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The author and 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy, an openly gay man, has spoken out after a Pennsylvania school board voted unanimously to cancel a scheduled talk at a local middle school because of his “lifestyle.”
Pancholy said he learned of the Cumberland Valley School Board’s now-viral decision through social media himself, adding that he hopes the district’s students from underrepresented groups know they’re loved and accepted.
“When I talk about the characters in my books feeling ‘different,’ I’m always surprised by how many young people raise their hands—regardless of their identities and backgrounds—wanting to share about the ways in which they, too, feel different,” Pancholy said in a statement to The Daily Beast, which he also read in an Instagram clip. “That’s the power of books. They build empathy.
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