<div dir="ltr">Hi, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for your time, but I didn't need a list of texts. I already have one. I should have been more specific in what I was asking. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to ask your advice in<b> introducing LGBTQ+ topics and themes in a conservative environment</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for advice that way, if you can. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Warmly, </div><div>Lori</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 8:54 AM Rademacher, Kristen via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a high school librarian at a Chicago southside Catholic high school. These are fiction and non fic texts that our students use regularly and even teachers use in class:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fiction:<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">You Should See Me in a Crown buy Lean Johnson<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertelli<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">What If Its Us by Becky Albertelli<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Juliet Takes a Breath by Gaby Rivera<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazimian<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorman<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">We Are Okay by Nina LaCour<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">October Mourning by Leslea Newman<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nonfiction:<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="background:white">Building a bridge : how the Catholic Church and the LGBT community can enter into a relationship of respect, compassion, and sensitivity</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;background:white">
</span></b>by James Martin <u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Beyond Magenta by<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Trans Generation by Ann Travers<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">LGBTQ + Athletes Claim the Field by Kristin Cronn-Mills<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Queer by Kathy Belge<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Marriage Equality by Jason Porterfield
<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Stonewall by Ann Bausum<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-8423911072759259961MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">It Gets Better by Dan Savage<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This list could get mush longer if I had more time to fill it out. But that should arm you with some great titles that kids in a Catholic school truly use, love and share. The book Building a Bridge is used in all our Junior Social Justice
classes as curriculum.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [External] [aisle] teaching LGBTQ+ texts in conservative school<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have advice? And please don't be preachy or judgey- I know that some of our dear students identify within the LGBTQ+ community. I'd like to ask specifically to those who can relate and have experience. Your advice is appreciated. <u></u><u></u></p>
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