You Can't Read That! Banned Book Review: This Book Is Gay

Contents:

• DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ AUTHOR SAYS AMERI’S TEENS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HER BOOK
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' PROVIS PREHENSIVE, AND CLIVE, SEXUAL TN
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• THIS BOOK IS GAYNONFICTN | BOOK | YA | PUBLISHED 2014A MORN ALTERNATIVE TO SPARKNOT AND CLIFFSNOT, SUPERSUMMARY OFFERS HIGH-QUALY STUDY GUIS THAT FEATURE TAILED CHAPTER SUMMARI AND ANALYSIS OF MAJOR THEM, CHARACTERS, QUOT, AND SAY TOPICS.DOWNLOAD PDFACCS FULL GUISTUDY GUISUMMARYBACKGROUNDCHAPTER SUMMARI & ANALYSINTRODUCTN-CHAPTER 3CHAPTERS 4-6CHAPTERS 7-9CHAPTER 10-BACK MATTERKEY FIGURTHEMINX OF TERMSIMPORTANT QUOTESSAY TOPICSSUMMARY AND STUDY GUI
• BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA
• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS IS GAY BOOKS
• MASSACHETTS SCHOOL DISTRICT PROMOT BOOK TELLG STUNTS HOW TO E GAY SEX APPS
• MOTHER FIL POLICE REPORT OVER “GAY” BOOK HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW

DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?

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.

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

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. 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?

'The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex'.

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

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.

" PkNews | Latt Lbian, Gay, Bi and Trans News | LGBTQ+ News, 30 Apr. This Book Is Gay.

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

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

‘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.

THIS BOOK IS GAYNONFICTN | BOOK | YA | PUBLISHED 2014A MORN ALTERNATIVE TO SPARKNOT AND CLIFFSNOT, SUPERSUMMARY OFFERS HIGH-QUALY STUDY GUIS THAT FEATURE TAILED CHAPTER SUMMARI AND ANALYSIS OF MAJOR THEM, CHARACTERS, QUOT, AND SAY TOPICS.DOWNLOAD PDFACCS FULL GUISTUDY GUISUMMARYBACKGROUNDCHAPTER SUMMARI & ANALYSINTRODUCTN-CHAPTER 3CHAPTERS 4-6CHAPTERS 7-9CHAPTER 10-BACK MATTERKEY FIGURTHEMINX OF TERMSIMPORTANT QUOTESSAY TOPICSSUMMARY AND STUDY GUI

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.

BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY

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. 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.

In your ey, why is so important that more books like This Book Is Gay exist and are available to teens growg up?

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA

Most recently, ‘This Book Is Gay’ went unr a formal review as part of vtigatns to bomb threats sent to several public schools. The notoriety of This Book is Gay has only creased. “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.

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

” 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.

THIS IS GAY BOOKS

Conversely, the nversatn surroundg “This Book is Gay” is about the necsy for prehensive and, most importantly, 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.

“This Book is Gay” is for those young adults already grapplg wh their sexualy and inty. By prohibg accs to valuable rourc like “This Book is Gay, ” we are leavg already vulnerable LGBTQ+ young adults wh nowhere to turn.

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

OverviewThis Book Is Gay is a 2014 young adult self-help book wrten by Juno Dawson to help teenagers unrstand the world of LGBTQ+ inti. This Book Is Gay also addrs parents and cisgenr heterosexual teenagers wh LGBTQ+ iends and loved on, providg support wh a variety of rourc.

And serv as a pann piece to This Book Is Gay that explor genr inty.

Dawson humor This Book Is Gay to munite plex and stigmatized ias to people who don’t fully unrstand what means to be LGBTQ+. Content Warng: This Book Is Gay addrs the followg topics: anti-LGBTQ+ bias, anti-LGBTQ+ slurs, rape, suici, self-harm, dg e, and Book Is Gay is divid to an troductn, 12 chapters, and several sectns of back matter filled wh rourc. Dawson explas that some stereotyp are rooted a nugget of tth and create LGBTQ+ inti wh the larger muny (such as “twk” and “bear” inti among gay men).

MOTHER FIL POLICE REPORT OVER “GAY” BOOK HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

Chapter 9 (“The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex”) giv tailed advice on approachg LGBTQ+ sex, how to al wh other people’s bodi, and safe sex practic.

Chapter 12 (“A Gui to Regnizg your Gay Sats”) is a short, alphabetized chapter that lists famo LGBTQ+ people and LGBTQ+ clive media.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

Wright, her cisn now go to the school board, which will discs the book challenge at s Monday meetg agenda and vote on a cisn on Tallahassee mom who submted the challenge, Katie Lyons, said her dghter, then a send grar at a lol elementary school, brought home the children's book about Kg, a tennis legend who is gay — and also brought qutns to her mother about a page regardg Kg's sexual orientatn.

“It is important that be ma clear that this book was challenged not bee the book mentns Billie Jean Kg is gay, ” Lyons told the school board at a meetg last week.

Regardls of orientatn, homosexual or heterosexual, the topic of sexual orientatn is not age-appropriate or velopmentally-appropriate for elementary stunts. "I object to material that discs beg gay and what means to be gay, " wrote page drawg the challenge reads: "Around this time, I realized I was gay. Beg gay means that if you're a girl, you love and have romantic feelgs for other girls — and if you're a boy, you love and have romantic feelgs for other boys.

THIS BOOK IS GAY

"Lyons matas the book is ntrary to state law, largely cg the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics, which prohibs stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty book challenge law:Florida schools stggle to apply new book law which even Shakpeare is 'spect'Why 's beg challenged:Tallahassee mom mak se that 'I am Billie Jean Kg' book 'g' on parents' rightsWright, her July 10 remendatn, unters that the book isn’t ed as “stctn” and poted to a clarifitn the Florida Department of Edutn issued statg that "cintal referenc" books to LGBTQ people are not also said a new law, HB 1069, directed each school district to adopt procs allowg parents to lim their child’s accs to library material. "The excln of one of the profil jt bee of the intifitn of the ma subject as homosexual is not the tentn of any law or statute passed by the Florida Legislature, " Syett Lyons said the parental book review procs is not enough to screen qutnable materials accsible to their stunts.

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.

THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAM DAWSON - REVIEW

” 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.

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.