'Capta Unrpants' Creator Dav Pilkey Reveals Ma Character Is Gay In Applse-Worthy, Adorable Way

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• CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!
• GAY-MARRIAGE MENTN GETS 'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OM ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR MONROE
• CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI
• PARENTS MICHIGAN HAVE CID THAT THE WORST THG ABOUT THE “CAPTA UNRPANTS” BOOKS IS A GAY CHARACTER.
• NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK REVEALS ONE OF YOUR FAVE CHARACTERS IS GAY
• 5 MICHIGAN BOOK NTROVERSI BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE CAPTA UNRPANTS
• THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER
• THE LATT ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK HAS A GAY CHARACTER – SO THIS SCHOOL BANNED ITTHE SUPERTENNT OF THE SCHOOL SAYS HE BACKS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY RAE PAOLETTAOCTOBER 28, 2015/11:30 {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;}GETTY IMAGBY RAE PAOLETTAOCTOBER 28, 2015 / 11:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE LATT ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK HAS A GAY CHARACTER – SO THIS SCHOOL BANNED IT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-28T15:30:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-28T15:30:42.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"RAE PAOLETTA","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANY OF , THE "CAPTA UNRPANTS" SERI IS A SACRED TEXT THE LIBRARY OF OUR CHILDHOODS. BUT RECENTLY, THE LATT BOOK THE SERI HAS GOTTEN SOME PHBACK OM THE MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MICHIGAN, BEE FEATUR A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WXYZ REPORTS THAT "'CAPTA UNRPANTS AND THE SENSATNAL SAG OF SIR STKS-A-LOT' IS THE 12TH NOVEL THOR DAV PILKEY’S SERI," AND THAT PILKEY, "RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT A MA CHARACTER THE BOOK IS GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. BARRY MART, SUPERTENNT OF MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TOLD WXYZ THAT THE SCHOOL'S PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATN (PTO) CID TO BAN THE BOOK OM THE UPG BOOK FAIR AT ARBORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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IT WAS LD BY FANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE OTHER "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE FAIR, THIS ONE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ONLE. "MOST OF THE KIDS E AND THEY BUY BOOKS AND THE PARENTS AREN’T PART OF THE SELECTN," SAID MART. 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BARRY MART SAID, "ROUGHLY 90 PERCENT OR MORE OF BOOK PURCHAS MA AT THE POPULAR BOOK SALE ARE MA BY STUNTS WHO GO TO THE SALE WH THEIR CLASSROOM AND TEACHER. WE FELT WAS PNT THAT PARENTS SHOULD CI IF THIS PARTICULAR STALLMENT WAS SUABLE FOR THEIR CHILD. AS OF TODAY (OCT. 28) NO PARENTS HAVE EXPRSED ANY NCERNS ABOUT THE BOOK’S AVAILABILY AND NO PUBLIC MENTS WERE RECEIVED AT LAST NIGHT’S (OCT. 27) SCHOOL BOARD MEETG."{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
• 'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OVER GAY CHARACTER
• CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI

CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!

And as thor and illtrator Dav Pilkey quietly reveals, Harold is a gay character.

GAY-MARRIAGE MENTN GETS 'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OM ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR MONROE

Harold Hutchs is a gay character om Capta Unrpants. It's nfirmed that Harold Hutchs is gay the book Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot.

CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI

And when they do show up, sometim the form of an Alb Dumbledore of Harry Potter fame — a character who’s emed gay by the creator outsi the actual book ntent but who you might never gus is gay if you only ever read the books. Kid-l recently got a ltle b gayer, though, wh the revelatn that one of two ma characters the long-nng Capta Unrpants seri is gay.

Predictably, there are plenty of people g out of the woodwork to cry pictns of The Gay a book for kids, as if a cute drawg of two married guys stg a beanbag chair wh their children is too sndalo for the tenr ey of an 8-year-old. Homogeney is borg, pecially when that homogeney at the st of showg LGBTQIA kids reflectns of themselv books.

