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| Gay Teachings in Sydney Childcare Center |
The Tillman Park Childcare Center in Sydney, Australia has been under intense
scrutiny lately due to their open policy on reading gay and lesbian stories to their
preschoolers.
The readings come from the Learn To Include series of books that involve stories of
gay and lesbian people and their families. The four books are narrated by a young
girl with two mothers.
Family groups rebuked the teachings and demanded that Mal Brough, Federal
Family and Community Services Minister, cut taxpayer subsidies to the center. Mr.
Brough told The Daily Telegraph, "At that age children should be finger-painting and
having fun, not learning about social behavior which many parents regard as way
beyond their years.” He went on to call the anti-discriminatory curriculum “ridiculous.”
More by Jennifer Medvin
scrutiny lately due to their open policy on reading gay and lesbian stories to their
preschoolers.
The readings come from the Learn To Include series of books that involve stories of
gay and lesbian people and their families. The four books are narrated by a young
girl with two mothers.
Family groups rebuked the teachings and demanded that Mal Brough, Federal
Family and Community Services Minister, cut taxpayer subsidies to the center. Mr.
Brough told The Daily Telegraph, "At that age children should be finger-painting and
having fun, not learning about social behavior which many parents regard as way
beyond their years.” He went on to call the anti-discriminatory curriculum “ridiculous.”
More by Jennifer Medvin
| When Lesbian Writers Go BAD |
Since 2004, Bella After Dark (BAD), an imprint of Bella Books, has quickly developed
a stellar list of erotica, with titles such as Back to Basic: A Butch/Femme Anthology,
The Call of the Dark (both edited by Therese Szymanski), The Perfect Valentine
(edited by Therese Szymanski and Barbara Johnson) and the New Exploit series of
themed novella collections including Once Upon a Dyke and Bell, Book, and Dyke by
Karin Kallmaker, Therese Szymanski, Barbara Johnson and Julia Watts. But the
brave and seemingly successful imprint almost never was.
More by Joy Parks
a stellar list of erotica, with titles such as Back to Basic: A Butch/Femme Anthology,
The Call of the Dark (both edited by Therese Szymanski), The Perfect Valentine
(edited by Therese Szymanski and Barbara Johnson) and the New Exploit series of
themed novella collections including Once Upon a Dyke and Bell, Book, and Dyke by
Karin Kallmaker, Therese Szymanski, Barbara Johnson and Julia Watts. But the
brave and seemingly successful imprint almost never was.
More by Joy Parks
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