(CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a copy of “Gender Queer: ARead More
You would actually need to read the book to understand the context of that page and see that it is, in fact, not graphic. The blurring makes it look worse than it actually is. Kind of like when Jimmy Kimmell does “un-necessary censorship” for laughs.
The penis here is not actually a penis. The top blurred panel is captioned “this is the visual I’d been picturing”, and in the 2nd panel it’s clear that the couple is engaging in strap on play, with the caption “But I can’t feel anything. This was much hotter when it was only in my imagination.”
In the end, the book is a touching, 241 page book about what it’s like to struggle with gender identity and some people want to get hung up on mis-representing 2 panels on page 168.
High school/middle school kids who struggle with their gender identity absolutely need exposure to this book.
People who lack empathy for what others are going through need to read it more.
You would actually need to read the book to understand the context of that page and see that it is, in fact, not graphic. The blurring makes it look worse than it actually is. Kind of like when Jimmy Kimmell does “un-necessary censorship” for laughs.
The penis here is not actually a penis. The top blurred panel is captioned “this is the visual I’d been picturing”, and in the 2nd panel it’s clear that the couple is engaging in strap on play, with the caption “But I can’t feel anything. This was much hotter when it was only in my imagination.”
In the end, the book is a touching, 241 page book about what it’s like to struggle with gender identity and some people want to get hung up on mis-representing 2 panels on page 168.
High school/middle school kids who struggle with their gender identity absolutely need exposure to this book.
People who lack empathy for what others are going through need to read it more.