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How a YA oral-sex scene touched off Texas' latest culture war

Kathy May was getting her four kids ready for another day at school in late October when she got an urgent voicemail from a friend.“OMG, OMG, this book,” her friend said, alerting May to a book found by another parent in the library catalogue of Keller Independent School District, where their kids go, called “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe.“I felt sick and disgusted,” May said, recalling text messages her friend sent her showing sexually explicit illustrations from the book. She was angry that any kid could access that kind of book in a public high school without their ...

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