🏳️‍🌈AFT gives over 10 million books to schools, families, and communities!

[@adesso.laurenzo]

Texas has the most books banned of any state (438), with Florida in second at 357. (Source: PEN America) PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans identified 2,532 books banned from July 2021 to June 2022 alone. pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

[@WillSmith-26]

womp womp wear a helmet or some shit

[@hatsuOkisu]

But they are only banned in public schools and some libraries’ children sections. That’s not really banned. It’s restricted access. And considering adults were not allowed to quote the contents of these books at school board meetings because they were so inappropriate, that is probably a good thing. Not to mention I’m pretty sure some of those banned titles included pornographic straight materials as well.

[@missnaomi613]

That's bonkers. Thank you for keeping us informed! 🙏❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@missnaomi613 Informed is not the word to use. Propagandized is more accurate.

[@missnaomi613]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 yes, I've seen some of your... interesting takes around here. I recommend stepping out of your echo chamber and touching grass.

[@Kunel1]

This kind of censorship confuses me. If the books are inappropriate for the intended audience, then of course they shouldn't be as available, but this is often not the case. As you address in the video, these types of books can help to resonate with people who have similar struggles, but also, they shouldn't be banned because banning books takes away the intellectual freedoms of potential readers. As people with rights, we should be allowed to form our own ideas and opinions, heavy control of the media limits this because people can't explore other ideas or see other perspectives beyond their own. Even if someone isn't lgbtq, is it so bad that by reading the book, they can understand a different perspective?

[@kayleyhoberer]

This!

[@Pistonrager]

They can read it all they want, but the school shouldn't be providing it.

[@kikiblue7169]

@@Pistonrager then they should also remove all books containing sraight couples. no romance period, no representation for ANYONE in school

[@Pistonrager]

@kikiblue7169 huh? Is that some sort of extreme opinion you're trying to emulate to make a point? I can almost guarantee you're not a lunatic in real life. Why are you making such a crazy argument? And why was it aimed at me like I'm the one controlling book bans? But i can be extreme back. Why do you want kids to distrust their parents, buy sex toys, and read sexually explicit materials? And why should schools pay for those books?

[@Maned_Matty]

​@@kikiblue7169lol

[@fatgothartist]

These comments are not it. Uhg. Btw "Christians" you should do actual research on the history of bible translations and the FACT that homosexuality wasn't added until more modern times. Protect children. Keep them EDUCATED. Stop banning books on puberty!

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

What is not "it" is involving minors with sexual content. I'm pretty sure there are federal laws about that.

[@WhatEvenThat]

@@dwarvenjesus4266who’s doing that? Sexuality is just who you like or how you feel towards people. It has nothing to do with sex until you start having sex.

[@rainvsstorm]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 Do you think hugging, cuddling, and relationships in general are inherently sexual when they involve LGBTQ individuals?

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@WhatEvenThat In the book "this book is gay", which is aimed at minors and one of the books which spurred this legislation, the author encourages and instructs minors on how to use Grindr. Minors are not allowed on Grindr. This is just one example.

[@orchid4356]

​@@dwarvenjesus4266 okay and? You don't think kids will find out about it on their own? At least with the books they'll know what it is before seeing it on Google play. Not to mention there's ads everywhere about it. They'll find out about it no matter what.

[@bel410la]

I'm so glad my school had a huge population of lgbtq+ and allies that if they tried that here the whole school would go on strike.

[@Faith_To_Fate]

I honestly have no idea how many lgbtqia+ people my school has but i know that the student council decided to hang up the progress flag so at least half of them are allies But there was drama and many people wanted to take the flag down

[@itzkoi7372]

Lucky! I have no idea how many people are allies or lgbtq+ in my school. The only people I know about are in my friend group :>

[@a-blue1104]

It's so unnerving that this is real, Utah Gov. signed a law to ban books under the guise of protecting students from "sensitive material". Materials will have to be "legally disposed" of and some physically destroyed. It was mentioned that there was literal joking of book burning and this to me is so concerning. All those dystopian novels out there, history itself, and not a single one got through to the lawmakers and board members.? Hope the AFT grows stronger nationwide :)

[@viviachipley4018]

Holy cow, if you haven't yet read it, try reading Fahrenheit 451. What you just described is so close to it it's scary. I remember living in Florida and being unable to read so many books

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

Playboy is not allowed in public schools. This is exactly the same. No books were "banned".

