parents have called on Maryland’s largest school system to restore an opt-out provision for books that feature LGBTQ+ characters.
— topics they say should be handled by parents at home. Some parents describe the books as “sexual content” and point to “Pride Puppy,” a book for pre-K students that has a scavenger hunt that directs students to look for people like noted LGBTQ+ rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, who parents targeted for her occasional sex work, as well asAdvertisement
Pushback against the books and their lessons began publicly in January when Lindsey Smith — the chair of the Montgomery chapter of Moms for Liberty —
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