"Once upon a time a land not so far away; There was a place where no one red if you were straight or gay." Those are the first few l of the fairytale, "Promised Land" and the book's thors created a crowdfundg mpaign to publish their story.
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- NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘PROMISED LAND’ IS A GAY FAIRYTALE
- CELEBRATE LOVE WH THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY FAIRY TALE "PROMISED LAND""WE CID TO WRE THE STORY THAT OUR 8-YEAR-OLD SELV NEED."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAFEBARY 14, 2017/1:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}PROMISED LANDBY ADAM SALANDRAFEBARY 14, 2017 / 1:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CELEBRATE LOVE WH THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY FAIRY TALE \"PROMISED LAND\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-14T18:30:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-14T18:30:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM STAR-CROSSED LOVERS TO ENCHANTED FORTS, THE CHILDREN'S BOOK PROMISED LAND FEATUR ALL THE UAL FAIRY TALE TROP, WH ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE: THE YOUNG UPLE AT S HEART ARE BOTH MEN.PROMISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A SUCCSFUL KICKSTARTER MPAIGN, NEW ZEALAND THORS ADAM REYNOLDS AND CHAZ HARRIS HAVE RELEASED THEIR LGBT FAIRY TALE, PROMISED LAND, APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH ON VALENTE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF A PRCE AND A YOUNG FARMHAND WHO FALL LOVE AFTER A CHANCE MEETG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR HOPE IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE GROWG UP AND STGGLG WH THEIR SEXUALY N LOOK AT THE CHARACTERS OUR BOOK AND SEE THEMSELV REPRENTED," SAYS REYNOLDS. "WE ALSO HOPE MAY BE ABLE TO NTRIBUTE TO EARLY ACCEPTANCE OM YOUNG PEOPLE AHEAD OF THE TIME WHEN THEY MAY ENUNTER LGBTQ CLASSMAT, IENDS OR RELATIV LATER ON THEIR LIV."PROMISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH PROMISED LAND ISN'T THE FIRST LGBT CHILDREN'S BOOK, THE THORS SAY 'S UNIQUE THAT THE UPLE'S SEXUALY ISN'T THE FOC OF THE STORY, AND THEIR RELATNSHIP DON'T BEE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR STORY FEATUR TWO LEAD CHARACTERS WHO MEET AND FALL LOVE THAT JT HAPPEN TO BE [OF THE] SAME SEX," SAYS HARRIS. "NOBODY QUTNS . THAT WAS VALLY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OF ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROMISED LAND IS AVAILABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE NEW GAY CHILDREN'S BOOK 'PROMISED LAND' WILL FEATURE TWO PRC FALLG LOVE
- PROMISED LAND: A GAY FAIRY TALE
- THE GAY CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘PROMISED LAND’ HAS A SEQUEL
- THE GAY CHILDREN'S BOOK 'PROMISED LAND' HAS A SEQUEL
NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘PROMISED LAND’ IS A GAY FAIRYTALE
Check out the imag om the new gay fairytale for children lled ‘Promised Land.’ * promised land gay book *
“We do hope to be able to brg more stori to life that feature protagonists beyond gay characters, that jt seemed the most obv startg pot for , ” Reynolds said.
"Once upon a time a land not so far away; There was a place where no one red if you were straight or gay. )Source: Promised Land Kickstarter"We wrote Promised Land bee when we were growg up, Chaz Harris, who -thored the book wh Adam Reynolds, says a vio on the pair's Kickstarter creators of Promised Land jo a growg number of children's books thors who have attempted to create more LGBT-clive fairy tal recent years — om this animated tale of a brave gay knight to this charmg story about two gay lil' pengus who adopt a baby pengu and start a fay of their the preview vio for Promised Land, the thors give a ltle synopsis of the story's plot: The book tells the story of a prce named Leo and a farm boy named Jack, who bee fast iends after a chance enunter the woods.
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.
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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.
gay. homosexual.
After releasg their gay fairytale Febary 2017, the thors of acclaimed illtrated children’s book Promised Land are nng a new Kickstarter mpaign for the follow up. )Promised Land Kickstarter"We wrote Promised Land bee when we were growg up, there were no stori or role mols to show that 'happily ever after' uld even exist if you're gay, " Chaz Harris, who -thored the book wh Adam Reynolds, says a vio on Kickstarter and Reynolds jo a growg number of children's books thors who have attempted to create more LGBT-clive fairy tal recent years — om an animated tale of a brave gay knight to a charmg story about two gay lil' pengus who adopt a baby pengu and start a fay of their the preview vio for Promised Land, the thors give a ltle synopsis of the story's plot: The book tells the story of a prce named Leo and a farm boy named Jack, who bee fast iends after a chance enunter the woods.
THE NEW GAY CHILDREN'S BOOK 'PROMISED LAND' WILL FEATURE TWO PRC FALLG LOVE
"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.
PROMISED LAND: A GAY FAIRY TALE
"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.