[@viviachipley4018]

@dwarvenjesus4266 ..... playboy is very different then a book with a gay character.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@viviachipley4018 True, but it's not that different that a book that depicts explicitly sexual acts. The "ban" bills never mention sexual orientation of any kind.

[@viviachipley4018]

@dwarvenjesus4266 I mean the Bible can be read despite its depictions

[@TheGothRedhead]

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@BirdieGreenstone1313]

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@jacobsworld3014]

No

[@1991_GMC_carburetor]

This is why living in Florida really sucks

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

Some content was deemed unsuitable for schools? That's been a thing since schools were created.

[@kitty79er]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 they have straight stuff they can have gay stuff

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@kitty79er Playboy isn't allowed in schools. Argument over. It's not based on orientation. It's about sexual content without informed consent from a legal guardian.

[@freeze3408]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 you act like gay content is solely erotic, “playboy isn’t allowed” but romances depicting heterosexual relationships that aren’t explicit still exist in said libraries. Homosexual and other non-traditional orientations that are equally non explicit are still being banned just for merely depicting those relationships.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@freeze3408 Ok? You're making a strawman. where did I single out any one identity?

[@AliciaMajo]

Thanks to the AFT for everything that they're doing for the LGBTQIA+ community! Representation is so important, and education about sexuality and identity helps people understand themselves and others, and helps everyone stay safe!

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

Why do you want adults to talk to minors about sexuality?

[@AliciaMajo]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 Because they already do that, health class is important. And I think health is important for all, so it should encompass all sexualities, and identities. Safe sex for everybody is a pretty good concept, get with the program.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@AliciaMajo The biological mechanism of reproductive organs is a different topic than sexuality. The first still requires a permission slip anyway. Informed consent is a good thing still, right?

[@AliciaMajo]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 Informed consent is a good thing, but a lot of parents will not be happy that children learn about sexualities other than heterosexuality. Plus this is about library books, if a kid is Queer and wants to learn about anyone other than straights they should be able to do so. And learning from books written for them is going to help them a lot, they'll learn not only how to stay safe, but that they have a community. Mental health in Queer teens is a well known problem, and having a few books to help them accept themselves can do so much for their mental health.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

@@AliciaMajo Informed consent matters. This subversive tactic is what people have a problem with. Parents are paying for their kids to go to school, so don't try to undermine what they want. THAT is why there is the backlash.

[@RelaxingPlatypus39]

This organization is doing an amazing thing ❤ In a month where we should be proud it really weighs on me knowing how many people at past jobs I’ve had are closeted still. Incredibly thankful to work for a queer woman who believes in people being themselves ❤ If I could scoop up all the young ones and hug them I would. I hate that the work hasn’t changed much in my 30 years of life. The biggest thing was getting gay marriage legalized back in ‘08. I was born during the AIDS crisis. We do have more now, but we still aren’t equal. ❤

[@Lana_ra1n]

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTHH🏳️‍⚧️

[@RandomThings12-E]

Yesss 🏳️‍🌈

[@Alexman211]

Whole month for pride but only one day to respect are soldiers who fought in d-day.

[@Lana_ra1n]

@@Alexman211 i am pretty sure that the month of November is for that

[@Alexman211]

Sorry but still

[@Lana_ra1n]

@@Alexman211sorry but what do you mean by 'but still'?

[@christeeter656]

As a student in a florida public school, I have seen firsthand what is happening, and it is awful. They force teachers to duct tape over their bookshelves, and the teachers were instructed to lie to their students and tell them they were taking inventory. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who risked their job to tell us the truth about it. We are living in a world run by 80 year old straight white men. We need a change.

