Alex in the Media

Alachua County Implementing Revised Book Ban Review, But Not Without Debate on WUFT (PBS/NPR) on April 13, 2024

End-of-the-year and Mid-Career on Jennifer Laughran’s Literaticast podcast on December 24, 2023

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley’s Roundtable on Book Banning on December 14, 2023 (poor sound quality but Alex appears at 21:00. Written remarks here.)

Alex Gino (Green) on Being a Banned Book Author and Writing for the Next Generation on Gays Reading Podcast on October 3, 2023

3 Questions for Alex Gino at Yahoo!Entertainment on September 23, 2023

The Author of One of America’s Most Challenged Books Says ‘Trans Kids Are Unsafe’ in the Des Moines Register on May 2, 2023

Author of Most Banned Book in America Alex Gino Speaks at Stuyvesant in the Stuyvesant Spectator (Alex’s high school newspaper!) on November 17, 2022

Ali Velshi’s Banned Book Club on MSNBC (video) on October 12, 2022

Be Who You Are: Melissa’s Story at Scholastic’s OOM Blog on June 15, 2022

Authors Celebrate[sic] Their Banned Books During EveryLibrary Panel in School Library Journal on April 12, 2022 (full panel recording here)

Authors of LGBTQ Books for Youth Speak Out About Being Banned in Yahoo!Life on April 12, 2022

Q & A with Author Alex Gino in Cedar Blueprints of Cedar Shoals High School (Athens, GA) on March 24, 2022

Repping Representation in Odyssey News Magazine of Clarke Central High School (Athens, GA) on March 19, 2022

Eight Authors Targeted by Censors Speak Up in Xtra on March 17, 2022

Author Weighs in on Push To Remove Book From Moore County Schools in The Pilot (NC) on March 5, 2022

Alex Gino Debuts New Title and Cover for Groundbreaking Trans Novel in Publishers Weekly on October 28, 2021

Author of the most-banned book in the U.S. speaks out with Yahoo! Life on September 27, 2021

Book Banning Isn’t a Thing of the Past with Washington Post’s The Lily on September 27, 2021

Videochat with librarians at Los Angeles Public Library on August 6, 2021

Chat about D.I.Y title change for Melissa with Denver Public Library on July 23, 2021

Tips For Talking About LGBTQIAP+ Issues at BookTrust (UK) on July 24, 2020

Kitten Time video by Mike Jung on October 6, 2020

The Write Type podcast with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé on May 28, 2020

Virtual Launch Party on Facebook with Books Inc on April 21, 2020

Interview at Corey’s Book Corner on April 21, 2020

Q & A at The Nerd Daily on April 7, 2020

The Power of Story is that Stories are Real in School Library Journal on November 11, 2019

Alex Gino Shares What It’s Like to Author the #1 Most Banned Book at the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog on September 23, 2019

Interview with Alex Falck at Medium on January 2, 2019

Books Exploring Privilege Are Part of the Diversity Discussion in School Library Journal on Oct. 31, 2018

Scholastic Reads podcast on October 18, 2018

Q&A with Alex Gino and Ann Clare LeZotte at the We Need Diverse Books blog on September 25, 2018

New Book: You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! at the Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature blog on September 20, 2018

Beyond The Binary Conference talk at the San Francisco Public Library on April 14, 2018

Video Interview with NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand on April 4, 2018

Interview with Tucson Tales on March 24, 2017

Alex Gino Unraveled on the Yarn Podcast on  September 18, 2016

Be Who You Are: Transgender Issues Come To Falmouth Schools in Cape Cod Wave Magazine on December 15, 2015

Children’s Book Meant to Promote Acceptance of Transgender People in Frederick News-Post on November 15, 2015

Interview in the UK Guardian on September 9, 2015

Alex Gino on Debut Novel, “George”, and the Importance of Transgender Voices in the Kid Lit World in School Library Journal on September 4, 2015

‘George’ Author Alex Gino Tells Us Why Young Readers Need Trans Narratives at MTV.com on August 28 2015

Interview in Kirkus Reviews Magazine on August 26, 2015

Transgender Children’s Books Fill a Void and Break a Taboo in the NY Times, June 6, 2015

  • Please note: Main character Melissa’s pronouns are wrong in this article, and the author is referred to by first name, deviating from NY Times standard policy, to avoid use of their pronouns/courtesy title (Mx.).  No correction or apology has been issued, to the author’s knowledge.

Transgender Titles for Young Readers in Publisher’s Weekly, May 22, 2015