Thank you so much for sharing this segment. I'm very glad that "Brave Spaces" and book clubs like the Gray Wills Book Club exist to keep both ideas and conversations, especially about LGBTQ+ people of color, alive. And *continuing* to fight to keep them alive:)
Thanks for making more content about recent book bannings, as a transgender student fighting them in my district it feels amazing seeing pbs my main source of entertainment support keeping books and talking about this issue- keep it up!
Awesome, awesome video. Thank you for that bit about the Brooklyn Public Library, I live in Texas and did not know that. I will be perusing their collection. I'm not Black, but I am queer, and more and more lately I find myself gravitating towards authors and literature that reflect my queer experience. There's a legitimate critique to be made that I'm sitting in an echo chamber, but when the world feels like it's turning against you, there is something so incredibly comforting to read books that say, "You are valid and you are loved." On the other hand, I've also found myself reading much more literature by and about people of color as well. I went to a liberal high school, but even then, almost 20 years ago, the majority of literature we read was by white, western authors. I'm tired of it. There's so much value in diversity, in supporting artists who are different from you and through them, learning new points of view. There's a study somewhere that said that people who read more tend to have more empathy. And reading about an experience different from your own opens your mind. That's exactly why book bans are so incredibly dangerous.
Please consider an episode about webcomics. One of my favorites, the Glass Scientists, is a queer retelling of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In later chapters, I was surprised to see issues of racism and colorism be brought up as well. For context, this version has Lanyon as a gay biracial man of color and is in a lavender marriage. Also, Jekyll/Hyde is bisexual and did and do have feelings for eachother. I highly recommend it!
@@safaiaryu12 Just so you know, the creator worked on Disney cartoons. Specifically Gravity Falls, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and the Owl House. The webcomic is closest to the Owl House in its sensibilities being aimed for teens and up. So there is some elements of Gothic horror, but it is also pretty goofy at times. I just don't want you to get the wrong idea.
@@jacqueshardin4601 That's actually all the better. I haven't seen The Owl House but I've been told it's very good. I saw a couple seasons of Gravity Falls and enjoyed it. I love stuff that has a good balance of dark themes and humor.
@@safaiaryu12 Oh, that is really good. One more thing, the comic will be published this October. The volume will contain chapters One through Seven. Also, the group that the creator, whose name I cannot say because almost every time I type it my comments disappear, are dedicated to webcomics featuring queer characters. Even the ones not explicitly labeled as LGBT. I can write an equation for their name though. (Beehive minus bee) plus works.
I just learned about the CIA’s (often successful) efforts in the 20th century to change literary tastes across the world to make sure revolutions never started. What constitutes “good storytelling” today was largely manufactured by the Agency’s CCF.
No such thing as a nonbinary person. They are literally just people who don’t fall into gender stereotypes. That doesn’t make them nonbinary. Don’t fall for the language control that they want.
@@JohnSmith-cd1gm I have. It's a disgusting, inhuman, psychopathic (not to mention poorly written) piece of garbage. And now I know exactly what I'm fighting point for point
There is no ban on books it’s a ban on sexually explicit books in the school libraries ! I wonder how people would feel if we brought a priest to read the Bible to children at public schools ? What do you think people would say if We pushed that on children in school ?
@@featuringdantefromthedevil9749 That’s where you are wrong ! Not only are they bringing men dressed in Drag into the schools to read to young children they attack anyone who opposes it . Let a priest come read the Bible to children see how people react!
Removing books that show children fellating an adult toy that another child has put on is not “censorship”, it’s “not sexualizing children by removing porn from schools”.
This is discouraging the fact that PBS is supporting this for youth. This is only a new age thing for this generation smh. Queerness and the like is only associated with the sexual liberation of the 70’s…so introducing this to kids is only encouraging hyper sexual behaviors when they get older. So yup, thanks for trying to encourage this for our kids
Please let’s help preserve the innocence of children and teens 🙏🙏🙏 they are our future. Once adults, they are free to choose what they would like to read. Please 😢😔 children are helpless, some think they have to please adults. Please 😢😔 Consider parents who wish to guide their children. Please 😢😔😰
Only viewing yourself through your sexuality and your skin color is not only sad but also narcissistic. Getting therapy is difficult but so is living a life that’s a lie.
