Dav Pilkey’s Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot is ld for a character ‘matter-of-factly prented as gay whout mentary’
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- CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!
- ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
- CAPTA UNRPANTS: PHG BOUNDARI, BUTTONS, AND NOW THE GAY AGENDA
- 'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
- CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI
- NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK REVEALS ONE OF YOUR FAVE CHARACTERS IS GAY
- ELEMENTARY PARENTS NOTIFIED OF GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN'S BOOK
CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!
* captain underpants book with gay character *
And as thor and illtrator Dav Pilkey quietly reveals, Harold is a gay character. Steven Frank at NewNowNext, who first highlighted Harold’s outg, lled a “big (stky) step forward for kid’s l”, sayg that “Harold, as an adult, is matter-of-factly prented as gay whout mentary, ” which is “credibly rare and rehg” children’s book publishg. While the majory of rears on Amazon weled the new novel, others ma ments cludg: “A heads up on the homosexualy ntaed this book would have been nice.
‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
A Michigan elementary school has banned the latt "Capta Unrpants" novel om s book fair bee one of the ma characters is gay, acrdg to a report by WXYZ Detro. * captain underpants book with gay character *
”When JK Rowlg revealed 2007 that her character, the wizard Dumbledore, was gay, prompted worldwi uproar. In March, the thor rpond to a fan askg “I wonr why you said that Dumbledore is a gay bee I n’t see him that way? ” wh the tweet: “Maybe bee gay people jt look like...
A Michigan elementary school has banned the latt “Capta Unrpants” novel om s book fair bee one of the ma characters is gay, acrdg to a report by WXYZ Detro. In the LA Tim article “‘Capta Unrpants’ banned om school book fair over gay character, ” Supertennt Barry Mart said, “The cisn to ban the book, which the School Library Journal nsirs the book suable for children gras 2-4, was ma by the school’s parent-teacher anizatn … Most of the kids e and they buy books and the parents aren’t party of the selectn.
Harold, as an adult, is matter-of-factly prented as gay whout mentary. That's a bigger surprise than one of the characters beg gay.
CAPTA UNRPANTS: PHG BOUNDARI, BUTTONS, AND NOW THE GAY AGENDA
Why am I more surprised that Capta Unrpants is still nng than one of the ma characters beg gay? A Michigan elementary school has banned the latt "Capta Unrpants" novel om s book fair bee one of the ma characters is gay, acrdg to a report by WXYZ Detro. The last stallment, Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot, received wispread praise for portrayg non-tradnal fai when sually revealed a ma character was gay.
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.
'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER 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. 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.
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.
Leve, who notably intifi as gay and is a parent himself, said:At this pot, 20 years later, we get . More From SeventeenThe latt stallment reveals that Harold is gay.