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...
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Kids don’t read books
Heh, only media approved books are allowed. Yup, the media - you know, the folks who couldn’t pass any REAL courses in college.
Kids’ minds are the prize being sought by the left.
Good.too bad tbe librarian wasn’t arrested.
Sounds like they are merely removing sexually explicit content which is appropriate.
We kids used to read Playboy for the articles...
Being homosexual or having some same sex attraction is not a sin. Acting on those desires & engaging in homosexual activity is a sin.
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..
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.
We got some pretty heavy backlash from Muslim and foreign parents who see these books as American corruption of their kids.
"With a melon?"
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”?
Sometimes Muslims are useful, hate to say, but there it is. Indians as well, and we gotta a lot of ‘em where I live.
Boo hoo hoo. These kids are all on porno sites anyway. Cry me a river.
I’m posting this on social media...
I sure hope no one finds out my secret...
So sick of the depraved reprobates (is that redundant?) stirring up trouble.
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.
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.
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