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Gender Queer A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autob...

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The Dan Bongino Show

This graphic novel was found in some schools and depicts masturbation and encourages trans surgery, causing concern among parents. It was shown to be graphic in nature.

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Gender queer was found in orange st. Lucie and hillsborough county schools And is a graphic novel depicting masturbation and encouraging trans surgery by equating the scars from top surgery The cuttin...

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This graphic novel was found in some schools and depicts masturbation and encourages trans surgery, causing concern among parents. It was shown to be graphic in nature.

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Gender queer was found in orange st. Lucie and hillsborough county schools And is a graphic novel depicting masturbation and encouraging trans surgery by equating the scars from top surgery The cutting off of females breasts with a tattoo

The Megyn Kelly Show

The book 'Gender Queer' was referenced as an example of a book with sexually explicit content that some parents found objectionable in school libraries, leading to debates on book bans and parental rights.

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Speaking of that genderqueer book, though, and this is why I say it's still a net positive.

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The book 'Gender Queer' was referenced as an example of a book with sexually explicit content that some parents found objectionable in school libraries, leading to debates on book bans and parental rights.

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Speaking of that genderqueer book, though, and this is why I say it's still a net positive.

Tiffany Justice read from sexually explicit books written for older teens, but found in a few lower schools.

That is not what almost everybody has been saying, Scott.

Almost everybody has been saying that if you complain about a picture of a blowjob in a lower school library, you're a bigot and you're a transphobe and you're all of these things.

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It was highlighted as a quasi-pornographic book that was also included in the teachers' union summer reading list, causing outrage among parents.

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It was described as having an illustration of what appeared to be children engaged in sexual activity, and was mentioned in the context of books being challenged in schools.

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There's a book called Gender Queer, which has an illustration of what appears to be actually children. So one of them is giving the other one a blowjob.

The Ben Shapiro Show

The speaker noted that the left was very upset if seventh graders could not access this book, which allegedly contains comic book depictions of boys performing sexual acts.

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They are very upset. If your local seventh grader isn't available to access Maya Kobabi's gender queer in which boys are performing sexual acts on one another in comic book form.

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The speaker noted that the left was very upset if seventh graders could not access this book, which allegedly contains comic book depictions of boys performing sexual acts.

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They are very upset. If your local seventh grader isn't available to access Maya Kobabi's gender queer in which boys are performing sexual acts on one another in comic book form.

The Matt Walsh Show

The book was mentioned when a school board member chose it over a Bible for his oath and again as an example of a pornographic text offered in schools. The hosts emphasized its explicit illustrations of oral sex, masturbation and sex toys, using it to illustrate concerns about unsuitable material in curricula. They treated it as a controversial work rather than recommending it.

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The title was mentioned as one of the three books the Fairfax County school board member used instead of a Bible when taking his oath of office.

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Carl Frisch, who will become chairman of the Fairfax County School Board, swapped the Bible for books including Lawn Boy, Gender Queer and Flamer.

Frisch's campaign said on his website, he was sworn in on a stack of five LGBTQ themed books, most frequently banned by other school systems.

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The hosts mentioned it as a pornographic book that is offered in schools, describing it as containing images of oral sex, masturbation, and sex toys.

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There are also the pornographic books that are offered to students in schools all across the country books like genderqueer and that's a book that discusses and shows images of oral sex, masturbation, sex toys, etc.

You don't have to take it from me that genderqueer is in schools all around the country.

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Matt Walsh described the book as a pornographic graphic novel that includes explicit sexual content, using it as an example of material he claims is being pushed into schools.

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infamous examples is book genderqueer which is a pornographic it's kind of a graphic novel in graphic and multiple senses of the word and we've talked before about some of the stuff that's in this book there's pornographic stuff depicting for example fellatio and those sorts of things

genderqueer ... here's here's one of the books they want to ban and and here's the page that has really been come under contention the most and and there you see something you see someone with a strap on dildo and someone else is performing fellatio on them that's in the book people watching cnn are gonna say what in the world you're telling me that is in the classroom

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The host said that the book was widely distributed in schools and was cited as an example of pornographic material aimed at children.