[@kfjellyjaymehopkins4746]

Theres actually a lesbian couple in bluey as in one episode a kid says ''my mums'' even though its subtle and easy to miss i love that its there

[@kilsestoffel3690]

About 90 years ago, my country banned and burnt books. I am German

[@A34656]

Story timeeee. I identify as bisexual (but part of me thinks I might really be a lesbian 🤷‍♀️) and I am also a theatre kid. I quit synchronized swimming so I could focus on theatre because that’s what I would like to pursue as a career, but bc the Florida governor is homophobic, he took away the funding to all of the arts programs saying that they “turn kids gay.” I was really worried that it would mean I wouldn’t get the chance to participate in theatre this year but thankfully I still can. 😅

[@leesahpattison8893]

Funny the American government does not see the mirroring between this and WW2....

[@mr.crafterofficial]

Beautiful that an organization is giving them out.

[@NightItselfSince0000]

Even better. Check books out for yourself as an adult and let your kid read them.

[@nope-qp2sm]

Ok so imagine you have homophobic parents and you are questioning your sexuality. You cannot show the parents the book because they will kick you out. Should you search for that info online and find actual porn?

[@NightItselfSince0000]

Your comment confuses me a little bit. I said that supportive parents could find lgbtq+ books for their kids to read?

[@shashi43526]

How is this legal?

[@missnaomi613]

The United States is currently a dystopian hellscape, that's how. Those who can, need to vote, so we can get things moving in the right direction again. 💙

[@liz9843]

Because schools are under local/state control. Sometimes this is a good thing. Other times…

[@L_L09]

Young children should not be being told that they are old enough to make these decisions. Their pre frontal cortex is not fully developed, they are simply being fed information.

[@gutssparkle]

I don’t have to deal with less distribution of LGBTQIA+ books since I’m in the UK, but holy hell the amount of bullying people get for being part of it is freaking unreal. Also, this video hit harder cause Max is my preferred name (for now) lol

[@dazedevenings]

I’ve read tons if excerpts from the bible as a kid and it didn’t turn me Christian, reading books about queer people didn’t turn me queer, use common sense

[@RoastPotato-xi1dr]

Imagine spending months writing, illustrating and publoshing a book just for it to get banned. 😢

[@Puffles2131]

When I think of LGBTQ+ books I think of “girl from the sea”. Girl from the sea is a graphic novel that is about a human girl and a selkie girl that are in love but the human girl wants to keep it a secret that her and the selkie girl are dating but life has other plans. I have read it a couple times from my school library, it’s a really good book and you should totally read it. 😁

[@danielashmead775]

This chanal has made me feel safer about being lesbian,asexual,non-binary

[@kingofmoof]

Dude my chosen name when I was in 6th was Max and that time in my life was horrible because I had no support 😭

[@missnaomi613]

I hope things are going better for you now!

[@kingofmoof]

@@missnaomi613 They are, thank you!!!

[@Kyla11-12]

Under 3 hours gang 👇🏽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@jacobsworld3014]

I'm not gay

[@tshowalter-rw5sn]

​@@jacobsworld3014thar nothing wrong with being gay

[@nicolasinguanti9986]

I found out I'm ace thanks to BoJack Horseman. Media can really help people to understand themselves, and this includes queer people too.

[@starrynight_as]

Answers in the page is really good and short It’ll make you cry in just 120 pages and that’s beautiful :3

[@Furinastan]

im so happy that this isnt happening where im from. my loval libaray has lgbtq books out for pride month , and displays popular lgbtq books through out the year. :) Also by doing this they are litterally banning so many good books that just feature lgbtq people. like the percy jackson series.

[@sl33py...82]

...dude im a ftm boy named max. WHAT KINDA COINCIDENCE-

[@Joey15811]

Lgbt and sexuality honestly needs teaching o. School. Religion learning is forced on schools and also kinda forced woth hymns in assemblies so learning about sexualities should also be taught rather self learning and also teach people its ok and undo any homophobic upbringing like whoever is banning these books in florida

[@BirdieGreenstone1313]

Exactly

[@Dumy-z13]

I’m so glad don’t live in Florida! Though sadly my schools (Elementary-High school) don’t have any queer books so 😭

[@DragonFruitVr860]

I dont think schools have the right about gay sex to children

[@stewartmatthews1551]

Heck yeah to the LGBTQ community 😊

[@mihagamingtv7588]

Giga chad florida governer 🗿

[@lumen-saxty-sax]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈Happy Prideeeeee!!!!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@elizabethbarton3047]

Im surprised they haven't banned books about black people, as in black children and loving themselves, or have they?

