DiversifYA

In your YA, diversifying your stories. || #DiversifYA and #DiversiTheme || Tweets brought to you by @SWritesBooks and @mariekeyn

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'So when I got my first boyfriend, there was that airpunch feeling: yes, I’m not weird, thank fuck!' @mssusieday is painfully relatable

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@mssusieday talks growing up gay (& IDing as straight) in 1980's Britain, when 'there was no internet community to talk me through this'

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'...the absolute terror that AIDS gravestone warning advert in the UK instilled in me. The resounding message about being gay was BE AFRAID'

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'I recall being acutely anxious about Section 28; worrying about a teacher that we all quietly assumed was gay...' (pt1)

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'...I certainly never suffered from the kind of bullying an out kid will. But on some level I did know, always, and so did other people' pt2

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'Did I grow up gay? I identified as straight as a teen; I had straight relationships as a teen...' @mssusieday talks identification, part 1

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if you missed the memo yesterday, this week we've got the wondrous @mssusieday talking QUILTBAG ID & identification: https://t.co/t77R5AdiKt

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@mssusieday *swoons*

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3 facts about @mssusieday: 1. She's great. 2. She makes more than 1/2 the @_DiversifYA team into crush monsters. 3. She's on the blog NOW

[deray @deray]

I continue to talk about race because race continues to impact my life & the lives of those who look like me.

I'm not the enemy, racism is.

[DiversifYA @_DiversifYA]

somewhat chaotic at @_DiversifYA today, but not so much so that we'd miss out on interviewing the fab @mssusieday: https://t.co/t77R5AdiKt

[Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks]

"Reluctant readers aren't born reluctant readers, they're created by their environment." @marburyjack #ALAN15

[YA Pride - On Hiatus @YA_Pride]

"I always tell kids, if you don't see yourself in books it's the books' fault, it's not your fault." @Patrick_Ness #ALAN15

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@thegayYA Thank you for organising and coordinating it. It's been great to be able to amplify so many brilliant voices! -LM :D

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should clarify, "from me" in terms of retweeting. I am not as awesome or articulate as @austinchanted clearly!

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THIS #TransYAChat https://t.co/sGqtGZy41Q

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few final thoughts for me from #TransYAChat before sleep claims me... https://t.co/ONw5jNM8k9

[Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks]

Responding to a librarian who said, "We don't have any kids like Nate at our school." @TimFederle asked, "Do you have any wizards?" #NCTE15