January 20, 2019
Canada will soon have a library for LGBTQ people of color, and it’s all thanks to two friends.
Winnipeg resident Renu Shonek noticed that there lacked a space where LGBTQ people of color could easily find texts for and about them.
“I was the kid who woke up early to watch Reading Rainbow and when LeVar opened that book, I saw people like me,” said Shoneck to CBC Arts. “I didn’t have an idea about my queer identity, but I knew that LeVar had the best books, and I was like, ‘Why aren’t those in my library?’ I was always told my name was different, and LeVar would have books by people who had different names like me.”
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