A ntroversy that igned wh a book entled This Book is Gay available an eighth gra classroom Heyworth has led to a teacher's rignatn. The book is a sexual tn text foced on LGBTQ+ experienc. Some parents were strongly opposed to the book due to explic material seen as appropriate.
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GAY HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS
Books shelved as gay-high-school: Superhero by Eli Easton, Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg, Tormented Disvery by Jayson Jam, The Redwood Boys: (Re... * high school gay books *
(shelved 2 tim as gay-high-school).
(shelved 1 time as gay-high-school).
A b of a parture om the others above wh a straight female ma character, her gay mom and mom’s partner tryg to f a small town. Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. However, four of the five books have gay cisgenr male ma characters (aga, see ments below).
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
Stori about gay or bisexual young women:. Juliet Tak a Breath by Gabby Rivera (Latx thor, wh a story about a gay Puerto Rin young woman).
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