The Disabled and Deaf Trans People's Survey is here. It is run by and for people of those identities who are US residents (including those in the states, territories, and military bases abroad):
The idea is to plug the gaps in the research so far done about, but not by, the named communities.
#Reading The Countess Conspiracy by @courtneymilan and it has made me cry a bunch of times and I haven’t even got to the end yet. Families are so complicated
Writer friends - if you haven't heard about what happened to Maggie Toukda-Hall, start here:
https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain
But long story short, Scholastic wanted to license her picture book, ONLY if she removed the word "racism" from her author's note.
Considering the book is about her family's time in an internment camp... well.
Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic’s Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection, I was thrilled. If you’ve been in kids’ books for more than ten minutes then you are aware of the staggering reach of Scholastic. And since I’m not publis