[@Teajay21]

They have. They banned a book called Hair Love about a black girl loving her hair

[@sageauthor31]

They absolutely have, there is a channel on here that advocates against this type of book banning in schools, they make videos showing books that have been banned and one after the other, without fail, it’s all book about minorities of all kinds being confident and joyful

[@Connor_Crain]

As I stated in another comment. Schools should be just a careful about what books they give students access to as what movies they show. The problem is there isn’t a rating system for books like with movies and they don’t require parent approval to check out books (and I don’t think they should require it) so I think is perfectly reasonable for them to limit what books are in school libraries. If parent want to give their child a book that the school can’t provide that up to the parents, just like they can show their child movies that the school can’t. Parent have a right to know what their children are being exposed to.

[@BirdieGreenstone1313]

I agree. There should be an age limit on the books but they shouldn't be banned

[@dorothydedmonVato]

How do I get in touch with AFT and do they have any books for Aces

[@DP-hp7vb]

Leave the kids alone

[@user-gk1wg2tl7m]

i live in nc and i'm terrified we'll be next

[@pam112061]

@@user-gk1wg2tl7m if Mark Robinson is elected you can bet on it. If you are old enough to vote - Josh Stein is wonderful . Also an NC resident and scared for my grandkids...

[@HaversackShiba]

Not to be unoriginal, but that’s what happened during the holocaust

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

No books were outright banned. Some content was deemed unsuitable for public school settings.

[@zabmcauley5647]

​@@dwarvenjesus4266Maybe not banned, but they absolutely burned books destroying them completely. "In Weimar Germany, the gay Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld performed the first gender-affirming surgeries and collected research on sexuality. The 1933 book burnings destroyed his life’s work"

[@simonpetersen8986]

@@dwarvenjesus4266 okay we start with bible

[@somerandomebookworm73]

​@@dwarvenjesus4266 they may not have been banned but they were burned. Rather than banning them they burned them

[@nope-qp2sm]

​@@dwarvenjesus4266are you defending them? Because burning and banning are close synonyms. When it comes to books

[@maxbro2911]

Hey!!!! I’m max!!!!

[@lesliefischer6680]

People need to wake up and see what they are doing when voting, not just vote for a smile.

[@missnaomi613]

We definitely need to vote with care, that's for sure! 💙

[@SammieLand]

This 👆, ive never voted because no matter who id choose theyre bad choices. Just because they say theyll do good doesnt mean there wont be bad with it. Theres never a good politician and thats why i hate talking about it 😊. All of them are bad.

[@zenithd.8781]

Isn’t this basically the plot of Fahrenheit 451 or smth? Idk I’ve never read it myself

[@LuckiestDove728]

The law was for 3rd grade i thought

[@daniell5681]

I agree with government

[@pugpartyproductions9499]

Same

[@user-rz8pz9vo6z]

Um... Ummmmm It reminds me about my home country... Well at least you can't be sued and go to jail for asking

[@Gingerpuppx]

I'm sorry Americans for p2025

[@dylanwells4586]

Bro was emoting💀 W FLORIDA FOR MAKING THAT LAW🗿🗿

[@YourLocalBoofer]

Might as well ban all books, because the characters have genders?!? Disgraceful.. Some of them even have parents or.. a love interest! 😨 you're right children shouldn't be reading, they can learn how to do that in college.. Protect them!!!

[@dylanwells4586]

@@YourLocalBoofer we should ban books that have the same gender linking each other and books that have cuss words in them. Never said that we should ban all books.

[@YourLocalBoofer]

@@dylanwells4586 then we should ban books with heterosexual people linking eachother, it's not any different. Also cuss words aren't bad in a different context. Like when I was literally in elementary school the book our class was reading used the b word to refer to a female dog. Everyone was okay with it.

[@dylanwells4586]

@@YourLocalBooferI could argue with that like kids shouldn’t be exposed to cuss words that have to do with reproduction, but this argument would go on and on. I’m a Christian and it’s is taught that cussing is a sin and that man and women are meant to be together. This is what I believe but not everyone is Christian and not everyone believes what is in the Bible. I think that that stuff shouldn’t be talked about until kids are in 7th grade.