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One is a now familiar book called Gender Queer, which apparently enjoys wide distribution in schools all across the country because we've seen outrage over this book all across the country.

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Matt Walsh noted that a Texas school district had placed the book in its libraries, describing its explicit cartoon content about oral sex and masturbation.

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a school district in Keller, Texas has stocked its school libraries with a book called Gender Queer, which features cartoon images of oral sex, discussions of masturbation, among other topics both written and illustrated.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

It was described as being full of nude cartoon teenagers engaging in sexual acts, and was a major factor in book ban discussions.

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The book is full of nude cartoon teenagers having intercourse, giving each other oral sex and more.

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It was described as being full of nude cartoon teenagers engaging in sexual acts, and was a major factor in book ban discussions.

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The book is full of nude cartoon teenagers having intercourse, giving each other oral sex and more.

Gender Queer is the most challenged book nationwide last fall, was the most challenged book, followed by a book called Flamer.

The left stokes this cultural war by putting porn in middle school and high school libraries, a critical race theory for five-year-olds, then defending it with the ACLU and with unions.

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It was described as containing nude cartoon teenagers engaged in sexual acts, and was mentioned as the most challenged book nationwide in the past year.

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The book is full of nude cartoon teenagers having intercourse, giving each other oral sex and more.

Gender Queer is the most challenged book nationwide last fall, was the most challenged book, followed by a book called Flamer.

Timcast IRL

The hosts repeatedly highlighted the memoir as a graphic, explicit work that they argued was unsuitable for school libraries and children, describing its content as pornographic, fetishistic and even a horror story of abuse. They cited its 18+ rating and status on challenged book lists while condemning its presence in educational settings. Overall, the discussion was strongly critical of the title.

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It was mentioned as a graphic novel, specifically about a character deciding to be non-binary and coming out to their middle school class. The speaker found it shocking and felt that teachers don't need to express their personal sexual preferences to their students.

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I bought this book myself to check it out and to say see what it was really about And even worse than some of the images what I thought was the most shocking was that the main character Who had been raised in a very weird situation? Um grows up to decide to be non-binary and the book ends Right as she is deciding to come out to the middle school class And I'm thinking that's even more insidious. Why do people feel the need to Why do teachers feel the need to express their personal sexual preferences orientations and You know gender expression to their students.

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The book Gender Queer, which is about a non-binary woman, explains that her desire to be perceived as a male is rooted in her sexual arousal from being treated as a male. The woman, who is a teacher, talks to children and tells them to say she is a man.

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And uh, you will probably not be surprised to learn that in the book the woman who claims to be non-binary explains that she's on auto Androphile Meaning that her desire to be perceived as a male Is rooted in her sexual arousal from being treated as a male.

So when this this woman is a teacher talking to children Telling them to say that she's a man She explains it's actually her fetish to be perceived that way.

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It was discussed that the author of the book, in the book, described their experience as non-binary and other things, but actually found pleasure in imagining themselves as a man, which translated into a desire for surgeries like mastectomies.

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This individual wrote a book called Gender Queer talking about how it's like, oh, I'm I'm non binary and I'm all these things when in reality she just gets off on imagining herself as a dude.

She outright says on page one sixty two that her main kink is Otto and Raphilia.

That means her fetish is her being a man.

She she later says she fantasizes about top surgery.

She's having a sexual fetish of of a mastectomy of being a guy.

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The book was described as a horror story of child abuse, with graphic depictions of adult activities. It was mentioned that the author was abused by her parents, neglected, filthy, uneducated and confused about her identity. The book was marketed in kids libraries.

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I've been talking about quite a bit and I'd love to talk with you Tyler about it is this book Gender Queer because apparently nobody's read it.

What we all knew in the book was that you've got these images that are graphic and we were like okay kids shouldn't be around that and I think most of us just assumed that the memoir stuff is immaterial.

Then as it turns out actually the book itself is a horror story of child abuse and so to go back to what you're saying, you're in Texas and there's child drag shows.

