Larry is a proper, rule-following llama. Larry has a secret, though: he loves to dance! “But llamas aren’t SUPPOSED to dance,” we learn, as Larry stops the music and pretends to sleep when someone comes by. Larry feels sad because “Being different was lonely.” Should he stop dancing? (Spoiler alert: no. He finally finds community and self-pride.) There are no overt LGBTQ identities in the story, but the analogy is clear.
Anthropomorphic animal protagonists and queer analogies can have their limitations (human LGBTQ characters often offer truer representation), but this is such a fun and humorous tale that it’s impossible not to like it.
