Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

 

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Fun Home
dc.creator	Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
dc.subject	Lesbian and gay experience; Lesbian college students; Suicide; Families; Gay fathers; Memoirs and biographies.	LCSH
dc.description	Fun Home, subtitled A Family Tragicomic, is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American writer Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.
dc.publisher	Houghton Mifflin
dc.date	06-08-2006	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text and Image	DCMIType
dc.format	Hardcover; 232 pages; 6 x 0.7 x 9 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN: 978-0618871711
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Fun-Home-Tragicomic-Alison-Bechdel/dp/0618871713
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel; originally published by Houghton Mifflin; Boston: June 8, 2006.
dc.rights	Alison Bechdel

Bechdel’s book portrays intimate relationships between lesbian and gay characters. Students and patrons of libraries have objected to the book, calling it “pornography” for its depictions of sexuality.

http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1172698.html

Howl, and other poems by Allen Ginsberg

 

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Howl, and other poems
dc.creator	Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
dc.subject	Political poetry, American; Beat generation–Poetry; Homosexuality	LCSH
dc.description	“Howl” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems, and dedicated to Carl Solomon. Poems include: Howl — Footnote To Howl — A Supermarket in California — Transcription of Organ Music — Sunflower Sutra — America — In the Baggage Room at Greyhound ; Earlier Poems: An Asphodel — Song — Wild Orphan — In Back of the Real.
dc.publisher	City Lights Books
dc.date	1956	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 44 pages; 16 cm
dc.identifier	ISBN: 9780872860179
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Other-Poems-Lights-Pocket-Poets/dp/0872860175/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462205651&sr=1-1&keywords=howl+and+other+poems
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg; originally published by City Lights Books; San Francisco: 1956.
dc.rights	Allen Ginsberg

Ginsberg’s famous poems were criticized for their depiction of madness, sexuality, and political protest, among other reasons. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, of City Lights Books, was arrested and charged with publishing and selling obscene literature. He was found not guilty.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jun/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview21

 

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Heather Has Two Mommies
dc.creator	Newman, Leslea & Laura Cornell
dc.subject	Fiction – Children, Fiction – Family, Nontraditional, Fiction – Homosexuality, Fiction – Family, Fiction – Young Girl, Fiction – Childrens Books, Fiction – Mothers, Fiction – Gay & Lesbian
dc.description	Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn’t have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn’t matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because “the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love one another.”
dc.publisher	Candlewick, August 9, 2015
dc.contributor	Leslea Newman and Laura Cornell
dc.date	March 11, 2015
dc.type	Text &  Illustrations
dc.format	Paperback, 32 Pages
dc.identifier	978-0763690427	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Mommies-Leslea-Newman/dp/0763690422/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
dc.language	en-USA
dc.relation	Orginally published by Candlewick 1989
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved

The story opens with descriptions of Heather playing with toys in the tall grass behind her house. The child has two of many things including arms, legs, feet, and elbows. “Heather has two pets: a ginger-colored cat named Gingersnap and a big black dog named Midnight. Heather also has two mommies: Mama Jane and Mama Kate.” As Heather enters school for the first time she observes that many of the students in her classroom have unique families. To illustrate, Ms. Molly asks the children to draw pictures of their families. Each drawing displays the differences found within each household, yet as Heather’s teacher comments, “The most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love each other.”

The book has been challenged 42 times by legislators and parents wanting to remove it from local and school library shelves, says Kristin Pekoll, assistant director for the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.

Most challenges were because of homosexuality.

Descriptions retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/living/feat-heather-has-two-mommies-leslea-newman/

and

http://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Mommies-Leslea-Newman/dp/0763690422/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

dc.title	Drama
dc.creator	Telgemeier, Raina
dc.subject	Fiction – Graphic Novel, Fiction – Middle School, Fiction – Drama Club, Fiction – Homosexuality, Fiction – Bisexuality, Fiction – Girls, Teen, Fiction – Brothers
dc.description	Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school’s production of Moon over Mississippi, she can’t really sing. Instead she’s the set designer for the drama department’s stage crew, and this year she’s determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn’t know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!
dc.publisher	Graphix
dc.contributor	Raina Telgemeier
dc.date	July 29, 2014
dc.type	Text and Graphics
dc.format	Hardcover, 240 pages,  5.7 x 1 x 8.1 inches
dc.identifier	978-0545326988	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J417G2G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1
dc.language	en-USA
dc.relation	Drama by Raina Telgemeier Published by Graphix on July 29, 2014
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved

Callie loves the theater, even if she can’t sing well enough to perform in her beloved musicals. But when drama and romance—both onstage and off—cause problems, Callie finds that set design may be the easiest part of putting on a play. Telgemeier is prodigiously talented at telling cheerful stories with realistic portrayals of middle-school characters. Callie is likable, hardworking, and enthusiastic, but she is as confused about relationships and love as any young teen, and she flits from crush to crush in a believable fashion. Nonactors will love having a spotlight shine on the backstage action, but even those who shun the stage will identify with this roller-coaster ride through young teen emotions. In addressing issues such as homosexuality, Drama is more teen oriented than Telgemeier’s elementary-school-friendly Smile (2010). Her deceptively simple art may seem cartoonish, but it is grounded in a firm sense of style and washed in warm colors to give the story an open, welcoming feel. In this realistic and sympathetic story, feelings and thoughts leap off the page, revealing Telgemeier’s keen eye for young teen life.

Although most readers of all ages found Drama to be just as endearing and authentic as Telgemeier’s other books Smile and Sisters, a small but vocal minority have objected to the inclusion of two gay characters, one of whom shares a chaste on-stage kiss with another boy. Negative online reader reviews have accused Telgemeier of literally hiding an agenda inside brightly-colored, tween-friendly covers, but in an interview with TeenReadsshe said that while she and her editors at Scholastic were very careful to make the book age-appropriate, they never considered omitting the gay characters because “finding your identity, whether gay or straight, is a huge part of middle school.”

Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J417G2G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 &

Case Study: Drama. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund http://cbldf.org/banned-comic/banned-challenged-comics/case-study-drama/