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National Teachers Union Recommends Explicit Book ‘Gender Queer’ in Educators’ Reading List

July 6, 2023
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The National Education Association (NEA) is recommending that educators read “Gender Queer,” a controversial memoir in the form of a graphic novel that contains sexually explicit content and discussion of adult topics. “Gender Queer” has attracted mass protests from parents who have demanded its exclusion from public school libraries over its visual depictions of sexual acts…

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Propelled by Parent Activists, More States Ban Sexually Explicit Books From Schools

June 21, 2023
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Activists and conservative lawmakers are celebrating their latest win in the fight to give parents control over whether sexually explicit materials can be made available to children at public schools. In their latest victory, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed hard-fought GOP-backed legislation on June 12 to restrict sexually explicit books from public schools in his…

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IN-DEPTH: North Carolina Parents Outraged Over School Librarian, Staff Promoting Explicit Books

May 12, 2023
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Parents of students at a North Carolina High School are calling for the termination of a school librarian and an investigation into teachers endorsing age-inappropriate literature through an advocacy campaign to promote what the American Library Association (ALA) classifies as “banned books.” The ALA group Unite Against Book Bans, which itself created the “Right to…

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Maine Substitute Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of 15-Year-Old

April 13, 2023
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Police have arrested a female substitute teacher at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy. Kiera McGlinn, a substitute teacher at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine, was arrested for sexual abuse of a child. (Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office) The 42-year-old teacher, Kiera McGlinn, was…

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Texas Lawmakers Launch Fight Against Sexually-Explicit Books in School Libraries

January 10, 2023
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Some conservative Texas lawmakers want to ban sexually explicit books in school libraries, even as the Biden administration seeks to punish a conservative-leaning Texas school district for removing them. Last month, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights launched an investigation into Granbury Independent School District (ISD) for removing sexualized content from school libraries….

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