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'Filth,' 'Obscene': GOP Attacks Books About LGBTQ+ Kids, Racism

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Gender Queer: A Memoir. The autobiographical book from the Bay Area nonbinary writer and illustrator had been challenged at one of South Carolina’s nearly 500 high schools.

It was recommended for those in 10th grade or higher.Like hundreds of other tomes dealing with sexuality, gender, or race, Kobabe’s acclaimed book became entangled in the latest Republican Party cause célèbre, a fear-inducing distraction created amid shifting national demographics and following a disastrous administration that ended with a pandemic and an insurrection.

From Missouri to Maine, GOP leaders and legislators have used inclusive books and related educational efforts to change the conversation from coup/COVID to “Think of the children!” The scariest part?

It’s working.Just a week before McMaster sent out his Anita Bryant-esque letter, Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia gubernatorial election after hammering the Democratic nominee, Terry McAuliffe, for saying he wouldn’t let parents ban books in school simply because they were offended by the content.

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