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by thomastjeffery 1131 days ago
> As I understand, what they are doing is removing non age appropiate books from elementary and middle school libraries, some of which include LGBTQ content.

That's the same thing.

Defining a book as "age inappropriate" because it talkes about sexuality means that talking about sexuality is age inappropriate.

But taking about sexuality is critical for the healthy development of an LGBTQ+ child! How else can they understand, or even put into words, what they themselves are going through?

Teachers can show children Schindler's List, but can't talk to them about sex. That's the reality we are discussing here.

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Talking about sexuality is critical for the healthy development of any child. Terribly wrong ideas can take root at a very young age. Every time an educator evades a child's questions about sex they are "grooming" an antisocial deviant; protecting people from truth is inherently destructive.