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Due to Senate File 496 in Iowa, there are potentially hundreds of books to be banned in the Urbandale school district. According to the Senate File, it is
establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specific circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts.” (Source)
Essentially the new law is prohibiting books that address topics of gender identity and sexual acts.
Books included in the potential ban are:
- Ulysses
- The Catcher and the Rye
- Gender Queer
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg
- Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
If you live in this state, reach out to your representatives and legislators (you can find them here ) and reach out! Speak out against this occurring.
Each parent has every right to ask a teacher not to assign a book to their child. They have every right to make that decision for their own child. Not for other children and other families.
This is a gross overstep of power, and one of many states doing this!
Happy Reading and Happy Resisting!
#STOPBOOKBANS
