48. All Your Children's Books Are Belong To Us (Gays), Part 2

Welcome back to History is Gay, with part 2 of our three-part
exploration of classic queer children's literature authors, with
guest host Aubree Calvin! In this second installment, we give
more background on the history of queer children's literature and
dive a bit deeper into our favorite Queer Kid Lit fairy
grandmother Ursula Nordstrom before moving into our main coverage
focusing on two additional authors, beloved James Marshall,
author of George and Martha and the Miss Nelson series, as
well as the iconically curmudgeonly Maurice Sendak, known
best for Where the Wild Things Are. 


Part three will be coming your way soon with even more queer
children's authors to explore :)


Outline
0:00 – Introduction
9:35 – Socio-Historical Context: Timeline of Overt LGBTQ Rep in
Children's Books
17:42 – Socio-Historical Context: Fear of the Queer Child
17:42 – 23:22 – CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of bigoted
association of homosexuality with child sexual abuse
23:22 – More about Ursula Nordstorm: our queer kid lit fairy
gaymother
29:27 – Who Were They? Bio Time: James Marshall
45:08 – Who Were They? Bio Time: Maurice Sendak
56:05 – Why do we think they're gay?
1:14:14 – Closing and Where to Find us Online


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