![]() This kind of an act by a school, it can be devastating to a child in that condition," Richardson, who is also a psychiatrist, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "Our hearts go out to the kids in Lake County who have two dads or have two moms or were adopted or are themselves becoming aware that they're gay or lesbian. Parnell and Richardson, a married couple and the book's co-authors, have teamed up with six Florida children, aged five to 12, and their parents to challenge the constitutionality of the ban - and the legislation that spurred it. ![]() It has been challenged repeatedly since it was published in 2005, and most recently was pulled from libraries in Florida's Lake County school district under the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" legislation. When Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson first published their beloved children's book about a real-life penguin family, they didn't think they'd still be fighting to keep it on shelves nearly two decades later.Īnd Tango Makes Threeis an award-winning illustrated book for kids aged four to eight that tells the true story of a male penguin couple at the Central Park Zoo who famously hatched an egg and raised a chick together. As It Happens 6:34 Couple behind kids' book about penguin dads challenge Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law
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