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Banned Bookbag Bookleton
Modern 2SLGBTQ+ Representation
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This Booklet Contains:
General information on the topic of Modern Representation of 2SLGBTQ+ people
Background information on each book, why they were banned, and discussion questions for you and your child
More Information You can Find Online
(Use the included QR code or visit the FFPLTC website)
More recent books on the topics discussed above
Further resources for you to talk about tough subjects with your child
Background information on each book, why they were banned, and discussion questions for you and your child
More Information You can Find Online
(Use the included QR code or visit the FFPLTC website)
More recent books on the topics discussed above
Further resources for you to talk about tough subjects with your child
...Being an Ally
Like talking about race and racism, some parents struggle with discussing 2SLGBTQ+ topics. Still, according to an Ipsos study that surveyed just over 19 000 people across 27 countries showed that 7% say they are only or mostly attracted to the same sex and 4% are equally attracted to men and women. While this is a minority, you are still likely to meet 2SLGBTQ+ families in your community. Here are on some tips to prepare for that discussion with your child:
Talk about 2SLGBTQ+ peoples and issues regardless of whether a child comes out as 2SLGBTQ+. This sets up the precedent that you are open to conversation.
Use an openhearted approach and be ready to speak and listen without judgement.
Focus on simple concepts while appearing comfortable speaking about these subjects in front of kids and start early with age-appropriate information.
Preschoolers: Focus on answering specific questions
without further details with simple and concrete
answers.
School-age kids: With kids this age beginning to
explore who they are in the world, the questions will
become more complex, so should your answers.
Be honest. Answer truthfully while keeping the above in mind. It’s also important to let kids know that you might not have all the answers to their questions, but you’re open to finding out with them.
Talk about 2SLGBTQ+ peoples and issues regardless of whether a child comes out as 2SLGBTQ+. This sets up the precedent that you are open to conversation.
Use an openhearted approach and be ready to speak and listen without judgement.
Focus on simple concepts while appearing comfortable speaking about these subjects in front of kids and start early with age-appropriate information.
Preschoolers: Focus on answering specific questions
without further details with simple and concrete
answers.
School-age kids: With kids this age beginning to
explore who they are in the world, the questions will
become more complex, so should your answers.
Be honest. Answer truthfully while keeping the above in mind. It’s also important to let kids know that you might not have all the answers to their questions, but you’re open to finding out with them.
Some questions to consider throughout reading And Tango Makes Three, In Our Mothers’ House, and Stella Brings the Family:
1. What are the different ways we love our family, friends, and pets?
2. Do you have friends who have families different than yours? (e.g., single parent, stepparents, legal guardians, foster families, two moms, two dads, etc.)
1. What are the different ways we love our family, friends, and pets?
2. Do you have friends who have families different than yours? (e.g., single parent, stepparents, legal guardians, foster families, two moms, two dads, etc.)
Banned Books on Modern 2SLGBTQ+ Representation
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
A parent of a child in the Calgary Catholic School District complained about this picture book in 2006 on religious grounds, as the book features two male penguins raising a baby penguin in a zoo. In this case, the book was removed from the collection.
And Tango Makes Three discusses two male chinstrap penguin partners’ (Roy and Silo) adoption of Tango at the Central Park Zoo in New York City in 1998. This allows a look at a family that’s “different” from the usual without the baggage of human trappings, showing that unique families are not unique only to humanity. In fact, same-sex behavior has been observed in over 1000 species with much more research to be done. These animals include not only penguins, but monkeys, scarab beetles, and bats among others.
Questions for And Tango Makes Three
1. Are Roy, Silo, and Tango a family? How do you know if they are or not?
2. What kind of things make up a family?
3.Why did Mr. Gramzay give Roy and Silo an egg?
4. Was Tango happy with Roy and Silo? How can you tell?
5. Sometimes human couples adopt children. Are these children part of the family even though they came from a different set of parents? Why or why not?
6. Why do Roy and Silo try to hatch a rock?
7. Like Roy and Silo, some human couples are both men or both women. Does it matter if both parents are men or women? Why or why not?
1. Are Roy, Silo, and Tango a family? How do you know if they are or not?
2. What kind of things make up a family?
3.Why did Mr. Gramzay give Roy and Silo an egg?
4. Was Tango happy with Roy and Silo? How can you tell?
5. Sometimes human couples adopt children. Are these children part of the family even though they came from a different set of parents? Why or why not?
6. Why do Roy and Silo try to hatch a rock?
7. Like Roy and Silo, some human couples are both men or both women. Does it matter if both parents are men or women? Why or why not?
In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco
This book might be a little long for younger children but tells the delightful story of “Meema” and “Marmee’s” adoption of three children, from infants all the way up to when they start their own families, from the perspective of their oldest child. We see the love the family has for each other through the ups and downs of life, including dealing with their homophobic neighbor Mrs. Lockner.
Questions for In Our Mothers' House
1. How is the family in the book like your own? How is it different?
2. Why is the house important to the
family?
3. How did the neighborhood come
together for the block party? Give multiple examples.
4. What happened with Mrs. Lockner at the end of the day? How did Meema and Marmee respond? What does it show about them?
5. What special role did the house continue to play in the kids’ lives?
1. How is the family in the book like your own? How is it different?
2. Why is the house important to the
family?
3. How did the neighborhood come
together for the block party? Give multiple examples.
4. What happened with Mrs. Lockner at the end of the day? How did Meema and Marmee respond? What does it show about them?
5. What special role did the house continue to play in the kids’ lives?
This book was written by a multi-award-winning author in 2009 and depicts the lives of a family with two moms. A parent in the Davis School District (in the state of Utah) raised an objection against In Our Mothers’ House in January 2011 after her daughter brought it home from the library. This led to the book receiving restricted access at the library.