Rick Clemons, thor of Frankly My Dear I'm Gay, wr quisive, thought-provokg articl and books that spire dividuals to make bold mov.
Contents:
- A GAY CHARACTER IN A CHILDREN'S BOOK SERI
- FRANKLY MY DEAR I'M GAY
- RICK WARREN UNCERTA IF HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR IS SFUL, SAYS ‘GAYS’ GO TO HEAVEN
- RICK STEV - IS HE A GAY?
A GAY CHARACTER IN A CHILDREN'S BOOK SERI
The tle character RICK has never really thought about who he wants to be, but when his fay teas him about likg girls and his bt iend, Jeff, says and do homophobic thgs, Rick fds harr and harr to jt let thgs happen. So, while some other thors (ahem, Rowlg) neglected to wre a sgle gay character to their seri, Rrdan had one of his ma characters, Has’ son Ni Angelo, e out as gay.
FRANKLY MY DEAR I'M GAY
“But some of them me back and told me they’d had a nversatn wh, say, a brother who they later found out was gay. Trigger Warngs;- Bullyg - Homofobia - Transfobia - Vómofavour has-lgbt-reprentatn3, 207 reviews72 followersMarch 2, 2021I almost liked this book too much to be able to review . All all, this book was an utter light and ma me hopeful that, wh books like the beg place the hands of young rears, the future generatn will me a kr and more acceptg homophobia, transphobia dbook ntemporary lgbtqia-rep 429 reviews108 followersMarch 19, 2020Fun Facts:x RICK is a pann novel to Alex Go’s first middle-gra story GEORGE (which featur a transgenr protagonist tryg out for the school play!
“Sometim Rick wonred if he was gay bee he had never had a csh on a girl. But he had never had a csh on a boy eher, so how uld he be gay? Even though he don’t thk he’s gay, he is cur about the Rabow Spectm club at middle school.
“[A]s more rears disvered and wanted to be clud the world, I felt like was a really special and important opportuny to expand the range of characters Percy’s world, ” he told the, while some other thors (ahem, Rowlg) neglected to wre a sgle gay character to their seri, Rrdan had one of his ma characters, Has’ son Ni Angelo, e out as gay. LGBTQ+ is an abbreviatn for "Lbian (L), Gay (G), Bisexual (B), Transgenr (T), Queer (Q), and other inti (+)".
RICK WARREN UNCERTA IF HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR IS SFUL, SAYS ‘GAYS’ GO TO HEAVEN
When he ma clear that Ni di Angelo was gay (his boyiend is the son of Apollo), there was some backlash. But some of them me back and told me they’d had a nversatn wh, say, a brother who they later found out was gay. A Gay Character In A Children's Book Seri.
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The rear had now found out that Ni is gay (the thor of the seri also nfirmed this). Normally, this would not have been a big surprise or really too big of a al to have a gay character this story. But, there is somethg that separat this om the rt of the books that have gay characters them.
RICK STEV - IS HE A GAY?
Granted I have not read every book the children's sectn, but there are very rarely gay characters the books.
Ni is an openly gay character a seri where the average age of the rear is probably about 12 or 13-years-old. To have a character who is about their age openly gay is very important. It shows children who may be gay, that is OK, and that there are people who have the same feelgs.
So, to have a gay character a primarily children's book seri brgs more diversy to what children see and read about love. The thor of this seri, Rick Rrdan, showed that beg gay is not any ls appropriate than beg straight. By wrg a gay character to a children's book seri, Rrdan has ma a strong statement that a gay character is not appropriate for kids to read or see on TV.