News about Stephen Chbosky

After a Louisiana lawmaker read explicit passages out loud during a Senate hearing, the author of the graphic novel 'Gender Queer' has said that it is not'recommend for kids.' Despite being the most challenged book in US schools and libraries for two years in a row, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, denied that the pro-LGBTQ comic book is meant for kids. Senator John Kennedy, 71, read aloud from Gender Queer at the hearing because it is now permitted in Illinois schools. He was making his argument in the midst of a raging Republican fight to keep inappropriate subject matter out of the reach of young children in public schools and libraries.

By Yasmine Shemesh Evan and his classmate, Alana, are on swings in the park about midway through Dear Evan Hansen, the film version of the Tony-winning musical of the same name. Alana — a cheery overachiever who was active in virtually every extracurricular club at their high school — confides in Evan that she is also struggling. She is experiencing anxiety and depression, as well as Evan. She is on medication for it, like Evan. She feels lonely and invisible as she does for Evan.