Biden’s Record-Breaking LGBTQ Pride Celebration: Taxpayers Foot the Bill?

Joe Biden has declared his intentions to host an LGBTQ+ Pride event, scheduled this Thursday at the White House. It is forecasted to be the most significant gathering of its kind, unprecedented in the history of White House gatherings.

Reports suggest that Biden will be seizing this occasion to promulgate a range of measures that endorse transgenderism and propagate other facets of the progressive agenda.

One key subject likely to garner attention at this gathering is the alleged “book bans” currently occurring across the United States. Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has been on the receiving end of most criticisms surrounding these claimed bans. However, the contents of these books are often left out of the discussion. Numerous such books are picture books aimed at children and young teens, displayed in elementary and middle schools. These books depict mature themes, at times even illustrating them. A prominent example is “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe.

Despite Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” having an age recommendation of 15 and up by Barnes & Noble, and 18 and up by Amazon, this book was created in a child-like style and made available in schools for children to access. The book includes illustrations of explicit sexual activities and relationships between teenagers and adults. As a consequence, over 50 school districts in the United States have banned the book, a move deemed justifiable considering its content.

“Gender Queer” would go on to receive an award from the American Library Association, recognizing it as a work of “special interest to teens.”

Publicly supporting the obscene book, Chelsea Clinton voiced her opinion on Twitter, stating:

“Over 50% of the attempted book bans last year involved books with LGBTQ+ characters & themes. Books are a vital way that children, adolescents and adults learn about themselves and our world. Bans such as these are nothing but harmful:”

In response, a Biden spokesman said:

“There’s a rising trend of book bans throughout the country. It appears that LGBTQI+ and communities of color are disproportionately targeted. These are not just attacks on the rights of LGBTQI+ Americans but a concerted attack on our democracy.”

The narrative of these so-called “bans” has been weaponized by liberals, both in the US and abroad, presenting the decisions to remove certain books from children’s sections as evidence of systemic hatred against them.

However, critics contend that the content in these books is often explicit and not appropriate for young readers. They point out that despite the removal from children’s sections, these books typically remain available in other sections of the library.

AAN Staff