It's a little boy and girl peeing in the yard outside and the first part of the story is how her parents brought her to a farm and had her and the neighbor boy just relieving themselves outside.

The main character, the author of this book writes how it wasn't doing anything for her.

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NPR mentioned that the book "Gender Queer" was banned and that it had received multiple honors and topped the ALA's list of most challenged books. The podcast hosts discussed the graphic sexual content in the book, and how it was being given to children.

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The book "Gender Queer" received multiple honors and was headed for a fourth printing by spring of 2022 it topped the ALA's list of most challenged books

There are graphic sexual images in that book and they and Amazon listed is 18 plus everybody knows we have it right here

It is not reproduction, it is not sex ed. It is kink. It is kink advocacy because they're showing toys and prosthesis and things like that to children.

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A book with graphic sexual depictions that was read from at a senate hearing in Harrisburg, the book was described as completely disgusting and bad. It was brought to attention as being inappropriate material in school libraries that is not age appropriate.

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Gender Queer.

Gender Queer.

And one of the moms had a stack about ten different books and she read from one of them which was completely disgusting it's it's it's it's it's it's that bad.

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The book was read from during a Senate hearing in Harrisburg. The reader described the book as completely disgusting and extremely graphic, and that it was inappropriate for elementary school kids.

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These are these are books that are rated this one right here gender queer gender queer I don't know if you guys have seen we had that my testimony two days ago in the Senate Harrisburg 18 and up on Amazon but these books are in grade school libraries and when parents simply say hey this material is not appropriate for my kid they get kicked out of these meetings they get told not to speak they get they get the boot and then we're told just that this is the kind of stuff that grade school kids should have access to so

we had a hearing in Harrisburg and brought in several testifiers several moms from the southeastern part of the state and one of the moms had a stack about 10 different books and she read from one of them which was completely disgusting it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's that bad

she read it it was so bad that the committee chair said okay we understand now but the pictures in some of those books that she had there are extremely graphic and it's for elementary ed kids and if you and I share that materials with with underage people that that would be an offense we'd be arrested that's right that's disgusting

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It was described as a genderqueer memoir, focusing on the author's experiences. The book includes explicit images, such as a blowjob, which caused controversy regarding its placement in school libraries.

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I bought this book because it's not banned. It's, you can buy it if you want to buy it.

Amazon says 18 and up. Because they're like maybe a blowjob shouldn't be shown to kids.

So I think this book is like someone went through something. The author went through it. It's called a memoir, genderqueer memoir.

And it's like this thing about like, I'm talking to my sister and she says to taste.

In a children's library near you.

The Bulwark Podcast

It was mentioned as an example of a book that some progressives have fought to keep in school libraries, even though it was argued that it was ultimately unimportant whether it was in the library or not.

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Defending like specifically the book Gender Queer for example like it you know it must be in this school library when in fact it's you know on a fundamental level it is really unimportant whether that...

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It was mentioned as an example of a book that some progressives have fought to keep in school libraries, even though it was argued that it was ultimately unimportant whether it was in the library or not.

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Defending like specifically the book Gender Queer for example like it you know it must be in this school library when in fact it's you know on a fundamental level it is really unimportant whether that book is in the library or not right if it's in the library it's unlikely that your kid is going to look at it anyway on both sides of this it's fundamentally unimportant right right and people have you know have put you know tremendous stakes on this on either side and you know it should be you know possible to say you know okay the the book that has the cartoon of someone sucking on a dildo like if that's not the library I think we'll be okay they can still google it people can still still google for it you know it's getable Amazon dot com other libraries yeah or exist yeah right people sort of have this idea that if you give an inch they'll take a mile and you can never admit that you know anything is is inappropriate for for a school setting but in fact then what that just ends up meaning if you if you defend everything your opponents attack is that they get to pick what your positions are and they can put you in this position of defending things that are not very defensible and so I think that the sometimes the left does not been as strategic on this as it ought to be concur strategy and defending human rights and defending gay rights can live together in harmony okay

The Breakfast Club

It was described as a book containing cartoons aimed at children and considered pornography by Governor DeSantis; this book was cited as being in some California and Florida schools and not consistent with their standards.

