Madison County Public Library administrators were asked to go over a list of potentially "sexually explicit" books to be moved from the children's and young adult section to the adult section. The majority of these books were about the LGBTQ community. At least one was added to the list because the author's last name is Gay.

Madison County Public Library administrators were asked to go over a list of potentially “sexually explicit” books to be moved from the children’s and young adult section to the adult section. The majority of these books were about the LGBTQ community. At least one was added to the list because the author’s last name is Gay.

      • Jomega@lemmy.world
        7·
        9 months ago

        Once again you’ve left out critical information. Let me put this in a bulleted list.

        • The censorship is hiding an important detail: the presence of a strap on. This means that the scene does not contain, as you put it, “sucking dick”.
        • The scene depicted is described in an intentionally unsexy way, as it turns out this isn’t actually what the protagonist wants.
        • The entire point of showing this is that it’s the catalyst for the protagonist realizing that they are asexual. While it can be argued that it is unnecessary for this to happen on page, the fact remains that this book is intended for an audience that already knows what sex is. Nobody is putting this book in elementary schools.
        • There is a big difference between sex happening and literal porn. If there wasn’t, a shit ton of nature documentaries would be x-rated.
        • The scene in question is 2 panels long. This is the entirety of it. This is the equivalent of the scene in The Shining, which 1. many people miss on a first viewing, and 2. fittingly enough is also depicted in an intentionally unsexy way.

        But if all you care about is surface level bullshit and not the actual content of the story, then sure. We should totally Think of the Children^TM , who totally have no idea that sex exists by the time they reach a grade level that would be carrying this graphic novel (high school, ffs!), which is absolutely a part of the curriculum and not something that they check out of the library of their own free will./s

        • cricket97@lemmy.world
          17·
          9 months ago

          Oh sorry, he’s deepthroating a strapon that looks like a dick, instead of deepthroating a dick itself. Funny you really think that distinction matters. These are fucking children, stop trying to force feed books with gratuitous sexual content to kids. All you’re doing is trying to minimize it, which I expected.

          Nobody is putting this book in elementary schools.

          If I could prove to you that this book was present at Elementary schools, what would you say?

          • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            9 months ago

            Gender Queer was never intended for children. It is aimed at adults and young adults.

            The NEA recommended it on a list of books for educators and some people misinterpreted this (perhaps purposely, since it acts as really nice fuel for the fear fire) as being recommended for children.

            It is not, nor was it ever, a children’s book.

          • Jomega@lemmy.world
            3·
            9 months ago

            Funny you really think that distinction matters.

            Yes, context matters. If in To Kill a Mockingbird the defendant actually did it then the book would be about defending a rapist.

            These are fucking children, stop trying to force feed books with gratuitous sexual content to kids.

            Buddy, it’s two lousy stinking panels. If that’s gratuitous to you then I don’t know what to tell you. Most people can see a dick shaped object for two seconds and be fine.

            If I could prove to you that this book was present at Elementary schools, what would you say?

            Ok, but it isn’t. You realize that it isn’t, right? I’m not going to entertain this hypothetical just so that you can feel like your argument holds any water. It doesn’t.