Imagine a children’s library book so explicit that its content isn’t even allowed on late-night television.
The nonprofit advocacy group Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) recently released an advertisement which included an image from a library book found at a Virginia public high school. When they attempted to buy late-night ad space for it on the three major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), all three outlets refused on the grounds that the image violated federal decency standards.
Click here to see the ad (WARNING: Graphic).
The book in question, titled “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” is a graphic novel-style autobiography written by Maria Kobabe, “who uses e/em/eir pronouns.” It includes tales of “bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction” and refers to pap smears as a “fundamental violation.” You know, normal kid stuff.
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