Attempt to ban The Handmaid’s Tale in San Antonio TX fails, for now.
Lyman said Thursday that he believed to book does not meet community standards. He said he would not want his own children to read the book.
More here.
Superintendent Ed Lyman pulled the book, saying it was too explicit for high school students.
Personally, I am convinced this is why it got pulled in the first place. Highlighting mine.
The Handmaid’s Tale centers on a fundamentalist Christian group that forces women to act as sex slaves. Those who sided with Lyman feel the book is sexually explicit and offensive to Christians.
This was an advanced placement English curriculum. These high school students were doing college level work for college credit. You simply cannot ban the material that is covered on the AP English course, if you offer it. The students will pay to take the test, and the score determines their college credit. Fail the test, you don’t get the college credit.
This one bears watching.
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An Aging Trans Woman 
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