Raymond Helkio takes The Great Meeting Room to the UN in NYC
November 2011
The Great Meeting Room is free to view online. Read, share, love: The Great Meeting Room

Interview with Raymond Helkio by Shaun Proulx of the GayGuideNetwork
November 2011
“I wanted to do something where the characters could be gay… and that’s not the issue,” says Raymond Helkio,
author of the children’s book The Great Meeting Room. The idea that children aren’t born homophobic isn’t new
to most of us, but it is new in a world where cultural offerings featuring gay people remain seen as noteworthy.
Helkio takes it to a new level with his splendid, nuanced, and gorgeous book, discussing creating a story that
would resonate with kids before homophobia does with GayGuideNetwork publisher Shaun Proulx: