I bet most of the people flipping out about drag queens and kids have no idea that their favorite classic children’s books were written by queer people
Arnold Lobel, the author of Frog and Toad, came out to his family in the mid-70s
Maurice Sendak lived with his male partner for 50 years
Margaret Wise Brown was an iconic chaotic bisexual. The “personal life and death” section of her Wikipedia page is a wild ride, I’ve wanted to write a biopic screenplay about her for ~ages~
James Marshall was queer and died of AIDS
Tomie dePaola was gay and came out later in life. The NYT gave him a beautiful obituary after his death in 2020
(each name is accompanied by a picture of an iconic book by that author)
