A Vancouver Island author’s picture book about a puppy at a Pride parade is among several works at the centre of a U.S. Supreme Court challenge over whether parents have the constitutional right to opt their children out of lessons involving books with LGBTQ characters.
Robin Stevenson’s Pride Puppy!, a rhyming alphabet book, features a dog that goes to a parade with its family and breaks loose. Colourful illustrations by Julie McLaughlin depict the puppy bounding through celebratory scenes that include rainbow and transgender pride flags and characters featuring a range of ages, races, abilities and gender identities.
My kid (5) grabbed “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish” at the library and she laughed her ass off at all the mustached women dancing on every page. Kids don’t fucking care. Sometimes dudes dress like ladies. Some people are gay. That’s all you have to tell them. If you don’t, your kid will just grow up to a fucking idiot who cannot comprehend these simple facts.