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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Nico Lang and Britta Stromeyer at Mill Valley Middle School
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Mill Valley Middle School Library for a special 
 community event with Nico Lang: creator of Queer News Daily\, former deputy 
 editor for Out magazine\, and author of the new book American Teenager: How 
 Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era. In 
 conversation with Mill Valley writer Britta Stromeyer.\n\nMedia coverage 
 tends to sensationalize the fight over how trans kids should be allowed to 
 live\, but what is incredibly rare are the voices of the people at the 
 heart of this debate: transgender and gender nonconforming kids themselves. 
 For their groundbreaking new book\, journalist Nico Lang spent a year 
 traveling the country to document the lives of transgender\, nonbinary\, 
 and genderfluid teens and their families. Drawing on hundreds of hours of 
 on-the-ground interviews with them and the people in their 
 communities.\n\nNico Lang is a nonbinary award-winning journalist with over 
 a decade of experience covering the transgender community’s fight for 
 equality. Their work has appeared in major publications\, including Rolling 
 Stone\, Esquire\, The New York Times\, and more. Lang is the creator of 
 Queer News Daily and previously served as the deputy editor for Out 
 magazine\, the news editor for Them\, the LGBTQ  correspondent for VICE\, 
 and the editor and cofounder of the literary journal In Our Words. Their 
 industry-leading contributions to queer media have resulted in a GLAAD 
 Media Award\, 10 awards from the National Association of LGBTQ Journalists 
 (NLGJA)\, and three awards from the Los Angeles Press Club\, including the 
 2023 Online Journalist of the Year. Lang is also the first-ever recipient 
 of the Visibility Award from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education 
 Fund (TLDEF)\, an honor created to recognize their impactful contributions 
 to reporting on the lives of LGBTQ  people.\n\nBritta Stromeyer is the 
 author of award-winning children’s books. Her latest book Look At Me. Who 
 Do You See? was praised by author Maia Kobabe (Gender Queer) as a “A 
 sweet\, sparkly story about letting your true self shine.” Britta is a 
 member of the National Book Critics Circle\, SF Writer’s Grotto\, & PEN. 
 Her writing has appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine\, Bending Genres 
 Journal\, and the Marin Independent Journal.\n\nThis event is in 
 partnership with The Mill Valley School District\, It Takes a Village\, 
 Mill Valley Special Education PTA\, and the Mill Valley Public Library. 
 Doors open at 6:00pm.\n\nThe bookseller for this event is The Depot 
 Bookstore.\n\n
LOCATION:Offsite
ORGANIZER;CN="Maggie Grabmeier":MAILTO:mgrabmeier@cityofmillvalley.gov
CATEGORIES:In Person, Literary
CONTACT;CN="Maggie Grabmeier":MAILTO:mgrabmeier@cityofmillvalley.gov
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URL:https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/13118289
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