This #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, we're exploring the culture that breeds sexual violence among young people with author @IamGMJohnson!

George's upcoming memoir ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE tackles many of the less explicit ways a cisheteropatriarchal culture leads to sexual assault.

We're joining forces with @IamGMJohnson on "ALL ASSAULTS AREN’T…," a campaign to highlight the ways sexual violence might be experienced differently than what is often portrayed in popular media, especially in the time of the pandemic.

Every Wednesday this month we'll pose questions to @IamGMJohnson and post his answers here along with a SAAM reading guide for his book every Thursday, culminating in a Twitter chat on 4/27 to encourage audiences to recognize & act to change norms that perpetuate sexual violence.

For our first question of the series, we asked @IamGMJohnson: "How does COVID-19 add to the lack of resources and feeling of unsafety for people experiencing sexual violence, and what they should do?"

If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual violence, these resources are here to help:
Anti-Violence Project: 212-714-1141
@ndvh: 1-800-799-SAFE or text LOVEIS to 22522.
@TrevorProject: 866-488-7386 or text START to 678678
LGBT National Help Center: 888-843-4564

ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by @IamGMJohnson is out April 28th. Pre-order now!: http://bit.ly/AllBoysArentBlue

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#RingTheBell
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