Derek Blackmore

“How do we find and cultivate pride for each other and ourselves when we're in a world that seems like it doesn't want us to exist?”
― Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

“George didn't really believe in the electric fairy any more, and sometimes she didn't even know what she was wishing for, but counting telephone poles had become a comforting habit.”
― Alex Gino, Melissa

“A sign in the far corner showed a large rainbow flag flying on a black background. Below the flag, the sign said SUPPORT SAFE SPACES FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH. Reading the word 'transgender' sent a shiver down George's spine. She wondered where she could find a safe space like that, and if there would be other girls like her there.”
― Alex Gino, Melissa

“And then I thought about what was right there in the text. Ralph Ellison talking about invisibility. Not the wacky science-fiction kind, but the kind where people are looking at you but not seeing you, looking through you, or around you--like, why the hell shouldn't our classes be talking about what happened to Rashad? Was what happened to him invisible? Was he invisible?”
― Jason Reynolds, All American Boys