[@YourLocalBoofer]

@@dylanwells4586 I'm glad you acknowledged that people believe different things, a lot of christians I've seen are dead set on believing everyone should be christian. Personally I think cuss words shouldn't really be in school books. It's usually unnecessary for them to learn about. But I believe that books to do with lgbtq couples should be introduced around the same time or a bit later than straight couples :)

[@ermcaca]

y’all are lucky that you guys have 11 months while we have 1

[@ermcaca]

guys what was i on

[@zacharywalsh6481]

alcohol firearms and tobacco?

[@akospodor9662]

My personal opinion is that for older students (15-16+) it should be available but NOT FOR KIDS (0-12) so in some parts I agree and in some I don't. Turn to Christ!

[@_MOOONEY_]

Could you explain project 2025? Please

[@Topcat2225]

I’m not part of LGBTQIA’s but like I wanna read those books but NO CAUSE OUR SCHOOLS CATHOLIC AND ITS A SIN! BUT LISTEN UP TO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO THINK ITS A SIN: (before I say anything I’m not trying to force religion just saying) God made us he picked what we would do so God obviously thinks it’s ok to be part of LGBTQIA+ cause he made us🩷 I’m really sorry if it seems like I’m forcing religion I’m really trying not to make this sound like it but if your a diff religion and don’t belive in God that’s ok to I’m just trying to tell everyone it’s ok to be part of LGBTQIA+

[@tshowalter-rw5sn]

Sorry but the Bible says nothing about lgbtq being a sin

[@popcornparker5390]

Nice😊

[@BrodeMan-nj6hz]

I love the Florida governor😊

[@andrewdolasinski2623]

They need to do what mana do and make sure books have ratings on them so parents can know if the books have sexual content in them

[@simonpetersen8986]

there exist websites for that, but i don't disagree

[@piercingtheveil40]

The books are not banned so stop with the lies!! They just are not and should not be for kids under a certain age. Let the kids decide when they are old enough but forcing that stuff on babies is not healthy.

[@sarajanewebster5321]

So they banned hetero-relationship based books too, right?

[@AureliumGraves-tv3zo]

Ok, so I understand where you’re coming from. However, I live in Florida and just graduated middle school. A lot of these books are banned from high schools. Some high schoolers are legal adults. Of the ones who aren’t, half of them can drive to bookstores. You aren’t keeping the books from us, you’re just making them harder to access for most people. If these kids are old enough to drive, they should be old enough to read about sex. Half of them have been doing it for a couple years anyway. Also, the internet exists. Think about what’s on it. Also, if you’re going to give the argument my mother gave when I came out, that “we shouldn’t be labeling ourselves this young”, I don’t think you understand why I’m labeling myself. I do it so that I can try to figure out who I am. It isn’t permanent, I can in fact change it and have done so several times. Sorry about the rant, I do that a lot.

[@theshamanite]

@@AureliumGraves-tv3zo No, you're correct about that. I hated being infantilized when I was a kid, agency is super important to me and other people

[@AureliumGraves-tv3zo]

@@sarajanewebster5321Some of the more… inappropriate ones, but… no. They did not.

[@fatgothartist]

High schooler's are not babies be so fr rn

[@TheRealVenom36]

Banning books is great

[@tshowalter-rw5sn]

No

[@user-iz9xw6xv6c]

Are you non-binary?? I am non-binary

[@wilow20]

I'm just wondering since you think gender is a social construct and you think there are multiple genders how many sexes do you think there are?

[@Iasmin-Nistor]

Scientifically 3

[@zomzomino]

There are 3 sexes

[@Billbobs678]

2 main ones but 3 including intersex

[@Idk00756]

Thanks AFT :)

[@JuliaBattinieri]

Womp womp 💀

[@EmilyBass-r7i]

Hey i have a Q do u if I hint being trans my mom might ask me if I am trans so I do not have to come out and love you’re vids❤

[@Justaperson0315]

*sigh* I love Florida SOOOO much 😅

[@addygary7618]

I dont support this stuff

[@sawyerlair6953]

The only book yall need is the Bible

[@Cass.k.k]

Clearly hasn't helped you at all

[@ThatPersonNamedJune]

I'd rather not touch something a few hundred years old thank you very much. I'd rather not get corrupted.

