Comments on Boxer Rebellion: Where are all of the gay princesses?

How about just a female who can manage life indepe...

2009-07-07T22:20:26.692-05:00

How about just a female who can manage life independently and does not need to lean on another person or a man who does not need a female to take care of him?

In my opinon it's more about having a confident self identity than who we choice to marry.

Boxer's Mom

Fran sent me... I've read two gay-friendly books a...

2009-07-02T11:42:19.386-05:00

Fran sent me...
I've read two gay-friendly books as part of worship: "King and King," and "One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads." But, then, I'm Unitarian Universalist & we're gay-friendly for the most part.

There are lots of good books - the above, plus "Boy meets Boy" and "The Misfits" for older kids, as well as "Baby BeBop" for middle-school/early high school ages.

As for Disney - I want a movie where the prince & princess rescue each other, or the prince finds his prince, or the princess adopts a baby and lives as a single mom. Something a little more realistic, please! Oh! And I also highly recommend "The Sissy Duckling" by Harvey Fierstein. The main character may, or may not, be gay - but he's "different" and that is shown to be a good thing in the end!

The only movie I can think of with a happy gay family (besides "Four Weddings and a Funeral," which just has a couple) is "The Family Stone." It's not a great movie, but it's something.

Fran sent me! Disney seems to like Ellen DeGeneres...

2009-07-02T11:16:58.018-05:00

Fran sent me!
Disney seems to like Ellen DeGeneres, but she's a rare exception to their all hetero all the time policies.
You're a teacher, why don't you write a boy meets boy or girl meets girl book for kids?
:)

Great post by the way. Glad I found this blog.

2009-07-02T11:10:15.161-05:00

Great post by the way. Glad I found this blog.

The culture is changing and I wonder how much impa...

2009-07-02T11:09:54.865-05:00

The culture is changing and I wonder how much impact Disney has these days. Our daughters watched a lot of these movies and love them to this day. But they are open minded, support gay marriage and my older daughter calls out her boyfriends friends on their homophobia all the time. So in the end, maybe it's the change of the culture and what the parents do at home that has more impact.

Hi, Fran sent me over here. I used to work at Disn...

2009-07-02T10:20:33.935-05:00

Hi, Fran sent me over here.
I used to work at Disney Feature Animation around the time of Ariel and Belle etc. You'll be somewhat relieved to know that their next release "The Frog Princess" has a black princess as the main character.

I was always dismayed by the unrealistic relationships portrayed by their characters, and found some of them to be rather bloodless (Ariel can't talk and the guy falls for her? Puh-leeeze). Not to mention the ridiculous Barbie like figures of the women. And it's curious because many of the story development artists and executives back then were gay. Including the head of development.

There was a storyline way back that had gay characters. It was quashed by a gay top exec who claimed the mid-west housewives would bring Disney down for it.

Someday. Meanwhile I'm so glad there are good children's resources available. That's a start.

Human error! I thought this would self publish thi...

2009-07-01T21:19:06.779-05:00

Human error! I thought this would self publish this morning... and it did not.

Just went up now.

http://festinalente-franiam.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-about-children.html

Therein lies the problem. In the school system in...

2009-07-01T15:41:48.505-05:00

Therein lies the problem. In the school system in which I attended as a kid, there would have been serious complaints if someone had tried to provide a same-sex role model in the form of a book.

However, in ten years time, I have noticed that it is much more socially acceptable for teachers to be open out, so maybe one could get away with it.

I will link to this by the morning.

2009-06-30T19:21:16.310-05:00

I will link to this by the morning.

I love you so much for this. Wow. My blog readi...

2009-06-30T18:52:21.428-05:00

I love you so much for this.

Wow.

My blog reading has been for shit lately, just no time. I wonder if I can or if I should keep at it... Then I start some hit or miss reading tonight and make it here.

It is like winning the blog lottery.

This is brilliant, touching and so important.

It is so good that you are a teacher.