Michigan Elementary School Bans Capta Unrpants over Gay Character – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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• ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
• CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!
• THE LATT ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK HAS A GAY CHARACTER – SO THIS SCHOOL BANNED ITTHE SUPERTENNT OF THE SCHOOL SAYS HE BACKS THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY RAE PAOLETTAOCTOBER 28, 2015/11:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY RAE PAOLETTAOCTOBER 28, 2015 / 11:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE LATT ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK HAS A GAY CHARACTER – SO THIS SCHOOL BANNED IT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-28T15:30:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-28T15:30:42.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"RAE PAOLETTA","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANY OF , THE "CAPTA UNRPANTS" SERI IS A SACRED TEXT THE LIBRARY OF OUR CHILDHOODS. BUT RECENTLY, THE LATT BOOK THE SERI HAS GOTTEN SOME PHBACK OM THE MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MICHIGAN, BEE FEATUR A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WXYZ REPORTS THAT "'CAPTA UNRPANTS AND THE SENSATNAL SAG OF SIR STKS-A-LOT' IS THE 12TH NOVEL THOR DAV PILKEY’S SERI," AND THAT PILKEY, "RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT A MA CHARACTER THE BOOK IS GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. BARRY MART, SUPERTENNT OF MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TOLD WXYZ THAT THE SCHOOL'S PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATN (PTO) CID TO BAN THE BOOK OM THE UPG BOOK FAIR AT ARBORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. "SCHOLASTIC NOTIFIED AND THE SCHOOL THAT THERE WAS A BOOK THAT MAY BE A LTLE NTROVERSIAL," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, 'S REVEALED THAT HAROLD, ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS, HAS A HBAND WHEN HE GETS OLR. IT WAS LD BY FANS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE OTHER "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE FAIR, THIS ONE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ONLE. "MOST OF THE KIDS E AND THEY BUY BOOKS AND THE PARENTS AREN’T PART OF THE SELECTN," SAID MART. "IN THIS SE, WE FELT WAS NECSARY THAT IF THIS BOOK WAS GOG TO BE PURCHASED, THE PARENT NEED TO BE VOLVED THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME ONLE HAVE FEND THE BOOK THE WAKE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART ADD THAT HE "SUPPORT[ED] THE CISN OF THE PARENT GROUP AND THE [ARBORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL] PRCIPAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE 10/28: IN A STATEMENT TO MTV NEWS, DR. BARRY MART SAID, "ROUGHLY 90 PERCENT OR MORE OF BOOK PURCHAS MA AT THE POPULAR BOOK SALE ARE MA BY STUNTS WHO GO TO THE SALE WH THEIR CLASSROOM AND TEACHER. WE FELT WAS PNT THAT PARENTS SHOULD CI IF THIS PARTICULAR STALLMENT WAS SUABLE FOR THEIR CHILD. AS OF TODAY (OCT. 28) NO PARENTS HAVE EXPRSED ANY NCERNS ABOUT THE BOOK’S AVAILABILY AND NO PUBLIC MENTS WERE RECEIVED AT LAST NIGHT’S (OCT. 27) SCHOOL BOARD MEETG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER
• MICHIGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANS CAPTA UNRPANTS OVER GAY CHARACTER
• ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED FROM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER
• ELEMENTARY PARENTS NOTIFIED OF GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN'S BOOK
• ‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK WH GAY CHARACTER BOOTED FROM GRA SCHOOL BOOK FAIR

‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED OM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER

A Michigan elementary school has banned the latt “Capta Unrpants” novel om s book fair bee one of the ma characters is gay, acrdg to a report by WXYZ Detro. Steven Frank at NewNowNext, who first highlighted Harold’s outg, lled a “big (stky) step forward for kid’s l”, sayg that “Harold, as an adult, is matter-of-factly prented as gay whout mentary, ” which is “credibly rare and rehg” children’s book publishg. While the majory of rears on Amazon weled the new novel, others ma ments cludg: “A heads up on the homosexualy ntaed this book would have been nice.

