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Panel discussion on LGBTQ media representation

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Pride and Less Prejudice, an organization providing free, age-appropriate LGBTQ-inclusive books to pre-K to 3rd grade classrooms, hosts a “See Yourself, Be Yourself” panel discussion on the importance of LGBTQ media representation Saturday, Mar.

20 at 2 p.m. via Zoom. “Seeing characters whose experiences reflect our own affirms that our feelings are valid,” said gay “Noah’s Arc” actor and panel participant Darryl Stephens. “And that we too, deserve to be loved.” Tickets start at $20 and proceeds help provide free LGBTQ-inclusive books to classes in the U.S.

and Canada. Pride and Less Prejudice has raised more than $20,000 and donated more than 1,200 affirming books to classrooms in the U.S.

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