Unique Value The LGBT community needs more representation in media; not just in adult media but in children’s media too. It also needs to go beyond representing just gay and lesbian people. While that is very important; bisexual, pansexual, trans people, and other orientations or gender identities go barely represented. While the situation is improving, there is still plenty of room to expand LGBT representation. Children are smart enough to understand what the LGBT community is and what each orientation and identity is. The definition of orientation and gender and how young people perceive it is very different than how older people perceive it. Children are more likely now to understand that boys can date other boys, girls can date other girls, or even that some people are boys, some people are girls, some are both a boy and a girl, 14 and some are neither. Sammy and Friends will bring awareness to another generation. Sammy and Friends does not have any direct competition, as LGBT media can cover a vast variety of topics within the community. However, there were still plenty of LGBT children’s books found and read during research. The most famous example is And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, with illustrations by Henry Cole. This book is based on a true story about two male penguins who raised and hatched an egg together. The little chick hatched from the egg was named Tango. Another book found during research was 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert and illustrated by Rex Ray.
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