Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: The guidance document "Model Policies Concerning Instructional Materials with Sexually Explicit Content" was developed in conjunction with stakeholders in order to comply with SB656 (2022).
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8/3/22  8:11 pm
Commenter: Annee Olden

STRONGLY OPPOSE
 

Strongly oppose banning books and classroom censorship.


This is blatantly homophobic and transphobic.  Reading about straight characters/relationships isn’t about sex, but if it’s about a LGBTQ character/relationship suddenly it becomes all about sex?   


Reading LGBTQ material does not make a student LGBTQ.   If it was that simple, just have them read a straight book and turn them back.  

 

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