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

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

I really like the Cupid character because it really adds a twist to the game - the two lovers don't care if they're villagers or werewolves, they only care that they're the last ones left standing.

We don't have Life in France, so no, but I've heard of it of course. I think that's awesome that you'd change the rules like that. ^^ I was really sad once when we were playing at Brad's house this awesome zombie game and one of the cards was "last night on earth" which forced two people to lose a turn because they were too busy having sex, but it was only supposed to be played with a heterosexual pairing. :(

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

"the two lovers don't care if they're villagers or werewolves, they only care that they're the last ones left standing."
Actually, it's not true. They have their own side if it's a villager/werewolf couple. Otherwise, they stay in the same side as their role.

e.G. if the two lovers are villagers, they are on the villagers side, and win if the villagers win.

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

Good point. I was mostly thinking about the werewolf/villager pairing :)