{"id":11430,"date":"2022-08-08T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=11430"},"modified":"2024-08-08T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:01:06","slug":"lawn-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/lawn-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2024 &#8211; Lawn Boy: A Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2024\/author\/\">2024 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2024\/title\/\">2024 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2022\/08\/lawn-boy.jpg\" alt=\"lawn boy cover\" width=\"304\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1973115~S12\">Held at Marshall University (Drinko Library &#8211; PS3605.V57 L39 2018).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p>In response to the passage of Iowa Senate File 496, Urbandale Community School District flagged 374 library titles for review to determine if they \u201cdepict or describe sex acts\u201d or \u201cdeal with sexual orientation and gender identity.\u201d  Modeled after Florida\u2019s HB 1557 (the so-called \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay law\u201d), SF 496 prohibits \u201cinstruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six.\u201d While both SF 496 and HB 1557<br \/>\napply to classroom instruction, the bills are used to justify removing LGBTQIA+ materials from school libraries. Urbandale CSD banned 51 titles from all school libraries. <strong>Lawn Boy<\/strong> was retained in high school library collections. In December, a federal judge<br \/>\nblocked enforcement of SF 496.<\/p>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<p>Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.<\/p>\n<p>An August LGBTQIA+ Pride display in the Huntsville Public Library (TX) prompted calls from members of a pressure group to remove LGBTQIA+ titles or place them in a restricted area of the library. In September, the city manager announced the public library would cease all book displays. In October, the Huntsville Police Department responded to a report that 85 books in the public library\u2019s collection, including <strong>Lawn Boy<\/strong>, violated state obscenity laws. Most titles that were publicly disclosed prominently feature LGBTQIA+ themes and characters and had been included in the display. None of them were determined to be obscene. On December 20, the city council voted to turn management of the library over to a company owned by a private equity firm. The new management invited staff to reapply for their jobs.<\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p>Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.<\/p>\n<p>A parent complained at a public board meeting of the Leander (TX) Independent School District that this Alex Award-winning and <strong>Booklist<\/strong> 2018 Editors Choice novel normalized sex acts between fourth graders and constituted pedophilia. Two parents filed complaints with the local police, who announced an investigation. District officials stated that the title was not part of the curriculum and was only available in the high school library. No formal written complaints were received \u2014 a step required by their policies to initiate a review \u2014 so the book was retained.<\/p>\n<p>Parents of Tyler (TX) Independent School District students expressed concern that \u201csomething that can be found on Penthouse Forum&#8221; and considered \u201cvery graphic\u201d is found in district school libraries. Parents submitted a list of 120 \u201cquestionable\u201d books. <strong>Lawn Boy<\/strong> was banned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lawn Boy<\/strong> by Jonathan Evison was one of five LGBTQIA+ titles challenged by a parent at the North Hunterdon-Voorhees (NJ) Regional High School District. The other titles were <strong>Fun Home<\/strong> by Alison Bechdel, <strong>Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/strong> by Maia Kobabe, <strong>This Book Is Gay<\/strong> by Juno Dawson, and <strong>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong> by George M. Johnson. The parent read some snippets, called for audits, and threatened criminal charges for those responsible for providing \u201cevil, wicked\u201d content in the school. The school board voted to retain all five challenged LGBTQIA+ titles.<\/p>\n<p>The Wentzville (MO) R-IV School District created a committee to review challenges to several books, including  <strong>The Bluest Eye<\/strong> by Toni Morrison; <strong>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong> by George M. Johnson; <strong>Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic<\/strong> by Alison Bechdel; <strong>Heavy: An American Memoir<\/strong> by Kiese Laymon; <strong>Gabi, A Girl in Pieces<\/strong> by Isabel Quintero; <strong>Modern Romance: An Investigation<\/strong> by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg; <strong>Invisible Girl: A Novel<\/strong> by Lisa Jewell; and <strong>Lawn Boy<\/strong> by Jonathan Evison. Ignoring the committee\u2019s recommendations, the all-white school board voted to ban the book. The ACLU of Missouri sued the school district on behalf of two students.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 8, 2024<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11430"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14546,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11430\/revisions\/14546"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}