”When JK Rowlg revealed 2007 that her character, the wizard Dumbledore, was gay, prompted worldwi uproar. In March, the thor rpond to a fan askg “I wonr why you said that Dumbledore is a gay bee I n’t see him that way? ” wh the tweet: “Maybe bee gay people jt look like...

And as thor and illtrator Dav Pilkey quietly reveals, Harold is a gay character. But recently, the latt book the seri has gotten some phback om the Monroe Public School District Michigan, bee featur a gay reports that "'Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Sag of Sir Stks-A-Lot' is the 12th novel thor Dav Pilkey’s seri, " and that Pilkey, "recently announced that a ma character the book is gay. And now one school is tryg to ban thor recently announced that the ma character his newt book the seri, Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Sag of Sir Stks-A-Lot, is gay.

CAPTA UNRPANTS CREATOR QUIETLY REVEALS ONE OF HIS MA CHARACTERS IS GAY—GET THE DETAILS!

But one school Michigan thks the gay character is "ntroversial, " pullg the book om s recent book fair.

Not sure when beg gay beme ntroversial. A Michigan school whose motto proudly clar “Preparg Stunts for the Changg World” has acted otherwise wh the ban of the newt Capta Unrpants novel om their recent book fair for s alln to a gay character.

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BUT RECENTLY, THE LATT BOOK THE SERI HAS GOTTEN SOME PHBACK OM THE MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MICHIGAN, BEE FEATUR A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WXYZ REPORTS THAT "'CAPTA UNRPANTS AND THE SENSATNAL SAG OF SIR STKS-A-LOT' IS THE 12TH NOVEL THOR DAV PILKEY’S SERI," AND THAT PILKEY, "RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT A MA CHARACTER THE BOOK IS GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. BARRY MART, SUPERTENNT OF MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TOLD WXYZ THAT THE SCHOOL'S PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATN (PTO) CID TO BAN THE BOOK OM THE UPG BOOK FAIR AT ARBORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. "SCHOLASTIC NOTIFIED AND THE SCHOOL THAT THERE WAS A BOOK THAT MAY BE A LTLE NTROVERSIAL," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BOOK, 'S REVEALED THAT HAROLD, ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS, HAS A HBAND WHEN HE GETS OLR. 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The Arborwood Elementary School parent-teacher anizatn cid to ban Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot when they were notified that the book ntaed a gay character — a fact that is only unvered at the end of the book, when is noted that Harold, one of the seri’ protagonists, grows up to be an artist livg wh his domtic partner Billy. Des of fightg for ADF clnUntil 1992, openly gay people were banned om servg the Chief Petty Officer Ana van r Meer was threatened wh dismissal for beg a lbian relatnship, she took her se to the Atralian Human Rights led to then-prime mister Pl Keatg liftg the ban on people same-sex relatnships servg fence forc.

A Michigan elementary school has banned the latt "Capta Unrpants" novel om s book fair bee one of the ma characters is gay, acrdg to a report by WXYZ Detro. Some have viewed Parr as a queer in, but there is no evince that she was gay.

Harold Hutchs is a gay character om Capta Unrpants.

THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER

It's nfirmed that Harold Hutchs is gay the book Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Saga of Sir Stks-A-Lot. An elementary school small-town southeastern Michigan has banned “Capta Unrpants and the Sensatnal Sag of Sir Stks-A-Lot” om s upg book fair this year bee a ma character ends up beg gay.

Harold is gay.

Mart said the cisn not to sell the Capta Unrpants book that reveals a gay character was ma by the school’s parent-teacher anizatn and Arborwood’s prcipal.

MICHIGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANS CAPTA UNRPANTS OVER GAY CHARACTER

‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BANNED FROM SCHOOL BOOK FAIR OVER GAY CHARACTER

ELEMENTARY PARENTS NOTIFIED OF GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN'S BOOK

‘CAPTA UNRPANTS’ BOOK WH GAY CHARACTER BOOTED FROM GRA SCHOOL BOOK FAIR