Thank you for this. I really felt that about the being seen thing although my books for that was Gender Qu33r (censored here bc UA-cam hates me reclaiming my own damn slurs
@@sarahwatts7152 if I don’t censor my own reclaimed slurs, it does by default and has for a while now. I think it’s bc I all caps screamed about how Qu33r the updated Honeybee Inn sequence is in FFVII Remake and now it punishes me. ~_~
Interesting. If you go to barnes and noble , and look at their three to four walls of all WWI and WWII books. those writers and the people who read them are celebrating themselves too 🤣🤡
@@erraticonteuse I read a huge number of books on every conceivable topic. I never read a book to celebrate myself. That is called propaganda. I tend to avoid that.
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Thank you so much for sharing this segment. I'm very glad that "Brave Spaces" and book clubs like the Gray Wills Book Club exist to keep both ideas and conversations, especially about LGBTQ+ people of color, alive. And *continuing* to fight to keep them alive:)
I’ve been planning to read „Not all boys are blue” for months, thank you PBS for talking about the book and its importance.
Thanks for making more content about recent book bannings, as a transgender student fighting them in my district it feels amazing seeing pbs my main source of entertainment support keeping books and talking about this issue- keep it up!
Awesome, awesome video. Thank you for that bit about the Brooklyn Public Library, I live in Texas and did not know that. I will be perusing their collection.
I'm not Black, but I am queer, and more and more lately I find myself gravitating towards authors and literature that reflect my queer experience. There's a legitimate critique to be made that I'm sitting in an echo chamber, but when the world feels like it's turning against you, there is something so incredibly comforting to read books that say, "You are valid and you are loved."
On the other hand, I've also found myself reading much more literature by and about people of color as well. I went to a liberal high school, but even then, almost 20 years ago, the majority of literature we read was by white, western authors. I'm tired of it. There's so much value in diversity, in supporting artists who are different from you and through them, learning new points of view.
There's a study somewhere that said that people who read more tend to have more empathy. And reading about an experience different from your own opens your mind. That's exactly why book bans are so incredibly dangerous.
Please consider an episode about webcomics. One of my favorites, the Glass Scientists, is a queer retelling of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In later chapters, I was surprised to see issues of racism and colorism be brought up as well. For context, this version has Lanyon as a gay biracial man of color and is in a lavender marriage. Also, Jekyll/Hyde is bisexual and did and do have feelings for eachother. I highly recommend it!
Gonna have to look this up... I have so much love for retellings of classic stories, and I love Gothic horror, so this sounds incredible.
@@safaiaryu12 Just so you know, the creator worked on Disney cartoons. Specifically Gravity Falls, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and the Owl House. The webcomic is closest to the Owl House in its sensibilities being aimed for teens and up. So there is some elements of Gothic horror, but it is also pretty goofy at times. I just don't want you to get the wrong idea.
@@jacqueshardin4601 That's actually all the better. I haven't seen The Owl House but I've been told it's very good. I saw a couple seasons of Gravity Falls and enjoyed it. I love stuff that has a good balance of dark themes and humor.
@@safaiaryu12 Oh, that is really good. One more thing, the comic will be published this October. The volume will contain chapters One through Seven.
Also, the group that the creator, whose name I cannot say because almost every time I type it my comments disappear, are dedicated to webcomics featuring queer characters. Even the ones not explicitly labeled as LGBT.
I can write an equation for their name though.
(Beehive minus bee) plus works.
I just learned about the CIA’s (often successful) efforts in the 20th century to change literary tastes across the world to make sure revolutions never started. What constitutes “good storytelling” today was largely manufactured by the Agency’s CCF.
Always love to see nonbinary people just living their lives.
No such thing as a nonbinary person. They are literally just people who don’t fall into gender stereotypes. That doesn’t make them nonbinary. Don’t fall for the language control that they want.
If a book is banned in your country, then you should absolutley be reading that book
Have you read Mein Kamph?
@@JohnSmith-cd1gm I have. It's a disgusting, inhuman, psychopathic (not to mention poorly written) piece of garbage. And now I know exactly what I'm fighting point for point
There is no ban on books it’s a ban on sexually explicit books in the school libraries ! I wonder how people would feel if we brought a priest to read the Bible to children at public schools ? What do you think people would say if We pushed that on children in school ?
Nobodies forcing the kids to read books related to lgbtq, the books are just there if they want to read them.
@@featuringdantefromthedevil9749 That’s where you are wrong ! Not only are they bringing men dressed in Drag into the schools to read to young children they attack anyone who opposes it . Let a priest come read the Bible to children see how people react!
@@featuringdantefromthedevil9749you need a one way ticket into the sun 🚀 ☀️
Ok protectophile
Oh my no no!!!
THIS IS POWERFUL.
