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The battle over the award-winning LGBTQ memoir ‘Gender Queer’ reaches Downers Grove high schools, with critics calling for its removal

The battle over the award-winning LGBTQ memoir ‘Gender
Queer’ reaches Downers Grove high schools, with critics calling for
its removal 1

The local controversy over “Gender Queer,” which has drawn criticism at schools across the country, spilled into full view at the board meeting, with opponents characterizing images of oral sex and a sex toy as “pornographic,” and saying the book should be removed from library shelves. Supporters say that the book —about growing up asexual and nonbinary — sends a strong message of support and inclusion to LGBTQ teens at a vulnerable time.

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