National Teachers Union Recommends Explicit Book 'Gender Queer' in Educators’ Reading List
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LGBT political activists participate in a dance protest of the group Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia on July 1, 2023. (Beth Brelje/Epoch Times) 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 and the sexual content in the story itself. In June, the...
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