‘This Book Is Gay’ is banned at Hillsborough County middle schools

Contents:

• BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY
• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY

Followg a protracted perd of attacks on This Book Is Gay ma durg public ments at Hillsborough County School District (FL) board meetgs, a formal requt for s rensiratn was submted on October 7. The Elmbrook School District (Brookfield, WI) spend accs to Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson via the school’s e-book app and the school librari followg a challenge om the Wisns Instute for Law and Liberty (WILL). I’m not askg you to have a straight Pri Month, I’m jt askg you not to have a gay Pri month.

” Some rints suggted mors should not have accs to any lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer/ qutng, tersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) books. Commissner Shelstad then asked each library board member to answer whether they thought This Book is Gay was appropriate for Campbell County youth.

” Between the Augt 12th meetg and the Augt 17th meetg, 22 forms for rensiratn had been filed agast the 12 tl – This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson, Trans Missn: My Qut to a Beard by Alex Bertie, The Babysters’ Coven by Kate Williams, Mic om Another World by Rob Talley, The V-Word: Te Stori About First-Time Sex by Amber Keyser, Quick & Easy Gui to Queer & Trans Inti by Mady G., Mary Wears What She Wants by Keh Negley, Meena by Ine Van Mol, My Body My Choice by Rob Stevenson, The Black Flamgo by Dean Atta, Heartstopper by Alice Oserman, and Jane Agast the World by Karen Blumenthal.

YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson was one of five LGBTQIA+ tl challenged by a parent at the North Hunterdon-Voorhe (NJ) Regnal High School District. Several Wasilla rints attacked the book at a cy uncil meetg sayg that “they didn’t want ‘gay books’ or books about gay people the library at all. ‘This Book Is Gay’ Author Says Ameri’s Teens Have Bigger Problems Than Her Book.

Juno Dawson didn’t want to wre This Book Is Gay. First published 2014, Dawson’s how-to about gay relatnships has bee a staple for sex ed class.

Acrdg to Vanrbilt Universy, 2022, This Book Is Gay beme the nth most-banned book Ameri. In light of the recent rise book banngs, Rollg Stone spoke wh Dawson about why her 2014 book remas such a hot topic, why she thks This Book Is Gay is necsary, and how she thks policians uld really help keep Ameri’s kids safe.

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK

How do you thk sex tn and available rmatn have changed sce you wrote ‘This Book Is Gay?

But as a queer teenager, I jt wish there had been somethg like This Book Is Gay. We’re all very clear This Book is Gay is not for children.

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

In a lot of your ments about This Book Is Gay, you’ve phed back agast the ia that the manual is a danger to young adults.