tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post2713510213350460147..comments2024-03-26T16:48:47.411-07:00Comments on Stories are Good Medicine: The Kids are All Right?: Getting Beyond the "My Two Moms" NarrativeSayantanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-61791563548318051432011-04-05T11:10:01.871-07:002011-04-05T11:10:01.871-07:00Oh, yea, you are right, Kari.... but yes, it is ha...Oh, yea, you are right, Kari.... but yes, it is hard. Everything seems either a picture book "heather has two mommies" or a YA about the kids' sexuality. Where's the "The Kids Are All Right" MG equivalent?Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-67871030057027784442011-04-05T10:41:10.237-07:002011-04-05T10:41:10.237-07:00I'm pretty sure Ely has two moms....one of who...I'm pretty sure Ely has two moms....one of whom runs off with Naomi's dad? Am I not remembering that right?? Anyway...you are very right -- hard to come up with examples!Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-33652871550472692542011-04-05T06:07:33.327-07:002011-04-05T06:07:33.327-07:00Thanks Satia and Kari - it's hard, right? And ...Thanks Satia and Kari - it's hard, right? And I, Kari, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List is about kids who are gay -- I was trying to think of books (probably for the younger crowd) in which parents just happen to be lesbian/gay...Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-14767216063410764332011-04-05T05:46:00.579-07:002011-04-05T05:46:00.579-07:00I think Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List is one ex...I think Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List is one example, although it is by the ever-fabulous David Levithan, whom you already mentioned. <br /><br />Also...although it isn't spelled out that they are gay specifically (which is sort of your point, I think), in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness includes a pair of men who adopt the main character and raise him as their son. <br /><br />Other than those...I can't think of another example off the top of my head. Maybe we should write one. :)Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-40667094524725321412011-04-05T04:32:19.794-07:002011-04-05T04:32:19.794-07:00Oh, I'm definitely going to have to ponder thi...Oh, I'm definitely going to have to ponder this one. I think most of the books that immediately came to mind don't qualify as MG/YA. (<i>Fried Green Tomatoes</i> immediately but . . .)<br /><br />I recently watched, for the first time, <i>My So-Called Life</i> and really appreciated the incorporation of a character struggling with sexual identity. The fact that he was also hispanic added to my appreciation. Not a brilliant show but a very good one and more forward thinking than I would have expected.<br /><br />I'm sure there is a book or two out there that I've read that is not immediately coming to mind. I'll have to get back to you on this one.Satiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227625739706115993noreply@blogger.com