The Washington Blade has a review page of four children’s books,
link. The reviews appear with a
discussion of the observation that LGBT materials in public schools, even in
lower grades, objected to by some conservatives, reduce bullying. Major NYC
publishing houses do support offering these books.
“What Riley Wore” by Elana K. Arnold and Linda Davik (Simon
& Schuster) feature a child whose gender is not stated, wanting to be a
firefighter.
“Oglivy” by Deborah Underwood (Henry Holt) features an animal
character (bunny) whose gender roles are challenged.
“Dazzling Travis: A Story About Being Confident and Original”
by Hannah Carmonah Dias and Brenda Figueroa (Cardinal Rule Press) presents a
young PoC boy whose play objects are challenged.
“Sam!”, by Dan Gabriel (Penny Candy Books) presents a 9 year
old transgender (F-to-M) transgender boy.
I’ve been asked in emails if I do children’s, or even with
leading questions as to why I don’t, as if it could be some sort of writers’
prerequisite, but I’ll leave answering that for another time.
Also, an independent book store in Arlington VA (near the
Falls Church line on Lee Highway), One More Page Books, which I have visited
for at least one event, held an auction fund raiser to suddenly rising rent due
to sudden escalation of county real estate taxes. I used to live in Arlington until I sold a
house in 2017, and I am surprised by this.
Here is a typical news story.
You can reasonably ask me why I wasn’t more aware of this
before, and that’s a good question. I
get asked a lot these days why I am not more aggressive with “business” issues. That ultimately gets back to the free speech
debate that I’ll come back to. I sort of
expect Tim Pool or David Pakman to have to take up this subject one of these
days.
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