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When Megan Went Away

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 26, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)



When Megan Went Away is a 1979 children's picture book written by Jane Severance and illustrated by Tea Schook. It is the first picture book to include any LGBT characters, and specifically the first to feature lesbian characters. The book, published by American independent press Lollipop Power, depicts a child dealing with the separation of her mother and her mother's partner, Megan. As a lesbian working in a feminist bookstore in Denver in her early twenties, Severance sought to rectify the lack of picture book content for children with lesbian parents in her community. When Megan Went Away was not widely distributed upon publication although the text of the story was republished by the magazine Ms. in 1986 under a pen name. The work proved divisive among critics, some praising the story for being an anti-sexist example of lesbian life and others finding its depiction of same-sex separation poorly timed, arriving at a moment when lesbian motherhood was on the rise.
 * Most recent similar article(s): maybe It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School, March 29, 2022? That's a video/documentary, and it otherwise appears that picturebooks appear on TFA extremely rarely
 * Main editors:
 * Promoted: January 26, 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: April 26 is Lesbian Visibility Day
 * Support as nominator. —&#8288;Collint c 18:14, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Vida0007 (talk) 18:58, 4 March 2023 (UTC)