Perez Hilton's children's book The
Boy with Pink Hair has been labeled gay propaganda by social
conservatives.
In The Boy with Pink Hair, a
little boy is excluded because he was born with pink hair.
In a press release for the book,
Hilton, who is openly gay, noted that the “story is about every kid
that's ever had a dream, felt excluded, wanted to belong, and hoped
that one day they could do what they loved and make a difference.”
The book riled Erin R. Brown of the
socially conservative group Culture and Media Institute (CMI), who
claimed in a blog
post that the book's first line – “He was born that way –
the Boy with Pink Hair” – is a reference to the “cultural
battle over homosexuality.”
“Gay rights activists use the exact
phrase 'born that way' when defending homosexuality,” Brown wrote.
“Not surprisingly, Lady Gaga, whose recent chart-topping gay anthem
was titled Born This Way, reviewed the book, praising it as
'beautiful … a journey of self-acceptance,' a phrase which appears
on the book's back cover.”
“It's a happy-go-lucky story with a
nice ending, and it's effective gay propaganda, attempting to make
kids pre-disposed to embrace homosexuality before they can understand
what it is, or even know it exists.”
“An adult conversation about
sexuality has no place in an innocent 'children's' book,” Brown
added, “but Hilton sees no qualms with it.”