Summer LGBTQIA in Children's-YA Lit Roundup

By Cynthia Leitich Smith
for Cynsations

Writing LGBTQ Picture Book Lit in 1989 Versus Now (AKA Heather Has Two Mommies and Morris Has a Dress) by Mark Joseph Stern from Slate. Peek: "Some schools want it to be more of a broad anti-bullying story. Rather than Morris being himself and the dress being a part of him—which is the message I’m hoping people get from it—they want the book to be about how Morris just likes to dress up for fun." See also Lesléa Newman and Christine Baldacchino.

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