Introducing ‘American Teenagers’
Festival attendees at Pride Frisco 2023 Author Nico Lang will deliver keynote at Pride Frisco MELISSA WHITLER | NBCU Fellow Melissa@DallasVoice.com Ahead of the release of their new book, American Teenager, Nico Lang will be delivering the keynote speech this weekend at Pride Frisco on Sunday, Oct.
6. Lang’s book, which will be available beginning Oct. 8, follows the lives of eight transgender teens across the country. Lang said his goal with American Teenager is to expand the conversation surrounding trans kids. “A lot of the families who have been able to speak up are white,” Lang explained. “Families of color have more to lose, and we miss their stories in mainstream media.” Nico Lang is an award-winning journalist, with extensive experience reporting on trans issues.
After seeing the continued rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation, they knew that sharing the stories of actual transgender people was imperative. “I had the resources to do it, and with the work so needed right now, I had to do it,” Lang said.
Because of their previous work, Lang already had an existing relationship with many of the families included in the book. There was already a foundation of trust there that allowed Lang to get to their stories and present them much more deeply. “I wanted to get the entirety of who these teens are as people,” Lang explained.
