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Nico Lang: Reading and Q&A
New Covenant Fellowship
124 W. White St.
Champaign , il 61820
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Nico Lang will read from their recently released book
American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are
Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.
A Q& A will follow the reading.
From the tip of Florida's panhandle to vibrant queer
communities in California, and from Texas churches to mosques in Illinois,
American Teenager gives readers a window into the lives of Wyatt,
Rhydian, Mykah, Clint, Ruby, Augie, Jack, and Kylie, eight teens who,
despite what some lawmakers might want us to believe,
are truly just kids looking for a brighter future.
Nico 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, Vox, the Wall Street Journal, Salon,
Harper’s Bazaar, Time, The Washington Post, and the L.A. Times.
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. They have received a GLAAD
Media Award and 10 awards from the National Association
of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA).