ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did passages ofHeatherwind up being included in the Congressional Record in 1994?

It was the opposite of what I was doing.

What made you incorporate that?

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steven Senne/AP/Shutterstock (6100558d) Leslea Newman Author Leslea Newman, of Holyoke, Mass., displays a copy of her book “Heather Has Two Mommies,” in Holyoke. Newman, who wrote the original version of “Heather Has Two Mommies,” 25 years ago, about a little girl named Heather and her two happy mommies, has updated the book with fresh illustrations from a new artist Heather Has Two Mommies, Holyoke, USA

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A lot of people hadnt even read the book.

It was just the title.

Thats all that was needed for people to really lose it.

Heather Has Two Mommies Lesléa Newman CR: Candlewick Press

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I remember people blew up the cover on huge placards and carried them around.

Like my mother used to say, This is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Did you initiate that?

You know what Heather has are two loving parents.

What would you tell someone who thought that these books are only for LGBTQ families?

As the trailblazer, herself, how does this make you feel?

There definitely needs to be more, always needs to be more.