Diversity

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What Is Diversity?

As defined by We Need Diverse Books:

We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities*, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities.
*We subscribe to a broad definition of disability, which includes but is not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses (this may also include addiction). Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping, and other forms of marginalization.

There are 4 different groups of "others", according to WNDB, and so those are the types of books that you'll need to read to be a part of this. (Click the name of a group below to be taken to a page with some suggested books that are a part of that category.)

LGBTQIA

People of color

People with disabilities

Ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities

2018 Diversity Challenge

This year, thanks to Just Another Girl and Her Books teaming up with us, we have this spiffy new sign up:

This year is going to be much the same as last year, with a few changes:

January has been replaced with biracial awareness
LGBT pride month will take place in both June and July and will consist of a mini challenge to encourage reading of the different letters within the spectrum
March will be the only month that's non-fiction only, and will be for books about or written by women.

To help give people an idea of possible books to read each month, there is a link to a Goodreads list for each topic with examples of books that fit with the different categories.

Something a few of us platypires do is add a "platypire diversity badge of approval" to every review we write with diversity in it. This helps us keep track of the amount of diverse books that we read each month. This isn't required for the challenge, but I included it below in case anyone is interested in using it or creating one for their blog to use.

JANUARY - Biracial Awareness
FEBRUARY - Black History Month
MARCH - Woman History Month
APRIL - Arab Heritage Month
MAY - Asian/Pacific Islander History Month
JUNE - LGBT Pride Summer

JULY - LGBT Pride Summer
AUGUST - Mental Health Awareness
SEPTEMBER - Hispanic History Month
OCTOBER - Physical Disability Awareness Month
NOVEMBER - Native American History Month
DECEMBER - Religious Minorities

Badges

Summer Mini Challenge

The point isn't to fill out the entire 40 squares, but to try and branch out and read as many different types of LGBT+ books as possible.

2018 Reviews

Title + Author and if possible, cover photo for book

An InLinkz Link-up

2018 Challenge Participants

Everyone is different, we get that, so we've got graphics for all sorts of levels of diverse readers. To be included in the challenge, make sure to fill out the form below with either your blog post stating you're joining the challenge or a Goodreads shelf where you can keep up with your 2018 books.

Sign ups will be open throughout 2018, but if you signed up later on in the year - the previous months' challenges aren't applicable to you.

Participants' Challenge Sign Up

Please include your blog name + challenge rank

Facebook Support

WANTED: Readers of all backgrounds who want to help authors expand their worlds and writers who want to add more flavor to their books.

I get it, writing diverse books can be hard. Especially when you're not around a lot of "other" types of people.

But that's where this group comes in. You have questions, we're here to help - without being judgemental. We all want to help you write a whole gaggle of flavors in to your book.

Click HERE to join