UN Kid’s Book Fair Promotes Polyamory/Surrogacy

By | 2026

UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (C-Fam) A children’s book fair is on display at UN headquarters in New York this week, and several of the books promote gender ideology, normalize polyamory and surrogacy, and instill a sense of panic about climate-related catastrophe.

Organized by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, United Nations Publications, and supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the “Turning the Page on Change” exhibit features over 170 books meant to “foster awareness, empathy, and meaningful action” towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

​Lorenzo Gasparri says his book, I Ragazzi Possono Essere Feministi?/ Can Boys Be Feminists, is meant to be used as a tool to build “sensible ideas” and “throw away the ones that hurt you.”

The book says gender refers “to everything that is related, on a practical and symbolic level, to our being male, female, transgender, non-binary” and says it has “more to do with cultural rather than genetic factors.”

​The book also promotes the idea that when it comes to sexual orientation, there are “an infinite number of possible combinations,” and lists polyamory as one example of an orientation one could have.

​“Not everyone is born with the same mold or with crystal clear ideas about their sexuality. It’s normal to ask questions and figure things out as you grow older,” the book explains.

​The book also mentions that “according to various studies, there are more biological differences among women than between women and men as categories of people.” It suggests that the psychological differences between men and women have more to do with upbringing, and such differences could be eliminated if boys and girls were raised in the same manner.

The book explains to young men that they can still express their thoughts about “abortion, the taboo of menstruation, the value of virginity, etc,” but that a committed feminist ally on those topics is someone “who supports committed friends” but “doesn’t make decisions.”

​Meant as an “exploration of what a family is,” The Family Tree, by Sean Dixon, includes passages that promote controversial topics like IVF and surrogacy and their use for single people. One of the characters asks, “What if you’re by yourself and you really want a baby?”

A child born of IVF and surrogacy says, “My mom is the strong climbing vine, and everyone else that helped- like a father or something – they’re part of the root system. It’s underground, so I can’t see it, but I know it’s there.”

​During a different exchange around the dinner table, someone asks, “Who is Ellen?” while the child replied, “Ellen carried me […] She is my Sure-Is-Great.”

“Surrogate, buddy,” his uncle corrects him.

“And Auntie Mika is my sister,” said Uncle Ben. “She donated the egg for Leo.”

In Someone Just Like Me, the illustrations feature young boys wearing tutus and makeup, while other books, such as La Crisi Climatica Esiste, instill alarmism about climate catastrophe and depict children running around naked as a form of protest.

Several other titles include nude depictions of both children and adults.

The books were selected by Bologna Children’s Book Fair from a larger pool of submissions for the BolognaRagazzi Award competition and are expected to remain at the UN Headquarters until  March 13th.

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