{"id":1065574,"date":"2021-11-29T17:14:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065574"},"modified":"2021-11-29T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:15:31","slug":"fairfax-county-public-schools-reintroduces-pornographic-pedophilic-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-county-public-schools-reintroduces-pornographic-pedophilic-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax County Public Schools Reintroduces Pornographic, Pedophilic Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-county-public-schools-reintroduces-pornographic-pedophilic-material%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1157174171-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced Tuesday they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcps.edu\/news\/fcps-reinstates-two-books-reaffirming-commitment-supporting-diversity-literature\">reintroduce<\/a> books with pornographic and pedophilic material \u201creaffirming [their] commitment to supporting diversity in literature,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The books, <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/em>&nbsp;by Maia Kobabe and <em>Lawn Boy<\/em> by&nbsp;Jonathan Evison, have faced heavy scrutiny from parents who have issues with the graphic depictions of sexual acts in both books, and particularly depictions of sexual acts between adult men and children in <em>Lawn Boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>FCPS temporarily removed the books in September for a committee to review their content, but ultimately reinstated the \u201chighly-regarded and award-winning books,\u201d and claimed, \u201cThere is no pedophilia present in\u201d <em>Lawn Boy<\/em> and <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/em>, and&nbsp;\u201cneither depicts nor describes pedophilia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/27\/award-winning-sexually-explicit-books-terry-mcauliffe-kept-in-virginia-school-libraries\/\">reported<\/a>, <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/em> \u201ccontains explicit illustrations of sexual encounters, including oral sex and masturbation, involving children,\u201d while <em>Lawn Boy<\/em> \u201ccontains graphic descriptions of sex between men and children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite FCPS\u2019s denial, the depiction of pedophilic acts appears clear with a graphic illustration of Plato\u2019s <em>Symposium<\/em>, an important philosophical work but also a manuscript well known for its account of pedophilia in Ancient Greece, in which a bearded man is fondling the genitals of a boy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>***Warning: Graphic Content***<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" readability=\"7.6524390243902\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These are the images in Fairfax County Public Schools libraries for even 12 year olds. Mom Stacy Langton showed them to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fcpsnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fcpsnews<\/a> school board before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stella_pekarsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stella_pekarsky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LJ4fcps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LJ4fcps<\/a> rudely interrupted the mom\u2019s 2 minutes. And ran away. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LmUoaVRzWG\">pic.twitter.com\/LmUoaVRzWG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asra Q. Nomani Mama Bear (@AsraNomani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1441366358042812418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FCPS, though, says <em>Lawn Boy<\/em> \u201cis an accessible examination of race, class, socio-economic struggle, and sexual identity. It paints a portrait of the substantial obstacles faced by those who are marginalized by society.\u201d Furthermore, \u201cThe book has literary value as a narrative representing the perspective of a significant portion of students in Fairfax County Public Schools with a variety of backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parents Defending Education (PDE) Vice President of Strategy and Investigations Asra Nomani <a href=\"https:\/\/asrainvestigates.substack.com\/p\/fairfax-county-puts-the-x-rated-in\">described<\/a> a scene from Lawn Boy:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>\u201cWhat if I told you I touched another guy\u2019s dick? What if I told you I sucked it? I was 10 years old but it\u2019s true. I sucked Doug Goebbels\u2019 dick, the real estate guy, and he sucked mine too.\u201d The \u201creal estate guy\u201d was an adult man.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/em> \u201cis a well-written, scientifically based narrative of one person\u2019s journey with gender identity that contains information and perspective that is not widely represented,\u201d FCPS says in defense of keeping the book on the shelves. \u201cThis depiction includes the difficulties nonbinary and asexual individuals may face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the depiction of Plato\u2019s <em>Symposium<\/em>, an excerpt from <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/em> includes, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to have your cock in my mouth \u2014 I\u2019m going to give you the blow job of your life. Then I want you inside me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FCPS Assistant Superintendent for the Instructional Services Department Noel Klimenko accepted the committee\u2019s recommendation to keep the books, saying, \u201cBoth books have value beyond their pages for students who may struggle to find relatable stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both books came under heavy scrutiny after FCPS parent Stacy Langton raised the issue at a school board meeting, prompting the review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe county\u2019s actions are insulting and downright cowardly. Schools are no place for hardcore pornography, yet Fairfax County Public Schools insists on pushing this graphic material upon our children,\u201d PDE President Nicole Neily said of the development. \u201cBy announcing their decision over Thanksgiving break, they clearly hope that parents won\u2019t take notice. However, their actions show just how unfamiliar they are with parents: We\u2019re always looking out for our children, and we won\u2019t take this lying down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced Tuesday they would reintroduce books with pornographic and pedophilic material \u201creaffirming [their] commitment to supporting diversity in literature,\u201d according to a press release. 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