is to gather statistics about the staff makeup of both publishing houses and review journals based on gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The following entry was added today to the AP Stylebook Online and also will appear in the new print edition and Stylebook Mobile, published in the spring: husband, wife Regardless of sexual orientation, husband or wife is acceptable in all re ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]