School District Pulls 7 LGBTQ+ Books From Shelves
A school district near Milwaukee has removed seven books that deal with LGBTQ+ themes from circulation in what critics call a coordinated far-right attack on Wisconsin schools.Elmbrook School District, which includes the town of Brookfield, removed seven books from its school libraries, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reports.According to the paper, the seven stricken books were Jessica Shirvington's Embrace, Perfect by Ellen Hopkins, Lauren Myracle's TTYL and The Infinite Moment of Us, Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide by Kathy Belge and Marke Biesche, as well as Traffick: The Sequel To Tricks by Ellen Hopkins, and Juno Dawson's This Book is Gay.Republican state assembly member Jesse James spearheaded the removal of books from Wisconsin schools using a list he generated.
James is not local to the Elmbrook School District, but the Journal Sentinal reports that the district's list is identical to James's.Forty-five books are included on the list, mainly those that contain sexual content or have LGBTQ+ characters and subjects.
The Advocate reviewed the publicly available policies surrounding reading materials in Elmbrook School District. Additionally, because the district categorizes books that merely include LGBTQ+ characters in the same category as sexual education instruction, The Advocate reviewed the Elmbrook School District's Human Growth and Development curriculum for all grades.
According to the Human Growth and Development section of the district's curriculum, "The District believes that a sound K-12 program of instruction in human growth and development will enhance the efforts of the family and facilitate the development of positive student self-esteem, a sense of personal responsibility, and the ability of.
