Teen Skepchick’s Reality Checks 9.15

• Publisher tells YA authors to make their characters straight in order to get a book deal. For you graph nerds, here are some stats on LGBT characters in YA novels. (via The Guardian; MalindaLo.com)
• Researcher starts a website that will provide sexual health information to teens. (via MedicalXpress.com)
• NASA unveils the next generation of space travel. (via Science Daily)
• The role women are playing in the Libyan revolution. (via The New York Times)

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