[@luvrsgambit]

god is not real but we are, stop telling ppl how to live their lives cuz of an old ass book

[@WillSmith-26]

@@luvrsgambit god is proven time and time again to be 100% a real person

[@fatgothartist]

​@@WillSmith-26proof? Tangible proof? We're waiting

[@Hot_Streak_Sports]

Go Mr. Governor I wish that would happen all across America. People don’t decide they are what they are no matter how much they wanna change

[@hyperr_hydro]

Omg first comment! Love ur vids:)

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

Too bad they're disingenuous propaganda.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

I wish that you would stop with the blatant propaganda. The "ban" was for explicit sexual content like in "Genderqueer" or "This Book is Gay". Playboy is banned in school libraries, and this is exactly like that, and for the same reasons. You do you as an adult with other consenting adults, but involving minors is not ok when it comes to sexual content.

[@AmyRach1979]

I completely agree and you are absolutely correct

[@brigidfarley6347]

But it also banned children's books like "And Tango Makes Three", which is a book about real male penguin mates adopting a baby penguins. It also bans books about puberty, which are natural processes of the human body that children go through and aren't always told about. It has explicitly been a way for the mere existence of LGBT+ people to be considered inherently explicit, especially since parental complaints about books don't need to be from the same school districts the books are held in.

[@WillSmith-26]

@@brigidfarley6347 but the puberty book shouldn't be at access to kids that are 5

[@qerbeynintendo]

thing is, these are high schools. the way it’s put is as if an elementary school library has these books for 2nd graders to read. there can also be a blur between what can be deemed as “educationally unsuitable”.

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

​​@@qerbeynintendo Minors are minors. The law is very clear about the age at which one becomes a legal adult. I do not care what two consenting legal adults do with each other, but I draw a very hard line when it comes to involving minors with sexual content. There are federal laws about this.

[@adi200yt6]

This is the best thing

[@quietgirl1565]

I'm so proud of the government for finally making a reasonable ban that actually helps the crisis we are in.

[@lydia5651]

What crisis? What conspiracy theory shit is this? Maybe you should have stayed quiet, because this is not it.

[@time-mars]

The only crisis I see here is the banning of books that promote self-love and acceptance. Take your awful attitude somewhere else.

[@gwhatcott]

@@lydia5651she’s right.

[@WillSmith-26]

at least someone isnt braindead unlike all of your other replies

[@Connor_Crain]

@@time-mars let’s be clear, these books aren’t “banned” they just aren’t in the school library, if parents want to let their kid read one of these books they can get it for them or go to the public library. They are basically leaving the choice up to the parents which is the best option in my opinion. Schools should be just as careful when giving students access to books as they are with movies, but there isn’t a rating system for books like there is for movies. Parents have a right to know what teachers are showing their children and what schools are giving their children access to.

[@ClaireEmily-nl1jv]

Respect to Florida 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@milicaignjatovic2736]

Fieeywe

[@lemonmelon8959]

womp womp, dont care didnt ask

[@BirdieGreenstone1313]

Then why are you here

[@Jaaa...a]

W governor (June shouldn't be gay)

[@gwhatcott]

Happy Jurassic June!! It’s dinosaur month!

[@denglish5]

Idk man I think June should just do what it wants to do

[@fatgothartist]

Hey man you don't gotta gatekeep all the gay for yourself you and the month of June can both be gay

[@izzydarklord7927]

🏳️‍🌈🌈✨️

[@dwarvenjesus4266]

​@@fatgothartistIf June is gay month, then July is MAGA month, and there's nothing you can do about it. Just like there's nothing I can do about people celebrating gayness in june.

[@claudeyaz]

There were books that shouldnt have been on shelf. Not all lgbt was banned.. pg 13 was banned. There were books with underage sx and gross things...cmon now..misinfo

[@Teajay21]

Why should pg13 banned? Pg13 is literally approved for teens.

