Banned Book Conversations: Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (2014)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical Readers Discuss Prohibited Prose
Banned books are works that have been removed from a library shelf or school curriculum. Over
the course of Banned Books Week, this series covers seven different books, the reasons they
were banned, and the value in reading them.

Guest Links:
Oksana Marafioti
https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oksanamarafioti/

Ria Carrogan
Femme On: https://www.femmeon.show/
https://www.instagram.com/femmeoncollective/

The Romantasy Coven
https://romantasycoven.transistor.fm/
https://www.instagram.com/theromantasycoven/

Tony Holt Jr.
https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr

Previous collaborations:
The Birth of a Nation (1915) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan and guests Tony Holt Jr. & Fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7gXeIBxD0

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guests
Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Spider-Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug

She-Hulk Podcast at Large, Ep 6: Just Jen with co-host Spider-Dan and guests Tony Holt Jr, Ada
McCartney, and Maff
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pVJsszZ0IWujgMOah7uEa?si=meVL32B7S8yTmwQBjwX2
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Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan and guests Ria Carrogan &
Veronica Klash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBOPhNCx1s

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe with guests Ria
Carrogan, Gregory Kompes, and Blake Byles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aSsuSR3CQ

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini with guests Ria
Carrogan, Amanda Skenandore, and Sherry Rosenthal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX6NFKNxO8

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson &
Peter Parnell (2005) with guests Ria Carrogan, Diamond Larson, and Kevin M. Gallagher, Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EjDzDoauM

Femme on Film: Grease 2
https://www.femmeon.show/101

Femme on Film: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
https://www.femmeon.show/53

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Front Desk by Kelly Yang with guests Oksana
Marafioti, Michelle Yang, and Veronica Klash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn4JoY8Kc4I

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993) with
guests Oksana Marafioti, Gregory A. Kompes, and Jennia D'Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9G5vtMx-g

The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 49 (Cuddle naked with your partner)
https://youtu.be/Mr4ZUy0cvmg?si=Oa6plArwscFfFORG

Resources:
https://www.ala.org/bbooks
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan
Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video version at https://youtu.be/GTlqcO5_tO4