Stuck Rubber Baby
Publisher
DC Comics
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781401227135
Pages
210 pages
Genre
historial
Format
graphic novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In the 1960s American South, a young gas station attendant named Toland Polk is rejected from the Army draft for admitting 'homosexual tendencies,' and falls in with a close-knit group of young locals yearning to break from the conformity of their hometown through civil rights activism, folk music, and gay-friendly nightclubs.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Family member death; Race discrimination; Gay/Lesbian; death of mother; death of a father; racism; prejudice; segregation; gay; gay adult
Main Character
adult male
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Rainbow List, 2011 Graphic Novels
Keywords
civil rights; friendships; relationships; pregnancy; Army; military draft; homophobia; activism
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cruse, Howard, "Stuck Rubber Baby" (2010). Diverse Families. 1716.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1716