Beyond Magenta: A Transgender Teen Speaks Out. Appropriate book for public school libraries?

Beyond Magenta:A Transgender Teen Speaks Out

I first heard about this book on the news. Numerous parents were outraged their tax money was paying for pornography available to their minor students in public school libraries. Several copies of the book are in CFISD school libraries beginning in middle school. After purchasing and reading the book, I filed a Formal Reconsideration on it. A Book Reconsideration Committee was formed by each school who had a copy, due to my request. Any taxpayer who lives in the district has a right to file. 

Public schools have to be transparent about your tax money. 

The book reconsideration committee consists of at least 2 CFISD staff, and a campus parent. The school Principal is the final authority, and signs off on whether or not the book remains in the library at their school. The librarians purchase the books.

Once a Formal Reconsideration committee decision is made, a copy is sent to the Superintendent and the School Board. I did ask for the committee members names and the Superintendent/School Board responses, if any. I was told they did not record committee members names or meeting minutes. Or the way they voted. I was told the Formal Reconsideration Committee responses had not been sent to the Superintendent or Board, as of yet. 

I sent a complaint to Ken Paxton's office concerning the transparency of committee members and meeting minutes. Paxton’s office ordered CISD to release book reconsideration committee names and how they voted when they tried to withhold the information.

When Ken Paxton's office responds, I will let you know.  Every Principal in CFISD, (who has a copy of Beyond Magenta in their library) along with their Reconsideration committees, found Beyond Magenta educationally suitable/appropriate for preteens/teens.

Decide for yourself if this book is educationally suitable/appropriate. For pics of more books available in our school libraries, please see my other blogposts.

Principal Letters approving Beyond Magenta:

Screenshot of every CFISD school where Beyond Magenta is available. (Children can request the book be brought from one campus to their campus.)

Screenshots of Beyond Magenta from my personal copy I purchased:

Teen giving an account of when they were six years old performing oral sex:

Teen diagnosed with gender dysphoria and intersex. Have you had this "talk" yet with your kid? Do you want them to come across this book and be taught with you unaware?

Teen explaining their bizarre behavior at 6 years old, asking about "dicks."

Teen explaining how they performed oral sex at 12 years old.

Do you believe this is an educationally suitable book for students in a public school library? Especially middle school? Where a student can go to study, use books for homework, and classroom projects. School libraries should be safe for children, not full of pornography and ideologies you may not want your kid exposed to.

Should a public school librarian be buying these books with your money? You decide.