3 times academics pushed inappropriate books for children

In 2023, higher education played a major hand in pushing books with sexual and LGBT themes in K-12 libraries and classrooms. 

Campus Reform has compiled a list of some of the most heinous examples of this trend.

1.    MAP: Transgenderism and “Queer Theory” in K-12 schools in all Continental United States

Campus Reform surveyed the entire US and found instances of K-12 public school districts carrying children’s books with messaging about “gender identity,” some including sexually explicit material.

One popular title found in states like Connecticut, Maine, and Michigan is Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. The book is a story about a boy named Julian who dreams of transitioning into a mermaid after noticing three women dressed up as such—similar to Matt Walsh’s satirical Johnny the Walrus.

2.  American Library Association president says libraries, public schools need to be ‘sites of socialist organizing’ 

The American Library Association (ALA) president said Sept. 2 at the Socialism 2023 Conference in Chicago that libraries and public schools need to be sites of socialist organizing.

Emily Drabinski, who also is an associate professor at Queens College, got in line at the microphone and introduced herself as a librarian during the question-and-answer part of a session called “Freedom to Learn: Black And Asian American Solidarity Against Attacks on Antiracist Education,” according to undercover journalist Karlyn Borysenko.

3.    UPenn Library gets new diversity children’s book section

The University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library has a new children’s section of diverse and inclusive books. Each book in the 1,500+ collection has won or has been nominated “for awards related to diversity.”

Each book in the new section displays “diversity across gender, sexuality, ability, race, religion, and socioeconomic class,” reports The Daily Pennsylvanian, with target audiences ranging from Kindergarten to 12th grade.