Parents in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn extended their complaints about sexually explicit content in the district’s school libraries at a Monday board meeting where a local mother read concerning passages about masturbation from a coming-of-age, semi-autobiographical Mike Curato graphic novel called “Flamer.”
“We know our rights as parents, and we know that, right now, our rights are being infringed upon,” the mother said to the board.
She pushed back against a claim that the book should go back on the shelf in Dearborn schools, stating her refusal to return it and saying she would pay the library fine in consequence.
“You can reorder it or whatever you’re going to do,” she told board members.
The passage mentioned the protagonist Elias in a room with male friends who are masturbating.
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