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“Did you know that some people think that just putting books with queer characters into schools will make kids queer? If being a boy or a girl is so built into us at birth -- if it's not something we learn from everyone around us -- then what are a few books going to do to change that? I don't think you can make anyone into anything unless”

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Book:Ollie in Between
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