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There hasn't been a rise in sexually explicit books being marketed to children. There's been a rise in claims that anything that even touches upon LGBTQ is sexually explicit.
There's a book about two male penguins that raise an egg/chick. It's based on a true story. But since it's two MALE penguins, it's deemed "not appropriate for children" and is moved out of the children's section. Nevermind that the book is designed for kids or that there's no "penguin sex" in the book. The mere fact that two males are sharing a parental role is enough to label it "sexually explicit" because the people who oppose this book imagine that the two male penguins might have sex at some point. Meanwhile, if the exact same book were published but with a male and female penguin, it would be okay. Even if you could imagine the male and female penguin having sex. (And, again, there's no actual sex or even the implication of sex. This is totally in the imaginations of the adults trying to ban the book.)
"Criticize LGBTQ"? They've claimed that anything that even mentions LGBTQ is sexually explicit and must be banned. If a character in a book so much as says "I'm gay," that's enough for the book to be banned. Meanwhile, a book where a boy likes a girl is deemed just fine because that's not LGBTQ.
The book banning movement is an attempt to erase LGBTQ from literary works by saying "LGBTQ= Sexually Explicit."
First of all, this isn't generalizing. The article above is about an author's book being banned because his NAME is "Gay." Teachers have gotten in trouble with parents because they had rainbows in the classroom. Books are being targeted merely for the tiniest bits of LGBTQ content.
Secondly, now you're saying that anyone who is non-binary shouldn't be teaching kids? For what reason? Does the fact that they use they/them pronouns make them unsuitable to be teachers for some reason?
So Christian activists shouldn't push their anti-LGBTQ beliefs into grade school classrooms? Or does this only apply to LGBTQ people being unable to speak their minds?
Also, how do you define "activist?" If a grade school teacher happens to be lesbian, should she be able to mention her wife in the same manner that an equivalent straight teacher would be able to mention her husband? (For example, "my wife/husband and I went on vacation.") Does mentioning that she is married to a woman make her an activist? Does a non-binary teacher asking to be referred to as "they/them" automatically become an activist for doing so?
Stop trying to make it a both sides issue when in fact, the fascists are the only ones trying to fuck over kids.
You have yet to provide a single example of the thing you're claiming "also happens" despite nobody having ever heard of this happening. We have clear examples of the anti-LGBTQ bullshittery from the OP article, where are yours?
Except the ones who want to ban books for you.
It’s really not.
Case in point: Report finds few parents are utilizing new Georgia law making it easier to ban books from school libraries
When the law says only parents of current students can challenge books at a school library, almost nobody challenged them. Weird huh.
It's groups like Moms for Liberty, an outside group that quotes Hitler in their newsletter.
Yes, that reason is called bigotry.
As a parent, I can confidently state that not all of us are bigots , not all of us want our kids to be bigots, and not all of us preach hatred for anyone different
It's bigotry and absolutely nothing else at all. Just because you're easily confused, that doesn't mean you need to project your deficiencies onto your children.
This is nonsense
This is the nonsense part.
Sex positive educators are literally experts in age-appropriate sexual discussion.
Pretending they are not because age-appropriate discussion freaks you out is your mistake not theirs.
Experts do actually know more than you do
Hey guess what? Your kid is going to try anal some day. Might be nice for them to know how to do it safely, when that time comes.
And yes, there is a bevy of literature available for what age ranges such subjects are appropriate, and those guidelines are followed by trained professionals.
It's so telling of how you look at the world that you think I would ever feel regret about posting that comment lol
While your reaction is funny, the sad thing is that your denial of reality causes genuine harm and long-term suffering.
I live in the real world and you do not.
"to criicize lgbt"... Strange choice of words