Largest Teachers’ Union in US Includes “Gender Queer” In Summer Reading List

The graphic book includes illustrations of X-rated sex acts, pedophilia

The nation’s largest teachers’ union has included the controversial, highly graphic illustrated book “Gender Queer” in its recommended summer reading list for teachers.

The National Education Association (NEA) included the memoir, written by Maia Kobabe, under the “banned books” section of its “Great Summer Reads for Educators” list. Fox News also reported that the list included the book “White Fragility,” a staple of popular critical race theory narratives that argues that white Americans generally try to evade taking responsibility for racial inequality.

The graphic novel has indeed captured national attention on more than one occasion for its highly sexualized content and imagery, which includes illustrations of the author engaged in sex acts and masturbation as well as a drawing of a pedophilic sex act between an adult man and a boy.

Kobabe and her supporters have always argued that the book is necessary to highlight the experiences of “genderqueer” youth.

Incredibly, Kobabe has said that the book is “a lot less explicit than it could be.”

"The topic of gender touches on identity… and it touches on sexuality," the author told NPR in January, as noted by Fox. "And it’s hard to fully explain I think what like how a gender identity can impact every facet of life as an adult without touching at least a little bit on sexuality. And I wanted to at least not to like shy away from that."