After phback, 'This Book is Gay' go before school board

Contents:

• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT 4-3 TO REMOVE 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO BAN 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM ALL UNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' REMOVED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BOARD
• FLORIDA BOARD BANS ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO REMOVE ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• MASSACHETTS SCHOOL DISTRICT PROMOT BOOK TELLG STUNTS HOW TO E GAY SEX APPS
• DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?
• AFTER 2 FAILED CHALLENG, HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD TO LE ON ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’

‘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. 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.

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

“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. 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.

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

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.

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

Pete, FLSafety Harbor, FLLutz, FLClearwater, FLFloridaTop Natnal NewsSee All CommuniTAMPA, FL — Overlg the cisn of two review mte, the Hillsborough County School Board voted to remove the book, "This Book is Gay, " om the middle school media centers, after parents filed a challenge to the book beg available at the Pierce Middle School library.

FLORIDA BOARD BANS ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ OM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI

"School board member Jsi Vghn agreed, notg the book even addrs abstence and warns rears agast certa behavrs such as lookg for partners on the gay datg app, Grdr. " She said the book, "This Book is Gay, " is too sexually explic and wouldn't be allowed the classroom, therefore, shouldn't be allowed the school library.

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

" Two stunts om Leto High School speakg at Tuday's meetg noted, however, that no one is beg forced to read "This Book is Gay. (WFLA) — The school board of Hillsborough County, Florida, held a special meetg on Tuday and voted to ban a book om all public middle schools the book, tled “This Book Is Gay”, explor a number of topics, cludg stereotyp and “g out.

MASSACHETTS SCHOOL DISTRICT PROMOT BOOK TELLG STUNTS HOW TO E GAY SEX APPS

“This Book Is Gay, ” wrten by Brish thor Juno Dawson, was first published 2015. The school board of Hillsborough County, Florida, voted Tuday to remove pi of “This Book Is Gay” om middle school librari.

DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?

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. Central Bucks School District says that will no longer stock "Genr Queer" and "This Book is Gay" s school librari, two of 65 books the board is reviewg for what lls "sexualized" board cid to keep three other tl reviewed along wh the two banned books.

I get to see what other people experience, " she school district explaed the ban a statement:"Book review mte were nvened to rensir five library books, cludg Beyond Magenta by San Kl, Genr Queer by Maia Kobabe, Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, Me, Earl and the Dyg Girl by Jse Andrews, and This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson.

AFTER 2 FAILED CHALLENG, HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD TO LE ON ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’

Commte termed that two of the books, Genr Queer and This Book is Gay, should not rema the library.