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.
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
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” It’s about a t who liv wh two gay men; you n tell by the book, then jt published, was evintly meant to help normalize already borgly normal fai like ours by g the tradnal substutn of animals for people orr to illtrate how much fun havg gay dads n be. ) 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.
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.
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 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.