Capta Unrpants creator reveals a gay character kids’ seri – SheKnows

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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!

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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.

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

CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR REVEALS A GAY CHARACTER KIDS’ SERI

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.

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

ALL POSTSY He is Very very VERY SUPER GAYI thk he's LGBTQ+, and do feel attracted to mal, but he's pan. He's such a sweet guy he HAS to beWa, HAROLD'S GAY? I'm jt statg that 's possible, but not disuntg the possibily of him beg gay.

He's pan my AU thoEndg up wh a hband is gay. Even if he was attracted to multiple genrs, sce he has a hband he is 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. More From SeventeenThe latt stallment reveals that Harold is gay.

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