Project info
- Developer Amy Conlon
- Showcase year 2021
- Programme Computer Arts
I am writing, illustrating and editing a picture book aimed at young-to-pre-teen children with the goal of representing gay men in children鈥檚 media. I want to do this in a harmless, positive and entertaining way by using drag, a massive part of gay culture and history, as a primary storytelling tool.
The story follows Dopie, a cat who was adopted by a drag queen, as she tries to set up her 鈥渄ad鈥 with her 鈥渕um鈥 鈥 not knowing they鈥檙e the same person. She鈥檚 on a tight schedule; dad鈥檚 new friend Ron is getting a bit too comfortable, and mum is around less and less because of it. Dopie recounts her efforts as a collection of diary entries and thoughts about the perfect family she believes they could be.
I noticed an absence of my LGBT brothers in all-ages media, and want to work towards fixing that.
鈥淓xamining the Representation of LGBT Men in All-Ages Media鈥 is a 2021 Digital Graduate Show project by聽Amy Conlon, a Computer Arts student at Abertay University.