PARENTS MICHIGAN HAVE CID THAT THE WORST THG ABOUT THE “CAPTA UNRPANTS” BOOKS IS A GAY CHARACTER.

That means a lot of kids who might not have picked up a book themed around growg up gay will be meetg this character and realizg that maybe ’s not such a big al for someone to be to the same genr after all.

NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK REVEALS ONE OF YOUR FAVE CHARACTERS IS GAY

Regnizg — and normalizg — relatnships between non-straight upl is a big al for kids’ lerature, and if a straight uple hangg out wh their kids isn’t too racy for a middle-gra picture book, neher is a gay uple dog exactly the same thg. A ma character the book is gay. DUN DUN Public Schools Monroe, MI allowed the PTO (Parent-Teacher Organizatn) of one of their elementary schools to ban Sir Stks-a-Lot om their upg Scholastic book fair bee children n’t be tsted to select a book that won’t turn them gay.

Back on the same book where two boys explibly turn their horrible crotchety prcipal to a superhero whose only stume is a pe and a pair of Han tton briefs, you’re most ncerned wh the fact that a character is only implied to be gay? And I’m blatantly playg on the stereotype of the Bible-thumpg opponent of gay marriage and equaly.

I know Harold is gay. I'm not erasg him, I'm not homophobic, i stg I jt got a b attached to this ia. I thk would have taken Harold a long time to know he was gay, and even longer to e to terms wh .

5 MICHIGAN BOOK NTROVERSI BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE CAPTA UNRPANTS

More From SeventeenThe latt stallment reveals that Harold is gay.

THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER

MLive File Photo5 Michigan book ntroversi before gay marriage Capta UnrpantsFive book ntroversi have sparked bate Michigan schools and among parents sce 2007. The issu, prr to this week's uproar over a gay character the popular children's book seri "Capta Unrpants, " have clud foul language, sexual ntent and relign.

-Elementary parents notified of gay character children's book-Gay-marriage mentn gets 'Capta Unrpants' banned om elementary book fair "Slghterhoe Five"In 2007, a Howell High School teacher drew plats for g books wh graphic language, rape and ct, and racial slurs as part of a class. Teachers objected to changg what’s emed a lerary "Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot''This year, the latt stallment of the popular children's book seri "Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot, ” clus a gay character. One of the ma characters travels 20 years to the future to fd he's gay and married to another man.

But Capta Unrpants creator Dav Pilkey revealed his ma character Harold is gay (or bisexual) a simple way, worthy of applse. Capta Unrpants' Harold intifi as gay or bisexual, but his sexual orientatn is jt a fact, a part of his inty.

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Leve, who notably intifi as gay and is a parent himself, said:At this pot, 20 years later, we get . And now one school is tryg to ban thor recently announced that the ma character his newt book the seri, Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Sag of Sir Stks-A-Lot, is gay.

But one school Michigan thks the gay character is "ntroversial, " pullg the book om s recent book fair.

'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OVER GAY CHARACTER

Not sure when beg gay beme ntroversial. But recently, the latt book the seri has gotten some phback om the Monroe Public School District Michigan, bee featur a gay reports that "'Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Sag of Sir Stks-A-Lot' is the 12th novel thor Dav Pilkey’s seri, " and that Pilkey, "recently announced that a ma character the book is gay.

The latt Capta Unrpants novel was banned over a gay character by Arborwood Elementary School's parent-teacher anizatn.

Not only do reprentatn the classroom make LGBTQ stunts feel more wele and safe, but also teach the broar stunt body to regnize and bat anti-gay bias. Wrg about anti-LGBTQ bullyg, Joleen Hanlon says:We should addrs this problem by iatg nversatns wh our stunts about anti-gay bias, and by discsg LGBT people the curriculum. It is very simple to tie the them to lsons about fay diversy, rpect, the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement, the Holot, discrimatn, and other ntexts.

CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI