Take PRIDE in Comics: The Challenges Facing LGBTQ+ Content
Channel: CBLDF
Date: 2019-10-09

In celebration of PRIDE month, we asked a panel of creators, educators, librarians, and retailers to discuss the challenges facing LGBTQ+ comics.

During this informative session, cartoonist Paige Braddock, the Eisner-nominated creator of Jane’s World; historian, educator, and creator Justin Hall, the editor of award-winning anthology No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics; librarian and activist Valerie Acklin, a member of the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT); and retailer Katie Proctor, the owner of Portland, Oregon’s inclusive comic book store, Books With Pictures, discuss the history of censorship of LGBTQ+ comics, why LGBTQ+ comics are an important part of any library or classroom collection, and what we can do to defend LGBTQ+ content from censors.

Paige Braddock:
https://paigebraddockcomics.wordpress.com/

Justin Hall:
https://justinhallcomics.tumblr.com/

Valerie Acklin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieacklin

Katie Proctor:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieproctorpdx
Books with Pictures:
https://bookswithpictures.com/

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