Hillsborough vote bans 'This Book is Gay' om unty middle schools | WUSF Public Media

Contents:

• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO BAN 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM ALL UNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BANS ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’
• FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO REMOVE ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT 4-3 TO REMOVE 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' REMOVED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BOARD

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

TAMPA — “This Book Is Gay, ” a nonfictn book that offers guidance to LGBTQ+ youth, will no longer be available at any Hillsborough County middle a 4-3 vote Tuday, the school board cid to ban the tle as appropriate for children as young as 11.

Audience members listen as the Hillsborough County School Board hears arguments Tuday for and agast makg the book "This Book is Gay" available at district middle schools.

DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?

Speakg to the board, she strsed that she was not attemptg to mount a polil battle, but rather to get the book out of the hands of middle school and district mte found that materials like “This Book Is Gay” don’t troduce stunts to the ncept, but serve as a nonfictn alternative to classmat and the ter that n clarify sometim dangero nearly filled the boardroom to discs the book and whether to take away om schools. This book is a way for gay kids to see that.

“If ‘This Book Is Gay’ vlat (state law), so do the Bible, ” Perez said, urgg the board to ensure that tn of children be enuraged the board to uphold the district review and evaluatn procs that has been place for years and adher to state law, and to keep md the needs of all children. The Florida Standard reported that Pierce Middle School offered "a book promotg gay sex – cludg stctns on how to e 'hookup apps. "This Book Is Gay, " a book wh sectns that teach and advise kids about anal sex, oral sex, and hookup apps, is available to be checked out by stunts at Pierce Middle School Tampa, Florida.

1, 2022, rears asked whether a book teachg about gay sex was available on the shelv of a public middle school library Tampa, Florida. As of the wrg of this story, we n report was te that thor Juno Dawson's book, "This Book Is Gay, " was available on the shelv of the Pierce Middle School library Tampa. One of the chapters that appeared to receive the most attentn the reportg om The Florida Standard and om social media ers was tled, "Chapter 9: The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex.

THIS BOOK IS GAY

The fact that they didn't also teach you what same-sex upl do is nothg ls than stutnalized homophobia.

Is there somethg icky about gay sex?

HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO BAN 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM ALL UNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

'The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex'.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BANS ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’

We verified that all of the pag did e om Dawson's book, "This Book Is Gay. Acrdg to onle library data for the Florida school district, we were able to nfirm that two pi of "This Book Is Gay" were ed part of Pierce Middle School's library selectn. "This Book Is Gay" showed up three lol schools, cludg Pierce Middle.

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FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO REMOVE ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI

This Book Is Gay.

"Book on Hookup Apps, Gay Sex Available Tampa Middle School Library.

Gay. This book is for 's a long-nng joke that, after "g out, " a lbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership rd and stctn manual. You're you'll fd the answers to all the qutns you ever wanted to ask, wh topics like:Stereotyp — the facts and fictnComg out as LGBTWhere to meet people like youThe s and outs of gay sexStereotyp — the facts and fictnHow to flirtAnd so much more!

HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT 4-3 TO REMOVE 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI

And so do this book is for:Anyone wh qutnsParents of gay kids and other LGBT youthEdutors lookg for advice about the LGBTQIA+ munyPraise for This Book is Gay:A Guardian Bt Book of the Year2018 Garn State Teen Book Award Wner"The book every LGBT person would have killed for as a teenager, told the voice of a wise bt iend.

A special school board meetg was lled Tuday Hillsborough County to discs “This Book Is Gay” by Juno Dawson. Only one high school the unty has the book earlier mte cid "This Book Is Gay" uld stay on the shelv at Pierce after reviewg plats brought by two parents, neher of whom have children attendg Tuday, over 50 people, cludg elementary and high school stunts, spoke durg an pecially ntent public ment ssn. “This is not polil, homophobic or book banng.

" Dpe some nfn among board members whether they were votg to remove "This Book is Gay" om all Hillsborough County middle schools or jt Pierce, the board ultimately voted 4-3 to take out of all middle schools. A non-fictn book offerg guidance to LGBTQ+ kids lled “This Book Is Gay” is beg pulled om Hillsborough County middle schools after the unty’s school board voted 4-3 Tuday to ban the book. The school board of Hillsborough County, Florida, voted Tuday to remove pi of “This Book Is Gay” om middle school librari.

'THIS BOOK IS GAY' REMOVED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BOARD

Parents plaed at a meetg Tuday about the prence middle school librari of “This Book Is Gay” by Juno Dawson, a sexually-explic nonfictn book that discs different sexuali, stereotyp and sexual activi, acrdg to a transcript of the Hillsborough County Board Meetg. More than 60 people spoke Tuday morng durg the public ments portn of a Hillsborough County School Board special hearg regardg the removal of the book "This Book Is Gay. "This Book is Gay" is the first text to go before the Hillsborough County School Board for approval.

Only a handful have so far been support of “This Book is Gay” durg the public ment perd.

'This Book is Gay' has bee a ntroversial tle at Pierce Middle Tampa. TAMPA, FL - The Hillsborough County LGBTQ+ Democratic Cc nounc the 4-3 vote by the Hillsborough County School Board removg the book “This Book Is Gay” om all middle school librari, even after two Commte voted nearly unanimoly to keep the book on the shelf. We learned that the plat about “This Book is Gay'' was ma by 2 dividuals who have zero ti to Pierce Middle School, and live nowhere near , which leads to the ncln that there was a search of the library talog to target our muny, givg anti-LGBTQ+ forc a platform to attack our muny for 90 ms.