Pride Month
It’s Pride Month and I thought it would be a good time to tell you why I, a cishet Black woman, read LGBTQIA+ books.
- Why shouldn’t I?
- Because it’s good literature.
- Because queer stories matter.
- It seems I only learn the queer history when I read books by LGBTQIA+ people. I read so I can know.
- So I can become a caring, empathetic, ally.
Why do you read with Pride?
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About Edith Campbell
Edith Campbell is Librarian in the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. She is a member of WeAreKidlit Collective, and Black Cotton Reviewers. Edith has served on selection committees for the YALSA Printz Award, ALSC Sibert Informational Text Award, ALAN Walden Book Award, the Walter Award, ALSC Legacy Award, and ALAN Nielsen Donelson Award. She is currently a member of ALA, BCALA, NCTE NCTE/ALAN, REFORMA, YALSA and ALSC. Edith has blogged to promote literacy and social justice in young adult literature at Cotton Quilt Edi since 2006. She is a mother, grandmother, gardener and quilter.
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