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As reported by The Salt Lake Tribune, a third-grader recently brought a book from home and asked the teacher to read it aloud.
Call Me Max concerns a female identifying as a boy.
Here’s Amazon’s provided story summary:
When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn’t seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by a boy’s name. This begins Max’s journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents. Written with warmth and sensitivity by trans writer Kyle Lukoff, this book is a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender.
Transgender Boy Book Prompts Utah School District to Suspend Reading Program
On 2/15/21 at 10:28 AM EST
A book about a transgender boy has prompted a school district in Utah to suspend its book program after the story was read to third graders.
Call Me Max was read to a class last month after a student brought a copy of the book to the Horizon Elementary School in Murray.
The story involves a young transgender boy who embarks on a journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents, according to a description on Amazon.
Utah school district suspends diversity book program after inclusion of LGBTQ+ title
“It’s only a problem if you think that being transgender is itself wrong. And it’s not.”
The Murray School District in Utah has suspended their diverse book program due to the inclusion of an LGBTQ+ friendly title.
The decision was made after parents complained over the book Call Me Max being read to a third-grade class at Horizon Elementary.
Call Me Max follows a transgender boy as he navigates his identity while making friends along the way.
The book was reportedly brought from home by one of the students and not included in the diversity book program.