'Genr Queer,' 'This Book is Gay' Stay on Shelv—wh Labels—After Challenge at MA High School | Censorship Roundup | School Library Journal

Contents:

• THIS BOOK IS GAY
• 'GENR QUEER,' 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' STAY ON SHELV—WH LABELS—AFTER CHALLENGE AT MA HIGH SCHOOL | CENSORSHIP ROUNDUP
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• DO A TAMPA SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK TEACH ABOUT GAY INTERURSE?
• BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY

THIS BOOK IS GAY

Employg ocsnally snarky, rmal language, Dawson provis very direct, ank guidance (among the subheadgs are "Dog the Sex" and "Why Are Gay Men So Slutty? ‘Genr Queer’ and ‘This Book is Gay’ Stay on Shelv. Genr Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson were challenged by a rint earlier Febary but will rema the school after a rensiratn mtee unanimoly voted favor of retag the books.

While the books will stay, supertennt Brian Reagan said a sticker ditg explic material will be add to Kobabe’s memoir, the current bar on Genr Queer will be reloted to clearly show the book’s subtle, and the school library will purchase the most recent edn of This Book is Gay, which clus a ntent label, the report said. The mother alleg that the book “This Book Is Gay, ” by Juno Dawson is available to seventh-gra stunts at a middle school Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.

Before readg the graphic novel, the mother sisted children leave the room before she read a chapter tled “The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex. ” “I’m gog to read om chapter ne, ‘The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex, ’ startg at page 201, part 1, ‘Boy-on-Boy Sex, ’” the mother said. “‘Perhaps the most important skill you will master as a gay or bi man is a timels class: the hand job.

'GENR QUEER,' 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' STAY ON SHELV—WH LABELS—AFTER CHALLENGE AT MA HIGH SCHOOL | CENSORSHIP ROUNDUP

GRAPHIC: A mom reads om the book ‘This Book Is Gay’ which was on the remend readg list for middle schoolers at @CharMeckSchools. The book teach kids about gay sex and enurag the e of sex apps.

Central Bucks School District librarians have been orred to immediately remove two LGTBQ+ themed books, the first books banned unr the district’s ntroversial library materials policy which rtricts “appropriate” sexual ntent and district’s Library Media Specialist Melissa Burger sent an email to middle and high school librarians Thursday announcg that the books “Genr Queer” and “This Book is Gay” were to be removed and sent to her “wh the next 24 hours.

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

” Two pi of “Genr Queer” are loted the Central Bucks South High School library and the only py of “This Book is Gay" is at Tamanend Middle School, acrdg to the district’s onle library talog. “This Book is Gay” whose thor Juno Dawson is a former sex tn and wellns teacher has been scribed as a “how-to” gui for LGBTQ+ relatnships, and is equently ed sex ed class, acrdg to an April story Rollg Stone magaze. The first book I looked at, This Book is Gay, wrten by transgenr thor Juno Dawson, is marketed as a “btsellg exploratn of sexualy and genr for young adults.

” Dawson wr one chapter that “perhaps the most important skill you will master as a gay or bi man is the timels classic, the handjob. I’ve looked at three of the seven books qutn—Flamer, Genr Queer, and This Book is Gay—and what’s objectnable about them isn’t the fact that they have LGBT ntent but rather that they have explic, adult sexual ntent that’s not appropriate for young adult rears.

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.

BANNED BOOKS 2023 – THIS BOOK IS GAY

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'. 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.