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

Contents:

• DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?
• ‘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
• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• AFTER 2 FAILED CHALLENG, HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD TO LE ON ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’
• 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' REMOVED FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BOARD
• HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO BAN 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' OM ALL UNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD VOT TO REMOVE ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARI
• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BANS “THIS BOOK IS GAY” ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• WMNF AIRS D OM HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD DISCSN OF THE CHALLENGED BOOK, “THIS BOOK IS GAY” – WAS BANNED ALL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

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. 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?

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

'The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex'. 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.

HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD VOT 4-3 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. 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.

“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.

THIS BOOK IS GAY

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.

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

The Hillsborough County School Board n add another task to s by schle: Issug a fal lg on the suabily of “This Book Is Gay.

The olst of her three children is entrance to Pierce Middle School Town 'N Country, where stunts n accs the tle "This Book Is Gay. ”She also found that another chapter, “The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, ” is too graphic s pictns of sex acts. Followg her ial challenge, a mtee at Pierce voted to keep “This Book Is Gay” on the shelv.

It said materials like “This Book Is Gay” don’t troduce stunts to the ncept, but serve as a non-fictn alternative to classmat and the ter that n clarify sometim dangero mtee member “disagreed and oped that the material was not age suable for the youngt middle school dienc, ” the report said.

'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. "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. " 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.

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. A school-level plat agast the non-fictn book “This Book Is Gay, ” which discs issu of tert to LGBTQ youth, end whout the tle beg removed.

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

The four-part te crime seri, now streamg, foc on four victims, gay men the 1990s, who were murred, dismembered, their remas found garbage bags along a New Jersey highway. Adapted om an Edgar-wng 2021 book also lled “Last Call” by director Anthony Caronna and producer Howard Gertler, what ultimately emerg is an unsttg portra of the vlence done not jt to a gay quartet but to gays, lbians, trans people general. That mak the climatic urt trial a tense tt se of basic gay civil rights.

“What we wanted to do was set the table so people unrstood that 2005, ” Caronna said, “gay marriage wasn’t a thg.

For gays, 2005 was still a time where somebody uld get off for somethg heo.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BANS “THIS BOOK IS GAY” ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS

There was still a lot of homema homophobia wh the jtice system. “Last Call” begs 1970s Florida where former bety queen Ana Bryant ws natnal attentn and enthiastic support by attackg homosexuals as unf parents. “Last Call” ends wh current Florida ernor Ron DeSantis echog Bryant wh attacks on trans children, gays and lbians.

“One thg we disvered was the homophobia we talk about the ‘90s, Ana Bryant really was the spark for that. The school board of Hillsborough County, Florida, voted Tuday to remove pi of “This Book Is Gay” om middle school librari. 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.

Tuday to review a challenge to the book, "This Book is Gay, " now available on the shelv of the Pierce Middle School media center.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

"This Book is Gay" is among a number of books that would be eligible for removal om school library shelv if the bill is approved, said the Florida chapter of the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn.

Dawson, who has wrten several books alg wh LGBTQ issu, said she wrote "This Book is Gay" 2015 as a way to help young people who are begng to explore their sexualy unrstand what's happeng to them and how they n navigate the bumps the road on their way to sexual matury.

WMNF AIRS D OM HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD DISCSN OF THE CHALLENGED BOOK, “THIS BOOK IS GAY” – WAS BANNED ALL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

"There'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. " A former teacher, Dawson said she wrote the book to provi adolcents who are qutng their sexualy or realizg that they are gay factual answers to their qutns, answers they uldn't get om their parents who might not unrstand what they're experiencg. The Hillsborough County School Board has expand a proposed book ban unty-wi as voted 4-3 to remove the book, “This Book is Gay” om all middle school library shelv Hillsborough County as of Tuday.