As an affirming librarian, my work is not indoctrination. It is celebration
Credit: Cassy Lee; Celina Gallardo
Cassy Lee is a middle-school librarian based in California. In this piece, she reflects on the role that access to affirming books has on the young students she works with. This comic is part of Comics Against Censorship, a five-part series of original comics tackling the history, impact and fight against LGBTQ2S+ censorship. Read the full series here.
Cassy Lee (she/her) is an English-speaking San Francisco-based comics artist and librarian whose career lies at the intersection of art, books, and education. She has an MFA in Comics from the California College of the Arts and when she’s not trying to protect the freedom to read and putting books in kids’ hands, she enjoys exploring visual narrative as a means to heal from trauma and is working on her first graphic novel. Her work has also appeared in publications such as The Comics Journal, Mutha Magazine, GraphicMedicine.org, the International Journal of Comic Art, and School Library Journal. You can see her work at cassylee.com and follow her journey @readfreedrawfree on Instagram or on Substack at https://substack.com/@readfreedrawfree.
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