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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In DCUM land where people love to redshirt, Freshman are 14-15 for summer birthdays.

Now all of a sudden people think 12-13 years olds have access to high school libraries.  Using extremes to prove your point doesn't help.

These books are on a shelf, not visible unless you are searching for them or ask the librarian for material on this subject. They would be checked out by 14-18 year olds.  Use actual facts.  If you think they are inappropriate for 14-18 year olds, say that.  No need to bring ES and MS students into the mix.[/quote]

In FCPS, there are some secondary schools which have 7th grade through 12th grade (Robinson, Hayfield and Lake Braddock).  A PP confirmed that there is one library for these schools, which is accessed by the middle school and high school students.  That's why you have people bringing up whether a 12 yo should have access to this material.  It's a legitimate issue given how large those schools were, so it results in thousands of middle schoolers having access.

Lawn Boy doesn't really bother me.  There are plenty of books where if you read passages outloud, it's uncomfortable.  I think images are a different game altogether and Gender Queer should be removed.  We'd never be OK if the book depicted images of a young girl imagining giving an older man a blow job.  Or kids where the girl was the one giving a boy the blow job because the boy wanted to experiment.  Just because this is all in pursuit of gender identity doesn't make it acceptable. [/quote]

Well the end of the book is actually positive.  The main character didn't like the experimenting and isn't comfortable with such explicit sexual acts (at age 25).  Then it goes on to discuss consent, pressure, finding a partner comfortable with limits and things that you do not want to do.  Even talk about being asexual and everything that comes with it.  Other than the graphics, the book has good material.

Maybe an alternative would be to edit those pictures out by the publisher.  I do think it's an important book for older teens and young adults. [/quote]

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