Children books with gay couples are hard to find :/

[greenie_breizh]

So I was hoping to find a children's book in French featuring two dads or a gay couple, but apparently that's... nearly impossible? The few children's book on the topic tend to feature two moms, and I have problems with most of them anyway. I just wanted a children's book with two dads about something that's not discrimination. :/ Like King & King is actually pretty awesome, but it doesn't exist in French? Le sigh.

For those of you on twitter who were asking for references should I find something, so far the best list I've found is on the APGL website.

On a cute note, the other night we were playing the Werewolf game with my cousins and we were playing with the Cupid character, who chooses two players who will be "in love" for the rest of the game. My brother (I think) reminded everyone the couple doesn't have to be a boy and a girl and my 13-year-old cousin agreed and said, yeah, it can be two girls or two boys. I'm not certain he really made the link with actual gay couples but I liked how matter-of-fact he was about it. :)

Comments

[petit-rhino.livejournal.com]

When I'm playing Cupid in non-queer circles, I sorta make a point of choosing 2 girls or 2 guys and sadly it often throws people off.

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

No joke, sometimes I forget what life is like in non-queer circles. I mean, seriously, it throws people off...? It's funny - we played three or four games with my cousins (who are not the queerest crowd but I'm the oldest so possibly they're just young and thus more relaxed about the whole thing), and I don't think the couple chosen was ever a hetero pairing? And we have equal numbers of boys and girls.

[petit-rhino.livejournal.com]

Seriously. One game, the villagers were discussing the Lovers and this one girl (around 25) said
Well it's gotta be a girl and a boy, right?
Why?! (that was me cause I couldn't say nothing)
I know it doesn't have to be, but instinctivally, Cupid would've chosen a boy and a boy. Feels more natural.

A few other people looked weirded out by what she said (thank Joss!), but it still makes me want to *headdesk*