Thu Oct 20, 2022 – 11:59 am EDT
SPRING LAKE, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — A Michigan school board recently voted to severely restrict access to a graphic novel that contains explicit depictions of homosexual acts and pedophilia from the district’s high school library after a parent complained about the book’s presence.
The Spring Lake School Board voted in a 4-3 decision Monday to severely restrict students’ access to Maia Kabebe’s graphic novel Gender Queer, which contains graphic depictions of gay sex, including between a man and a boy. The book, which was in the high school library, had not been checked out before complaints were made about it earlier this year, school board president Jennifer Nicles noted to Michigan Live.
While the now-passed proposal – which was introduced by board member Christopher Beck – removes Gender Queer from the high school’s library, it still allows students to obtain access to the book provided they have been granted “consent” from their parents, in addition to either a social worker, school counsellor or psychologist.
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Beck argued that a complete ban of the
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