(THE POST MILLENNIAL) – The National Education Association’s Read Across America gave the New York State Department of Education an excuse to enlist librarians across the state to share their favorite books. Lauren Moore, a librarian from Albany, promoted Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, which features explicit drawings of teens performing oral sex, among other acts.
Moore wrote in her advocacy for the pornographic book that she is “grateful for books that let my kid know they’re not alone.” Moore is the Assistant Commissioner for Libraries and a New York State Librarian.
The book, Gender Queer: A Memoir, a graphic novel by author Maia Kobabe, who uses “e/em/eir” pronouns, has won numerous awards. But the images in the book have angered parents due to its graphic depictions of sex acts and apparent encouragement for children to question their gender identity.