But as the movement by conservatives to prohibit information about LGBTQ+ topics in public schooling has taken hold around the U.S., Dawson’s book has come under fire. So I said yes.”įirst published in 2014, Dawson’s how-to about gay relationships has become a staple for sex ed classes. But when I was a teenager, this would have answered so many questions. “Other than the fact that I had been a teacher, I didn’t feel that I was the best authority to be telling anybody about how to find a partner at that time when I was in my 20s-given that my love life was such a hot mess. “To reach out to all the LGBTQ+ youth in the world felt like a huge undertaking,” Dawson says. But when she was approached in 2012 by her publisher to create a comprehensive guide to LGBTQ+ sex education, she tells Rolling Stone she was initially unsure about tackling such a massive project. Juno Dawson didn’t want to write This Book Is Gay.ĭawson, a U.K.-based author, had spent seven years as a sexual education and wellness teacher.
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