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Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers (NBC "news")
NBC News (cough) ^ | 2/1/22 | Mike Hixenbaugh

Posted on 02/01/2022 10:37:30 AM PST by MAGA2017

KATY, Texas — From a secluded spot in her high school library, a 17-year-old girl spoke softly into her cellphone, worried that someone might overhear her say the things she’d hidden from her parents for years. They don’t know she’s queer, the student told a reporter, and given their past comments about homosexuality’s being a sin, she’s long feared they would learn her secret if they saw what she reads in the library.

That space, with its endless rows of books about characters from all sorts of backgrounds, has been her “safe haven,” she said — one of the few places where she feels completely free to be herself.

But books, including one of her recent favorites, have been vanishing from the shelves of Katy Independent School District libraries.

Gone: “Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts),” a book she’d read last year about a gay teenager who isn’t shy about discussing his adventurous sex life. Also banished: “The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy,” “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Lawn Boy” — all coming-of-age stories that prominently feature LGBTQ characters and passages about sex. Some titles were removed after parents formally complained, but others were quietly banned by the district without official reviews.

“As I’ve struggled with my own identity as a queer person, it’s been really, really important to me that I have access to these books,” said the girl, whom NBC News is not naming to avoid revealing her sexuality. “And I’m sure it’s really important to other queer kids. You should be able to see yourself reflected on the page.”

Her safe haven is now a battleground in an unprecedented effort by parents and conservative politicians in TX to ban books dealing with race, sexuality and gender from schools, an NBC News investigation has found...

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ban; bigbrother; bookburniongnext; books; education; nannystate; reeducationcamps; school; schools; texas
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Exposing children to this filth is child abuse. Good for Texas.
1 posted on 02/01/2022 10:37:30 AM PST by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

Kids don’t read books


2 posted on 02/01/2022 10:39:08 AM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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Heh, only media approved books are allowed. Yup, the media - you know, the folks who couldn’t pass any REAL courses in college.


3 posted on 02/01/2022 10:39:17 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: MAGA2017

Kids’ minds are the prize being sought by the left.


4 posted on 02/01/2022 10:41:43 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: MAGA2017

Good.too bad tbe librarian wasn’t arrested.


5 posted on 02/01/2022 10:42:12 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: MAGA2017

Sounds like they are merely removing sexually explicit content which is appropriate.


6 posted on 02/01/2022 10:42:38 AM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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To: toddausauras

We kids used to read Playboy for the articles...


7 posted on 02/01/2022 10:43:23 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: MAGA2017

Being homosexual or having some same sex attraction is not a sin. Acting on those desires & engaging in homosexual activity is a sin.


8 posted on 02/01/2022 10:43:42 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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Likely a made-up story ... trying to shame “Christians and conservatives. If this girl has a cell-phone, then she has access to whatever she wants to read, see, etc..


9 posted on 02/01/2022 10:44:01 AM PST by twyn1
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Gone: “Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts),” a book she’d read last year about a gay teenager who isn’t shy about discussing his adventurous sex life. Also banished: “The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy,” “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Lawn Boy” — all coming-of-age stories that prominently feature LGBTQ characters and passages about sex.


10 posted on 02/01/2022 10:44:47 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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What will these books be replaced with? How about books about how to do things like manage money, cook, fix things, take care of pets, etc. knowing how to do something builds confidence in ways that have nothing to do with sex.


11 posted on 02/01/2022 10:45:13 AM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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We got some pretty heavy backlash from Muslim and foreign parents who see these books as American corruption of their kids.


12 posted on 02/01/2022 10:46:24 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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"With a melon?"

13 posted on 02/01/2022 10:46:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Does this quote actually sound like it came from a teenager?

“As I’ve struggled with my own identity as a queer person, it’s been really, really important to me that I have access to these books,” said the girl, whom NBC News is not naming to avoid revealing her sexuality. “And I’m sure it’s really important to other queer kids. You should be able to see yourself reflected on the page.”

“my own identity as a queer person”?

“access to these books”?

“see yourself reflected on the page”?


14 posted on 02/01/2022 10:47:19 AM PST by Raycpa
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Sometimes Muslims are useful, hate to say, but there it is. Indians as well, and we gotta a lot of ‘em where I live.


15 posted on 02/01/2022 10:48:06 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Boo hoo hoo. These kids are all on porno sites anyway. Cry me a river.


16 posted on 02/01/2022 10:50:03 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: MAGA2017

I’m posting this on social media...
I sure hope no one finds out my secret...


17 posted on 02/01/2022 10:51:11 AM PST by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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This has to be an organized media blitz regarding banning books in public schools. Notice the language? BANNING! We have a St Louis school district also removing a couple of perverted books from their libraries but according to the local news last night (and today!) they are literary works being banned!. Of course they don't mention that the depraved works are still available at the local public library or Amazon. Of course there's a leftist book store owner stepping up to the plate by god. She's offering the banned literary works in her store. And the public response has just been overwhelmingly supportive! They even interviewed a Nancy Pelosi type denouncing the ban and she's buying several copies because...

So sick of the depraved reprobates (is that redundant?) stirring up trouble.

18 posted on 02/01/2022 10:58:28 AM PST by LibertyWoman (The road to tyranny is paved with good intentions)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Well, Jesus said lusting after someone in your heart is the same as committing adultery. Seems like that holds true for homosexual lusts as well as heterosexual ones. I don’t see how anyone can say they are homosexual and not lustful, since that’s the only defining characteristic.


19 posted on 02/01/2022 11:02:40 AM PST by Boogieman
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If people (of any age) could stop talking about their PeePee’s and focus on studying some math, literature, science & history for a few hours a day that would be nice - thank you.


20 posted on 02/01/2022 11:08:37 AM PST by 4Liberty (Let's go Brandon 👏 ...👏 ...👏👏👏 https://youtu.be/qr_F_XQrukM?t=1)
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