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(WestSide Books, Dec 2011; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Feb 2012)
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Another gay book banned at a high school–but some reactions still give hope
Another LGBT book has been banned at a high school–Revolutionary Voices
Sad.
But what I found refreshing and hopeful was seeing in the video below, that at least one person attending the meeting passionately objected to this censorship, and that the students themselves weren’t objecting to or trying to ban the book, but were caring about more important issues–like keeping funding for their school. Wow! That really impresses me.
Thank you to Queerty.com and @Queerty on Twitter for the info and video.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
You know I really agree with the students on this one. Whether parents like it or not, you will never be able to shelter your children from the world around them. You can only teach them what is appropriate and what isn’t. In regards to this book, Yeah maybe it was a little graphic, but is it more graphic than the R rated movies they have sneaked into with their friends? Why do we ban books from our libraries? Why not just have parents approval and have a certain section for those books? And really they do need to focus more on budget cut rather than what is on the shelves in their library. At least our youth is concerned more about the things that matter today.
May 6th, 2010 at 5:11 am
Amanda, that is beautifully said! I agree with you. And yes–I really don’t understand banning books when movies and TV have so much more violence, graphic sexual content, swearing, etc than books. And books…make people think and feel.
August 9th, 2010 at 12:53 am
And books…make people think and feel.louis vuitton