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Check out the imag om the new gay fairytale for children lled ‘Promised Land.’

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NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘PROMISED LAND’ IS A GAY FAIRYTALE

"And when the msage out there is so horrible, that to be gay you n get killed for — we need to change the msage, " she said he remembered "feelg so helpls" at the time. "'It jt means I'm like Prce Leo and he was awome'Harris said was important lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex stori were reprented prt and on screen — jt as heterosexual stori so monly are. "So much of what we see through the media and hear om our parents when we are children, forms our opns and attus towards others and, more importantly, our attus towards ourselv, " he said was important children had gay characters to relate to.

"When people have qutned the 'appropriatens' of five to 10-year-olds learng about beg gay, they are gog to be askg that qutn soon enough bee gay people don't pop out of a lamp at the most nvenient age for parents — we exist too. "I went through a tough time at school wh bullyg and I fely attribute my own disfort wh beg gay as havg few role mols to show me that a happy future was possible as a young gay person. It begs: "Once upon a time, a land not far away, a place where no one red if you were straight or you were gay.

The say the story had to stand on s own and the fact that the characters are gay is cintal.

PROMISED LAND: A GAY FAIRY TALE

Somewhere “gay people n have a happily ever after". The characters have to overe adversy but Harris says beg gay is not the problem or the difficulty. Promised Land is dited to the Pulse 49 the Orlando night clubbers who were killed a gay hate attack Florida last year.

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homosexual. "He was rpondg to a qutn about LGBT characters their films and pri events at theme will be a transgenr character a future Marvel film, and upg superhero movie The Eternals will troduce Marvel's first openly gay lead character to cema Studs is owned by 's "fay iendly" cricismThere has been some cricism recently after Disney moved the Love, Simon sp-off seri om the Disney+ streamg service to Hulu, which also Love, Victor, the show is a based on the film and is about a teenage boy who out as gay at high school. A gay character was planned to appear the revival of the Disney star's shows on the streamg service do feature gay source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Disney boss Bob Chapek said the pany won't stop phg forward wh more diversyAt the shareholr's meetg, Disney CEO Bob Chapek was asked a qutn by Catholic mpaigner Carole Farrow, who reprents nservative group Cizen part of her qutn, she asked: "Is perhaps time to rensir what you n do to make Disney more fay iendly, to make safe for people around the world, not jt one particular mory?

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