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Georgia School District Canceled an Authors Talks After He Said Gay
An elementary school principal in Forsyth County emailed parents to apologize last week after Marc Tyler Nobleman used the word in a presentation about the origins of Batman.
Marc Tyler Nobleman in 2017. His book Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman champions the role the comic book writer Bill Finger played in the creation of the superhero. Credit Robamcnamy
By Anushka Patil
Aug. 29, 2023
The principal of a Georgia elementary school apologized to parents last week after a guest author who was discussing his research into a co-creator of Batman told a group of fifth graders that the co-creators son was gay.
The author, Marc Tyler Nobleman, said the principals of two other elementary schools in the district where he was speaking had asked him to stick to appropriate material and omit that detail of his research. When he refused, his remaining presentations were canceled.
Mr. Nobleman is the author of Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, a biography that champions the role the comic book writer Bill Finger played in the creation of the superhero, for which the cartoonist Bob Kane long received sole credit.
Mr. Nobleman was invited to the Forsyth County school district north of Atlanta last week to tell students how his research had helped reveal and win acknowledgment for Mr. Fingers contributions to the development of Batman, which included the characters instantly recognizable pointy-eared cowl and names like Bruce Wayne and Gotham City.
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An elementary school principal in Forsyth County emailed parents to apologize last week after Marc Tyler Nobleman used the word in a presentation about the origins of Batman.
Marc Tyler Nobleman in 2017. His book Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman champions the role the comic book writer Bill Finger played in the creation of the superhero. Credit Robamcnamy
By Anushka Patil
Aug. 29, 2023
The principal of a Georgia elementary school apologized to parents last week after a guest author who was discussing his research into a co-creator of Batman told a group of fifth graders that the co-creators son was gay.
The author, Marc Tyler Nobleman, said the principals of two other elementary schools in the district where he was speaking had asked him to stick to appropriate material and omit that detail of his research. When he refused, his remaining presentations were canceled.
Mr. Nobleman is the author of Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman, a biography that champions the role the comic book writer Bill Finger played in the creation of the superhero, for which the cartoonist Bob Kane long received sole credit.
Mr. Nobleman was invited to the Forsyth County school district north of Atlanta last week to tell students how his research had helped reveal and win acknowledgment for Mr. Fingers contributions to the development of Batman, which included the characters instantly recognizable pointy-eared cowl and names like Bruce Wayne and Gotham City.
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Georgia School District Canceled an Author's Talks After He Said 'Gay' (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2023
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madaboutharry
(41,377 posts)1. This hate needs to stop.
These republican bigots are harming children and creating a new generation of haters by targeting groups of people. It makes my heart hurt.
Omnipresent
(6,403 posts)2. Maybe it wasn't required to mention that the co author's son was gay.
Just like its really not required to say for example: while telling a story to someone, that My neibor, who happens to be black, which may also be inappropriate in a conversation.
Chi67
(1,103 posts)3. WTF?
This principle needs to apologize to the author! He did nothing wrong!