Christian children's book thor Matthew Pl Turner me out as gay Friay morng on social media and announced that he and his wife are divorcg as he seeks to “embrace eedom, hope, and God as a gay man.”
Contents:
- THE GAY HISTORY OF AMERI’S CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK THOR MATTHEW PL TURNER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC DIVORCE
THE GAY HISTORY OF AMERI’S CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Here are the bt LGBTQ books wh gay characters or by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. Fd romance, spirg nonfictn and YA reads for adults and teens. * gay children's book authors *
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) And if you stopped to thk about , “Lucy” seemed to argue that the gay dads, however full of fun, were aquate: When the pa chips were down, they need rcug, too. Among gay-themed children’s stori, they preferred “Frog and Toad. ” No, I know: “Frog and Toad” — a seri of four picture books by Arnold Lobel, origally published between 1970 and 1979 — is not gay-themed.
But ’s not not gay-themed eher.
CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK THOR MATTHEW PL TURNER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC DIVORCE
The betiful LGBTQ-clive children's books teach kids abou queer fai, genr-nonnformg kids, gay rights history, and more. * gay children's book authors *
They get to scrap separately but get out of them together, which is not a bad fn of left: Jam Marshall, “Gee and Martha, ” urty of Houghton Miffl Harurt; Arnold Lobel, “Frog and Toad are Friends” © 1970 Arnold Lobel, ed by permissn of HarperColls Publishers; Jam Marshall, “Miss Nelson is Missg!, ” urty of Houghton Miffl HarurtOur boys loved the stori, as did we — but not bee Lobel was gay. They ntued to make books together for years: a Frog and Toad tale if ever there was, Lobel’s gayns, when I learned of much later, seemed like somethg I should have known all along; lurked everywhere his words and pictur. Which is not to say Frog and Toad uld turn you gay.
They suggted, no ls to as gay parents than to our sons wh their polar personali, how separatens uld bee solidary and oddns acmodatn.
However d the books’ gay ntent, was no surprise once d. It’s also that all of their thors were gay.