I am SO EXCITED to represent @kitkittery and their incredible YA horror! Each and every character stole my entire heart, and who doesn't need a horrifying, (fictional), minigolf course in their life?!

Looking so forward to the journey ahead! Welcome to #TeamTriada !

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Happy #PrideMonth !

Some of our country's recent legislation has been scary, but...

I'm fighting for you.
I'm voting for you.
I'm holding you in my heart.

So much love for my #LGBTQ + comrades.

Writers of the Future includes brilliant LGBT+ rep. We’ve seen inspiring change since the time of adversarial rhetoric by creator L. Ron Hubbard or judge Frank Herbert.

...Then in 2022, a week from Pride, you get an invite to an Orson Scott Card workshop and you're like, 'Huh.'

It's now official: testers at Activision-owned Raven Software have voted to form the U.S. video game industry's first major union. There were 19 votes for and 3 votes against

😎🐶😎

Poverty stress dreams have you wake up sweating because you saw a check engine light. 👻

Gotta shout out Alien: Echo on #AlienDay during #LesbianVisibilityWeek
🏳️‍🌈+👽

It's time for a new deal. The workload of storyboard artists is not sustainable and not compensated for. #StoryCraftUnite #NewDeal4Animation

“There's a lot of fake info telling that I ordered the Ukrainian army to surrender. So, listen here: I'm here. We are not putting our weapons down, we are going to protect our country. Our weapons are our truth, it's our country, our children & we will protect them.” 💯 #Ukraine

Feb. 19 marks the 80th anniversary of FDR's Order 9066, which led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans including yours truly, then just 4 years old.

I spoke about my memories of that time with KK Ottesen for The Washington Post Magazine. You can read it below. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

📖 Classrooms have become the latest battleground for #LGBTQ + rights in the U.S.

🇺🇸 Since the beginning of 2022, nearly a dozen bills have been proposed banning queer books and classroom materials.

🧵 Here's what you need to know. 👇
openlynews.com/i/?id=9b222e47…

So Matt Walsh's crew is trying to trick trans people into joining a fake documentary. His producers set up a whole front organization (@GenderUnityProj) and tried to recruit me into his next anti-trans documentary. Here's the wild story of how it went down (1/x):

1/ Maus has played a vital role in educating about the Holocaust through sharing detailed and personal experiences of victims and survivors. On the eve of International #HolocaustRemembranceDay , it is more important than ever for students to learn this history.

Bonkers how many YA books I've read where being in the closet is treated as a “lie.”

You don’t owe your identity or sexuality to anyone. Nobody gets to be pissy with you because they didn't know sooner.

You owe no apologies. Come out when you’re ready. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

#LGBTQ #YA

#WritingCommunity knows.

Parents putting your 1st grade spelling tests on the refrigerator like: ➡️🤩💯🤩💯

20+ years later, you're writing whole novels, and it's more like:

“What? I left you enough room to sit.” ❤️🐶❤️

If you've ever questioned whether #LGBT education is important, you don't have to look very far for the answer.

Ignorance hurts youth the most.

.Bernie Sanders standing with the striking Kellogg's workers in Michigan today and going to the picket lines