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THE GAY HISTORY OF AMERI’S CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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This picture book bgraphy of the man who missned the rabow flag to be a symbol of the 1970s gay rights movement addrs the ugly antagonism agast homosexuals, but still ronat wh hope for equaly. When Alan’s awful brother Nathan fds out that he’s gay, he threatens to out him to the entire school if Alan don’t pete wh him a high-stak game. Much like the picture books on this list, The Bt Man shows an adult gay relatnship (and weddg) om a child’s perspective.

The gay character, Jarrett’s iend Ennis, isn’t the central foc, but the ia of ‘beg a man’ is explored through him a really posive way. "Pri: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rabow Flag" by Rob Sanrs and Steven SalernoThis book tells the te story of the gay pri flag, om s begng wh Harvey Milk and his dream of equaly. Wh the help of activist anizatns like Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), the Alliance for Full Acceptance, Fay Equaly Council, and Bure of General Servic—Queer Divisn book store, here you'll fd a stack of great readg material filled wh humor, heart, vivid art, and engagg and touchg storyl.

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1A book about gay rights pneer Harvey MilkSocial activist Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official the history of California, but what you may not know is that he also was behd fdg a symbol for the gay rights movement — the rabow flag.

One such book is about openly gay pop artist Keh Harg, who rose to fame New York Cy the '80s g some of his work to advote for AIDS awarens and social activism. The book looks at how the woman who famoly said, “You n’t w a champnship whout gays on your team — ’s never been done before, ever, " is a role mol for equaly both on and off the field. This one on pop superstar and gay activist Elton John is a kid-iendly bgraphy that clus fun facts, illtratns, and a bgraphil timele of the piano man who, once upon a time, was a shy young boy who found the greatt fort tkerg wh the black and whe keys of his favore stment.

"19An illtrated look at Mayor PeteMayor Pete Buttigieg ma history this electn season by beg the first openly gay ndidate for print. 23Stori about brave kidsWh stori about extraordary people like Emma González, Parkland shootg survivor, former print of her high school's gay–straight alliance, gun ntrol advote, and one of Time magaze's 100 Most Influential People of 2018, this book highlights dividuals who have gone out on a ledge for what they believe . 25The Cliff’s Not of Gay RightsWelg Schools, a human rights anizatn Boston that advot for clivy, remends The Gay Rights Movement s list of "Great LGBTQ Inclive Picture & Middle Gra Books.

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" Of the 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the last , half of the list’s top 20 ntaed lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer them, per NBC News.

Ratburn and his (unnamed) hband got married a highly anticipated episo of Kids/YouTubeArthur has been a rnerstone of PBS Kids sce 1996, but 2019, the show featured s first gay character...

'PRCE & KNIGHT' PUTS A GAY-INCLIVE TWIST ON TRADNAL FAIRY TAL

Ma characters they are not, but we love to see LGBTQ+ fai and, hontly, we didn’t realize how much we were missg gay zebras until Chip and Potato, rated TV-Y, on Ltle Pony: Friendship Is MagicSotaloo is raised by a lbian uple, Aunt Holiday and Auntie KenneyMy Ltle Pony: Friendship Is Magic follows the adventur of unirns, pegasi, and poni throughout Equtria, where they solve problems and, ocsnally, battle the forc of darkns, cludg the Cutie Mark Csars, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Sotaloo. It’s a show about figurg out who you are, and that clus Cys, one of Andi’s bt iends, who out as gay Season years after Cys me out on the show, Joshua Rh, who played Cys on the show, me out on Twter as bisexual.

“When we were greenl I was told by certa Disney learship that I uld NOT reprent any form of bi or gay relatnship on the channel, ” show creator Dana Terrace tweeted 2020.

Bis, we’re cludg this bee Legend of Korra absolutely Legend of Korra, rated TV-Y7, on And The Age Of WonrbeastsBenson is an openly gay character on Kipo om the very first episo. While there are some mor gay characters on the show, ma character Jeff is beg raised by two moms, EJ (voiced by Lea DeLaria) and Sue (voiced by Tig Notaro) one pot the seri had unnamed gay characters kissg (the b is funny, though the edy isn't their kiss).

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

”Stream Twelve Forever, rated TV-PG, on FayMchell and Cam were among the first proment gay parents a KenneyWhen Morn Fay premiered 2009, Cam and Mchell were among the few gay ma characters on a work s (and, let’s be hont: ’s still not mon).

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