Prr to s book fair, Rockford Public Schools has notified s elementary parents about the gay character "Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot.''
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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!
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’ * captain underpants book with gay character *
And as thor and illtrator Dav Pilkey quietly reveals, Harold is a gay character.
‘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 *
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. ”When JK Rowlg revealed 2007 that her character, the wizard Dumbledore, was gay, prompted worldwi uproar.
CAPTA UNRPANTS: PHG BOUNDARI, BUTTONS, AND NOW THE GAY AGENDA
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.
'CAPTA UNRPANTS' BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
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.
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.
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. 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.
NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK REVEALS ONE OF YOUR FAVE CHARACTERS IS GAY
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.