Wisns middle school featur 'This Book is Gay' library, stirrg onle outrage | WLUK

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• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY DRAMAS/MOVI

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

By wrg this story, I have grown so much my knowledge of same-sex relatnships and what the gay muny still battl today as far as stigma.

And then on the flip of that, I liked that Jse was harr to tell that he was so here aga Raa nf me but imprs me too bee here is a gay character who acts jt like every other guy and that is important for – and for children to see. Nearly 600 books spanng a variety of genr and readg levels were the target of censorship attempts at librari, schools and universi last year, and 8 out of the 10 that ma the Amerin Library Associatn’s “Most Challenged Books” of 2019 list shared a mon nomator: LGBTQ latt rankg marks the fourth nsecutive year that books wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer storyl posed at least half of the list, which is clud the associatn's annual “State of Ameri’s Librari” report. "This year marked the first time Daniel Haack’s “Prce & Knight, ” a children’s book that featur a gay fairytale weddg, appeared on the list.

All three books feature gay or transgenr characters and have been among the top 10 most-challenged books sce argug for the removal of the books om school and library shelv, challengers claimed that schools and librari should not “put books a child’s hand that require discsn” and exprsed ncerns that such books are “signed to pollute the morals of s rears” and are “a liberate attempt to doctrate young children. Though the Amerin Library Associatn says they were targeted for “vulgary and sexual unrton” and pictns of wchcraft, rpectively, both also feature gay characters. The narrator of Sang Young Park’s btsellg novel Love the Big Cy is a young gay man livg an unfulfilled life Seoul (pictured), South Korea.

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The narrator of Sang Young Park’s Love the Cy is a gay man Seoul unhappy wh his life of sual affairs and seekg a ser relatnship.

Published: 4:15pm, 1 Jan, 2022 Updated: 4:15pm, 1 Jan, 2022 The narrator of Sang Young Park’s btsellg novel Love the Big Cy is a young gay man livg an unfulfilled life Seoul (pictured), South Korea. The Sixth Commandment9pm, BBC OneTimothy Spall stars this dark drama by Sarah Phelps based on the horrifyg real-life se of Peter Farquhar, an elrly, eply closeted gay amic who was sced, exploed and eventually murred by too-good-to-be-te stunt Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke).

Image source, Tham Valley PoliceImage ptn, Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were both sgle and vulnerableBoth Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were relig, sgle and whout Farquhar retired as Stowe School's head of English 2004 and was ved to be a gut lecturer at the Universy of Buckgham, where he met stunt the urt se, the jury heard how Mr Farquhar had a wi circle of iends but he was lonely and, as a gay man, he stggled wh his sexualy, regardg as patible wh his Anglin fah.

If you're terted learng how the gay rights stggle started — and where we are now — this is the perfect place to start. Will Grayson 1 (wrten by John Green) has a "very big and very gay" bt iend, Ty Cooper, and while he's been there for Ty through every heartbreak he's endured, he's on the fence about their iendship. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky AlbertalliNow 20% Off16-year-old Simon's g out story is not too far om what a lot of LGBTQ teens experience.

And, while Leah's mom knows she's bisexual, she's havg trouble tellg her iends — cludg Simon, who is openly gay after the events of Simon vs. In high school I had two bt iends who were gay tw brothers and our relatnship pretty much mirrors what you see on the page, except I fictnalized and ma for a young dience. I was also able to vis schools when I was tourg for the book and see that there are amazg gay-straight allianc at middle schools now and that kids are gay and they are out and they are open.