For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting a #womaninhistory every day. Today is Juno Dawson a screenwriter, journalist and best-selling novelist of young adult and non-fiction including This Book is Gay, Margot & Me, and The Gender Games.

 

Dawson’s books frequently feature LGBTQ+ people and she has fiercely advocated for other authors to feature more prominent LGBTQ+ characters in their work. She is a ‘School Role Model’ for Stonewall and works with the charity First Story, which runs writing and story-telling workshops in underprivileged schools.

 

In 2019, she edited Proud, an anthology of LGBTQ+ writing. She contributes regularly to magazines, newspapers and broadcast news including the Guardian, Attitude Magazine, BBC Woman’s Hour and Front Row.