[@claudeyaz]

@@Teajay21 and the books were in under age 12 libraries..even straight sexual content is banned...why would gay sexual.content be allowed when straight isnt either? Not appropriate for kids

[@Teajay21]

@claudeyaz Please tell me what books were in libraries for middle schoolers that were "sexual"? Nearly all the books being banned for younger kids are just for LGBTQ+ content they deem 'sexual for existing or age appropriate sex education on puberty, bodies etc. I think there was one incident in one library where Genderqueer was shelved for middle schoolers (probably because a lot of people assume graphic novels or comics are "for kids") which it shouldn't be but that doesn't mean we need statewide book bans on hundreds of books including completely non sexual books that depict same sex weddings or transgender people.

[@tshowalter-rw5sn]

No all lgbtq books were banned

[@Teajay21]

@@tshowalter-rw5sn So you can't name a single inappropriate lgbtq+ book that was removed. Got it

[@dorian447]

makes sense to be honest pushing lgbtq stuff on kids is before they they can really decide for themselfs is not good

[@user-jl7fp4vk3s]

They r not alone, they continually say they r alone, they have lots of support, stop complaining

[@tshowalter-rw5sn]

We don't have a lot of support so stop the line

[@misso425]

Wow, so books about sex which are targeted at children are not Allowed in school? Shocker. Please seek help

[@zomzomino]

Bro is against sex education

[@misso425]

@@zomzomino sex ed shouldn't include deviation. It should include biology and that's the end of it. Do you want the school's and government to have your children too?

[@zomzomino]

@@misso425 So you're saying people shouldn't be tought about safe sex?

[@misso425]

@@zomzomino Thats twisting my words. In my honest opinion, I think safe sex is teaching people to take it seriously. Like it used to be taught no sex until marriage. That actually worked for a majority of the population. Nothing good has come about due to promiscuity and expecting sex without consequences. Only pain. This is all my opinion, but I am basing that opinion off of facts, statistics and personal observations during my own adulthood. In the context of this video and this subject; yeah, sex ed should be the parents job. Life was better when we relied on ourselves instead of the government.

[@zomzomino]

@@misso425 it's not twisting your words. You said Sex Ed should only include biology. Safe Sex is not related to biology

[@WillSmith-26]

so funny to me when people complain after they ban sexual books in schools

[@fatgothartist]

Did you know the more you comment the more it boosts the video on the algorithm? Or are you too much of a boomer to realize how the Internet works?

[@WillSmith-26]

@@fatgothartist im not even an adult im 17

[@WillSmith-26]

@@fatgothartist I think your boomer based on that awful pfp

[@HXSKlmfao]

@@WillSmith-26 do you think religious texts should be in schools?

[@WillSmith-26]

@@HXSKlmfao yes I believe that is is constitutional that any and all religious texts should be in schools

[@Technoturt577]

Leviticus 20:13

[@Neutral_N]

Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3 "No"

[@Technoturt577]

@@Neutral_N wdym

[@Neutral_N]

@@Technoturt577 You quoted a book, I quoted a book. (Actually a play, but that's irrelevant.)

[@spidybat7658]

Dude, not everyone is religious

[@Pistonrager]

Try going to a bookstore, or city library, How did an non employee even get in the school let alone randomly allowed to wander to the library. Also... how old is this kid. "Teen" is a bit broad. Cause if they were in high-school they would have a bunch of them because the restrictions were mostly for younger students, ya know cause porn isn't for kids. But yeah keep pushing the lies.

[@Teajay21]

Nope they extended the ban to older ages in FL. That was always the goal try to make it look reasonable but then eventually move to removing it all from all grades. Tell me why And Tango makes 3 is getting removed from classrooms?

[@Pistonrager]

@@Teajay21 when was it extended? Im not finding anything about that. Do you have a link to an article about it or the extention itself?

[@starry_skylights]

This is a skit meant to showcase unfair restrictions, so the school setting isn’t accurate. Queer content is not sexual in the same way that heterosexuality is not inherently sexual.

[@Teajay21]

@Pistonrager 2023- it was extended to all grades. I can't link it bc yt doesn't like that but look up don't say gay bill extension & you'll find it

[@Pistonrager]

@@starry_skylights the kids can get the books elsewhere its just a school ban. Please don't pretend that the books don't also contain graphic sexual content as well. They wouldn't have straight sexual content at the schools either so you can stop pretending that there is targeted descrimination. Hell, MAUS was banned for mouse nudity, and not the depiction of concentration camps.