
A U.S. district court released a comprehensive list on July 11 of every book banned from use in Pentagon-run schools, which includes a slew of highly sexual LGBT topics directed at children and other leftist literature.
The list, totaling 596 books, was included in a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). A substantial portion of the literature explicitly or implicitly included sexual LGBT themes directed at minors, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and other left-wing views on social issues.
āOur DoDEA schools are not playgrounds for left-wing activists pushing race-baiting, gender confusion, and anti-American propaganda,ā Nicole Kiprilov, executive director of DOD Watch, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. āThis isnāt about banning ideas; itās about stopping the deliberate indoctrination of military children with a radical ideology that directly contradicts the values that should be shaping our childrenās growth and development.ā
One childrenās book listed, titled āMy Dad Thinks Iām a Boy?!: A Trans Positive Childrenās Book,ā tells the story of a trans child named āStephanieā and his dad, who does not affirm the childās change from a boy to a girl. Another book, titled āDude, Youāre a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School,ā which analyzes āfag discourseā and the āspecter of the fagā in regulating sexual behavior among high school boys, according to its description on Amazon.
A childrenās book titled āSex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOUā also made the list, which Amazon describes as an āessential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers.ā
The list also bans several books penned by Ibram X. Kendi, a notorious leftist author who popularized the idea of āanti-racism,ā which posits that one must fight actively to elevate minorities instead of simply not judging a personās character on the basis of skin color. āWhite Fragilityā by Robin DiAngelo, a book addressing all the ways that white people inadequately face up to systemic racism, is also featured among the banned books.
Other titles on the ban list include āBaby Drag Queen,ā āABCās of LGBT+ā and āAuntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero.ā
A childrenās biography on Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender government official, is also on the list. The book was penned in part by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Levine collaborated with the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) to remove its age guidelines from its recommendations on transgender surgeries.
āThe Trump administration is fighting for military families by making sure DoDEA schools reflect the values of service, sacrifice, and country, and not the woke agenda of activist bureaucrats,ā Kiprilov told the DCNF.
The Trump administration has made a major push to remove LGBT themes, DEI and other leftist ideas from education in government-run schools. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a point to remove left-wing talking points from material at the Pentagon, instead emphasizing a return to the āwarrior ethos.ā
NearlyĀ two dozen House Democrats demanded in March that Hegseth reverse the new guidance on books in DOD schools, saying the Pentagon was āviolating the constitutional rights of DoD families,ā in a letter to the Pentagon.
The Pentagon did not respond to the DCNFās request for comment.
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