While he makes some choices that may be divisive-for example, using the initialism LGBTQIAA+ which includes “ally”-he always makes clear those are his personal choices and that the language is ever evolving.Ī beautifully heart-wrenching graphic-novel adaptation of actor and activist Takei’s ( Lions and Tigers and Bears, 2013, etc.) childhood experience of incarceration in a World War II camp for Japanese Americans. Eli’s prose is clear, straightforward, and powerful. The rest of the book outlines 10 principles based on the belief that an expectation of mutual care and concern across various other dimensions of identity can be integrated into queer community values.
It is my dream that queer people develop the same ideology-what I like to call a Global Queer Conscience.” He details his own isolating experiences as a queer adolescent in an Orthodox Jewish community and reflects on how he and so many others would have benefitted from a robust and supportive queer community. In the prologue, Eli compares the global Jewish community to the global queer community, noting, “We don’t always get it right, but the importance of showing up for other Jews has been carved into the DNA of what it means to be Jewish. (author’s note, resources, letter from the Prouts, note from co-writer, acknowledgements)Ī miniature manifesto for radical queer acceptance that weaves together the personal and political.Įli, a cis gay white Jewish man, uses his own identities and experiences to frame and acknowledge his perspective. Powerful, essential reading for all high school and college students, parents, and educators. Prout acknowledges her privilege as a “white, straight, blond-haired girl from an upper-class family” that supported her unconditionally and explains that she wants to use her voice to help create a culture in which all survivors of sexual assault can feel empowered to speak out. Paul’s and the well-publicized trial-in honest and gut-wrenching detail.
Prout recounts her traumatic experience and its prolonged aftermath-the bullying and ostracization she endured upon her return to St. As a freshman, Prout was raped by a popular senior boy who took her on a “Senior Salute,” a ritualized school tradition wherein seniors tried to “score” younger students before graduation. Paul’s, where a social system based on privilege and status allowed misogyny to flourish unchecked. After a childhood in Tokyo with her biracial (Japanese and white) father, white mother, and two sisters, Prout joined her older sister at St. Prout takes readers behind the headlines in this candid and inspiring memoir of her assault and subsequent journey to justice and healing. As a 15-year-old, Prout was sexually assaulted at an elite New England boarding school, a crime that would make the national news before she made the decision to go public with her identity and reclaim her story.
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