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T he 50th anniversary of the killing of four students and the wounding of nine others by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University will be marked on. ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the movement by conservatives to prohibit information about LGBTQ+ topics in public schooling has taken hold around the U.S., Dawson’s book has come under fire. So I said yes.”įirst published in 2014, Dawson’s how-to about gay relationships has become a staple for sex ed classes. But when I was a teenager, this would have answered so many questions. “Other than the fact that I had been a teacher, I didn’t feel that I was the best authority to be telling anybody about how to find a partner at that time when I was in my 20s-given that my love life was such a hot mess. “To reach out to all the LGBTQ+ youth in the world felt like a huge undertaking,” Dawson says. 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