Can we talk? sexually explicit stuff and kids

Friends: can we have an honest and respectful talk here??

Okay...so I'm not trying to be homophobic here, but I read one of the books from that 7 page list of lgbtq books someone sent me that are in my kids 5th/6th grade library. I don’t care if they’re boy/boy or boy/girl, this stuff is totally inappropriate for 10 and 11 year old fifth and sixth graders. Our kids needed written consent to watch a sex Ed video in 5th grade. For that, the school reached out to parents and made it available for us to view before it was shown to our kids . I saw the sex ed video, it was tastefully done, educational and SUPER mild compared to the stuff in this book I have in the pictures below.... which is available, without parental consent, for any 5th or 6th grader to borrow from our middle school library. Again, 10 and 11 year old kids.

This book “one man guy” is a story of a 14 year old boy and a 17 year old who quickly end up in a sexual relationship. It’s recommended by librarians for 6th grade and up. I don’t have the heart to read every book on that 7 page list I was sent, this was enough for me.

Listen, the friends I have in the lgbtq community aren’t anything like this...I probably talk about sex more than they do! I think any reasonable person, lgbtq or not, might agree. We just don’t want kids to lose their innocence and start getting sexualized at a young age, it’s just immensely inappropriate. I mean, some parents might think it’s okay and permit this for your kids...but for the rest of us that don’t want our kids to lose their innocence at 10/11 years old...I mean, give us a heads up here. Isn’t the culture overtly sexualized enough? Do we really need kids picking up this kind of stuff in school to shape them ?

The sad reality is, many kids are sexually abused by older teenage kids , kids under 18. There’s a power dynamic where the older kid can take advantage of a younger one and that’s what this book attempts to make normal. Its wrong and irresponsible for us as adults to allow that. We’re their protectors.

I just got wind of this stuff before break. So far I’ve only spoken to my kids librarian and the guy who runs the department for the gh school district. They confirmed the books were there. They told me they serve different clients in the community. I know I can come across sounding like “Backwoods Betty” when I bring stuff like this up in our current culture. After we talked , we all went to break and I don’t think they’ve had a chance to read the book themselves yet.

I love the school, the principal is great, I’ll call him when my kids return to school to discuss this. I just want parents to be aware, this stuff is available to your kids.

And lastly, I know some people want so much to support lgbtq causes, I think sometimes people tend to lose their sense of what’s appropriate. There’s total immunity for all things lgbtq that we don’t find in heterosexual land. For example, the pride parades have floats with men in S&M bondage gear on spanking and grinding on each other...people bring their children to support them. Would this really be appropriate if it was your local 4th of July parade with men and women in bondage doing the same? Or this young Desmond boy, 11 years old, who loves being a drag queen. Last year, He was on stage dancing seductively as men threw dollar bills at him. He was invited on Ellen DeGeneres. His parents allow it and encourage it , and the public supports him. Would we be okay if an 11 year old girl was dancing seductively for a bunch of grown men who were throwing dollar bills at her? Why do we lose our brains when it comes to kids and inappropriate sexual stuff only when it’s lgbtq ?

Anyways, I’m not trying to pick on my lgbt friends, I love and respect you and you’re nothing like anything I’m describing here. Just wanted to have an honest discussion, between adults, for the kids sake!