Author Event with Nico Lang- author of American Teenager

We are thrilled to welcome Nico Lang, award-winning journalist and author of American Teenager, for a special free author talk on Monday, March 23rd at 6:00 PM!

Nico Lang is a nonbinary, award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience covering the transgender community’s fight for equality. Their work has appeared in major publications including Rolling Stone, Esquire, The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, and The L.A. Times.

Lang is the creator of Queer News Daily and previously served as the deputy editor of Out magazine, the news editor for Them, the LGBTQ+ correspondent for VICE, and the editor and co-founder of the literary journal In Our Words.

Their contributions to queer media have earned a GLAAD Media Award, 10 awards from the National Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and three Los Angeles Press Club awards, including 2023 Online Journalist of the Year. Lang is also the first-ever recipient of the Visibility Award from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, honoring their impactful reporting on LGBTQ+ lives.

For their groundbreaking new book, Nico Lang spent a year traveling across the United States documenting the lives of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-fluid teens and their families. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, American Teenager offers a vivid and deeply human portrait of what it’s actually like to grow up trans today.

From the conservative panhandle of Florida to vibrant queer communities in California, and from Texas churches to mosques in Illinois, Lang introduces readers to Wyatt, Rhydian, Mykah, Clint, Ruby, Augie, Jack, and Kylie—eight teenagers navigating identity, family, and belonging while simply trying to build a brighter future.

At the event, Nico will discuss:
• The inspiration and reporting behind American Teenager
• Stories from their year traveling across the country
• The realities facing transgender youth today
• The power of storytelling and journalism
• And more!

📅 Date: Monday, March 23rd
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Admission: FREE
📍 Location: Books on Third — 1300 3rd St S Unit 201, Naples, FL 34102

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us for an important and illuminating evening of conversation about journalism, identity, and the real stories of transgender teens growing up in America today.

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