Books are magic. I'm not sure I'd have survived without books
Great discussion thanks :)
Govt funded propaganda. Way to go Libs.
Guess freedom of speech is only good when you have control over it 💀
Leave kids alone.
Removing books that show children fellating an adult toy that another child has put on is not “censorship”, it’s “not sexualizing children by removing porn from schools”.
Age appropriate curriculum is not banning books. Smh
Fantastic first show! Can't wait to see the next episode. Go Buffalo and WNED!
Please leave children ALONE don’t dirty them
This is not banning books it’s protecting children from folks that put their sexuality before anything else
Finally a sane comment. All of these people only view themselves through their sexuality. Nothing else.
I dont see the issue of likeminded intelegent queer black men conversing about litterature and connecting with thier experiences
why is this an ad
This is discouraging the fact that PBS is supporting this for youth. This is only a new age thing for this generation smh. Queerness and the like is only associated with the sexual liberation of the 70’s…so introducing this to kids is only encouraging hyper sexual behaviors when they get older. So yup, thanks for trying to encourage this for our kids
How do you get upstairs if you’re in a wheelchair! Prejudice
Awesome piece!
This makes me want to join a book club!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Please let’s help preserve the innocence of children and teens 🙏🙏🙏 they are our future. Once adults, they are free to choose what they would like to read. Please 😢😔 children are helpless, some think they have to please adults. Please 😢😔 Consider parents who wish to guide their children. Please 😢😔😰
you don’t know what you’re talking about, do you?
They don’t care, taking innocence gets them off! They love turning out the youth because THEY were turned out as youngsters 😤🤬
I have been watching PBS for years. But if their going to stand with LGBQT. I will no longer be watching or letting my children watch PBS!
Well I guess you should also stop them from going to church
Only viewing yourself through your sexuality and your skin color is not only sad but also narcissistic. Getting therapy is difficult but so is living a life that’s a lie.
🤡
you’re very out of touch. maybe don’t speak on things that you don’t understand
If that's how you view people, that's your own problem.
Thank you for this. I really felt that about the being seen thing although my books for that was Gender Qu33r (censored here bc UA-cam hates me reclaiming my own damn slurs
Is UA-cam removing comments on videos now? 😬
@@sarahwatts7152 if I don’t censor my own reclaimed slurs, it does by default and has for a while now. I think it’s bc I all caps screamed about how Qu33r the updated Honeybee Inn sequence is in FFVII Remake and now it punishes me. ~_~
That’s a grooming book that kids should not be exposed to.
@@RandomDropUpme when i have no idea what im talking about
Why is everyone black? There are white people that are gay, but love to read.
😢
Great episode! 👏🏾
I love the concept of this show so much! Can't wait to see more episodes
Loved this! I’ll be sharing everywhere
And I will never give a dime PBS. I hope y’all go off air!
If you have a need to ban the thoughts and words of the people, you know what you are doing isn't right
The best book to read is the Holy Bible. ♥️
Repent and trust in The Savior. ✝️
I agree. I actually sat down and read the Bible and I turned into an atheist.
I like fantasy, too! The Lord of the Rings is great as well.
This is pathetic
There is just 100% no reason to ever ban a book. There is no exceptions
Most places i see books "banned" is from schools and there is no such thing as the "don't say gay bill."
#GAYSAGAINSTGROOMERS
“Book” bans looool🤣🤡
Definitely need defunded.
Wow... first they take the father out of the black family, now they are trying to take men out of black society. Defund PBS.
No thanks
and , the bill does not say"don't say gay" it merely has age restriction. Why should it grade school kid have to consider sex at all?
It sets a precedent in which they can ban other books, restrict other media ect.
Gender is a fact 😂
Yes. Let’s have a display in every book store of “banned books” , create reading list of them and turn the census agenda into marketing! Bravo! ❤
awesome just NOT in GRADE SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
People who read books to celebrate themselves are just strange
What's strange about it? People read books to learn about who they are and who they want to be.
You've never read a book that spoke to you on a personal level? That is special to you because you related to a character or an event or something?
Interesting. If you go to barnes and noble , and look at their three to four walls of all WWI and WWII books. those writers and the people who read them are celebrating themselves too 🤣🤡
@@erraticonteuse I read a huge number of books on every conceivable topic. I never read a book to celebrate myself. That is called propaganda. I tend to avoid that.
@@erraticonteuse That is not the same
Oh puhlease.
What's the problem?
@@starguardlux2874 They might not be able to read. I mean just look at that terrible spelling.
Keep pushing that agenda.