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This is a book that's in some of the schools in California, Florida. This is not consistent with our standards called gender queer. This is pornography. It's cartoons. It's aimed at children and it's...

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It was described as a book containing cartoons aimed at children and considered pornography by Governor DeSantis; this book was cited as being in some California and Florida schools and not consistent with their standards.

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This is a book that's in some of the schools in California, Florida. This is not consistent with our standards called gender queer. This is pornography. It's cartoons. It's aimed at children and it's wrong. So this should not be in schools.

The Rubin Report

The book was repeatedly highlighted on the show as a graphic memoir containing explicit sexual content and illustrations, which hosts and guests argued made it unsuitable for school libraries and children. Dave Rubin and other guests described it as pornographic and cited Senate hearings where excerpts were read, emphasizing concerns over age appropriateness. The overall sentiment was critical, treating the title as a contentious example in debates over book bans.

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It was described as an explicit pornographic book showing sex acts, and was deemed inappropriate for children by DeSantis and others. Newsom refused to comment on its appropriateness for school-aged children during a debate.

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Some of the books you're talking about, one is called, the governor just brought it up, it's called Gender Queer, a memoir, explicit pornographic book showing sex acts.

This is a book that's in some of the schools in California, Florida. This is not consistent with our standards called gender queer.

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Senator John Kennedy read excerpts from this book aloud during a Senate hearing on book bans; the excerpts described sexual acts and were considered inappropriate for children by some.

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I put some lube on and got him on his knees and I began to slide into him from behind. I pulled out of him and kissed him while he masturbated. He asked me to turn over while he slipped a condom on himself. This was my ass and I was struggling to imagine someone inside me. He got on top and slowly inserted himself into me. It was the worst pain I think I have ever felt in my life. Eventually I felt a mix of pleasure with the pain.

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The book contains explicit images of a girl using a dildo and receiving oral sex from a friend. It was discussed in the context of its presence in Florida schools and the debate surrounding age appropriateness.

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So just to be very very clear here in Florida, they are not banning books. What they are doing right now is that the local school districts are doing reviews of books just to see what's on the shelves and each school district can make their choice as to what they are going to have in there, which of course makes sense parents and educators can come together and discuss what is age appropriate for students.

Now, what's fascinating about this book is we blurred out some images because we're a family show here, but we did see the images before we blurred them out and I really want to get this correct. So I've got everybody on the team. I need you all focused right now. What we are blurring out there is that there is a girl, we believe it is a girl who does not have a penis because generally speaking girls do not have penises who's using a dildo and then has her what we think is asexual friend performing oral sex on the dildo so she can pretend she's a boy.

So just one more time guys. It's a chick using a dildo to have what we think is her male or at least the male was identifying as using weird pronouns to perform oral sex.

This seems to be a reoccurring thing with these people that the Republicans are banning books and that especially Florida were banning books.

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This book, described as a memoir with graphic images of children performing sexual acts, was mentioned as being present in school libraries and considered inappropriate by some.

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which is a cartoon style book with graphic images of children performing sexual acts. That is wrong. That has no place in the schools.

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This book was cited as a memoir containing graphic images of children engaging in sexual acts, prompting criticism for its presence in school libraries.

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Gender Queer, a memoir, which is a cartoon style book with graphic images of children performing sexual acts.

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It was cited as an example of a book that can be valuable to certain young people, specifically those whose identities are not readily accepted in their communities, but also drew concern from some parents.

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like for example gender queer or uh, all boys are blue Can be lifesavers for certain kids kids who are outliers whose identity? Uh is not accepted in their societies. They pick up a book like this and...

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It was cited as an example of a book that can be valuable to certain young people, specifically those whose identities are not readily accepted in their communities, but also drew concern from some parents.

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like for example gender queer or uh, all boys are blue Can be lifesavers for certain kids kids who are outliers whose identity? Uh is not accepted in their societies. They pick up a book like this and they can Suddenly see that there's somebody like them that there's a way forward and that's why those books were written

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