According to PEN America, a third of the books banned in public schools over the past academic year contain LGBTQ+ characters and themes.

Prominent right-wing activists bandy about groomer as a term of opprobrium, accusing their political adversaries of trying to sexually exploit children while invoking hoary stereotypes of gay men being pedophiles. A specter is haunting America - the specter of sexual degeneracy.Īcross the country, Republican state legislators are proposing bills to prohibit discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, purportedly to “protect” students from the perverted designs of predatory gay teachers.