The Biden Administration has created a new position within the Department of Education to counter what they are describing as a move to “ban” LGBTQ+ themed books aimed at children, some as young as five or six years old.
A coordinator within the DoE will be responsible for resisting “efforts that disproportionately strip books about LGBTQI+ communities, communities of color, and other communities off of library and classroom shelves,” according to a statement by the administration.
The statement further notes that the coordinator will “work to provide new trainings for schools nationwide on how book bans that target specific communities and create a hostile school environment may violate federal civil rights laws.”
The announcement was just one element among a raft of executive actions, many citing “LGBTQI+ kids,” and “helping families to affirm and support their LGBTQI+ child.”
As we have relentlessly highlighted, the term “book ban” is a misnomer that has been affixed to efforts by some lawmakers, officials and parents to remove sexually graphic and wholly inappropriate material from school libraries and programs.
Some of the books in question contain pornographic images and even pedophilia themes, as well as unscientific statements about biological gender.
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