

It has since been retweeted and liked thousands of times: 31, Just The News reported that Will Witt, The Florida Standard's editor in chief, spoke at a school board meeting "against the book being available in children's libraries." The speech was tweeted on Witt's Twitter account on Aug. We've included a link to a school board meeting video, text from an advisory in the book, pictures of pages that were being discussed, further context, and answers from our correspondence with the school district. In this article, we've laid out all of the facts to help inform our readers about this subject. The school is part of Hillsborough County Public Schools, which is described as "the 7th largest district in the United States." It was also true that the book includes a chapter with information and instructions that teaches kids about anal sex, oral sex, and hookup apps. For example, The Florida Standard reported, "Book in Tampa Middle School Library Has Instructions on Anal Sex and Hookup Apps."Īs of the writing of this story, we can report it was true that author Juno Dawson's book, "This Book Is Gay," was available on the shelves of the Pierce Middle School library in Tampa. 1, 2022, readers asked us whether a book teaching about gay sex was available on the shelves of a public middle school library in Tampa, Florida.
