Antioch public school parents are outraged over a controversial book in two high school libraries.
"This author is an adult and she is talking to impressionable, underage children. So that's where our concern stems from," said parent Kate Gilman.
First they sided with parents and placed the book behind the circulation desk and in a counselor’s office, according to parents. But after public pressure from outsiders, the parents say the board moved the book back into circulation. The book illustrates author Maia Kobabe’s gender journey and eventual discovery that Kobabe is non-binary and asexual. It details her young life in a comic book style.
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