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A Teachers Union Has Odd Taste in Books – WSJ

By Thomas A. Smith

America s largest teachers union, the National Education Association, issued its 2023 Summer Reading List last month. Among its recommendations are Gender Queer, a graphic-novel memoir about identifying outside the gender binary. The book has been removed from many school libraries in Florida, where I live, but I checked it out at the public library.

I was shocked that a book marketed to young adults (12-18) has so much graphic content. Here s a sexting dialogue from page 170: I got a new strap-on harness today. I can t wait to put it on you. I can t wait to have your c in my mouth I m going to give you the b of your life. Then I want you inside me. On the facing page, color sketches graphically depict this scene.

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Welp. There you have it, I guess.