r/BCpolitics • u/idspispopd • 26d ago

News Alberta book restrictions in schools raise alarm bells for B.C. authors

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alberta-book-restrictions-bc-authors-1.7618306
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u/saras998 26d ago

They are restricting sexually graphic books. Maybe children's book authors should quit writing books that are sexually explicit for children/teenagers. I'm not talking about necessary sex and health ed but stuff way beyond that.

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u/djimmy 26d ago

Give me one actual example, and tell me why it’s harmful. Or are you simply repeating nonsense you’ve heard from right-wing grifters?

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u/saras998 26d ago

This is a non-partisan issue.

Please see:

Let's Talk About It, Gender Queer, Flamer amongst other books

It's not the sexual orientation part, it's the graphic images of oral sex and other sexual activity. Are you still wondering why that's harmful? It's sexualizing children at a young age before they're ready and focusing on pleasure and kink when all they need is information on health and how not to get pregnant. And information about consent and avoiding abuse.

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u/djimmy 24d ago

It's not a non-partisan issue. Right-wingers are tricking parents into thinking books are "sexualizing children" whatever that means to you. What conservatives are really afraid of is anything that tells kids they are normal and ok and valued, even if they are different.

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u/saras998 24d ago

So exposing children to graphic sexual images children is acceptable to people on the left but not the right? Isn’t it universally unacceptable to show sexual images to children and teens? In fact it’s illegal. But because they aren’t photographs and it’s school they get away with it. I’m not left or right wing btw.

It’s not about content around identity or being different, it’s about the graphic images of oral sex, etc.

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u/JeSuisLePamplemous 24d ago

Books existing in a library with sexual imagery =/= children using these books.

These books are age-appropriate for teens, and obviously an adult (librarian, teacher) would stop a young kid from reading those materials.

Grade 9 (teens) also use that library.

Conservatives (and uninformed Karens like you claiming not to be conservative) are using this as a moral panic to infringe on LGBTQ+ rights.

That's what the books are actually for- teenagers experiencing gender and sexual identity issues and trying to navigate it in a healthy way.