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
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN

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

”One of those books was Juno Dawson’s “This Book is Gay. ” It's a btsellg nonfictn book that's billed by s publisher as an entertag and rmative "stctn manual" for anyone g out as lbian, gay, bisexual or 2019, Sarah Bonner won a Natnal Council of Teachers of English award for "Outstandg Middle Level Edutor. “This Book is Gay, ” by Juno Dawson, starts wh a wele: “There’s a long-nng joke that, on ‘g out, ’ a young lbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership rd and stctn manual.

” And “This Book is Gay” reads as exactly that: a fact-based chapter is terspersed wh a ndid, first-person narrative llected om real parts humoro and rmative, this nonfictn young adult book is divid to sectns: inty, stereotyp, queer history, g out and relatnships — cludg sexual relatnships.

“The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, ” a chapter posned toward the end of the book, opens wh text outled to make you take notice, “This Chapter is about sex. “This Book is Gay” is equently near the top of the Amerin Library Associatn’s list of most banned of the books we feature on the “Velshi Banned Book Club” are lerature, cludg ntemporary works of poetry and graphic novels. Conversely, the nversatn surroundg “This Book is Gay” is about the necsy for prehensive and, most importantly, clive sexual tn.

'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN

As Dawson so saliently remds rears, the excln of same-sex upl the typil sex-ed class is nothg short of “stutnal homophobia. This is happeng all over the natn, state by urse, many of the arguments ma agast “This Book is Gay” center around antiquated views of genr exprsn and sexualy, but they’re also ma bad fah, cludg labelg this book as “appropriate.