Do you want your children to read these?

K-3 Gender Confusion Books in FMSD School Libraries

  • They she me:  free to be!”  Gonzalez, Maya Christina. 

  • Ho’onani:  hula warriorGale, Heather, (Children’s author)

  • The Polar Bear Explorers’ ClubBell, Alex 1986-

  • Tiger honorLee, Yoon Ha, author. Series:  A Thousand Worlds novel; book 2

  • Julian is a mermaidLove, Jessica

  • Sparkle boyNewman, Leslea, author

  • Pink is for boysPearlman, Robb, author

  • RickGino, Alex, author. PUBLISHED 2020

  • GeorgeGino, Alex, author.  PUBLISHED 2015

  • Tiger honorLee, Yoon Ha, PUBLISHED 2022

  • My princess boy:  [a mom’s story about a young boy who loves to dress up] Kilodavis, Cheryl. PUBLISHED 2009

  • It feels good to be yourself:  a book about gender identityThorn, Theresa, author. PUBLISHED 2019

  • Julian at the weddingLove, Jessica. PUBLISHED 2020

  • Peanut goes for the goldVan Ness, Jonathan, author. PUBLISHED 2020

  • The fabulous Zed Watson!”  Sylvester, Basil, author. PUBLISHED 2021

  • Gender identity:  beyond pronouns and bathroomsCook, Maria, author. Series:  Inquire & Investigate PUBLISHED 2019

  • Introducing Teddy:  a gentle story about gender and friendshipWalton, Jessica. Author.  PUBLISHED 2016

  • Call me MaxLukoff, Kyle.  Author. Series:  Max and friends; book 1 PUBLISHED 2019

  • Speak up!”  Burgess, Rebecca. PUBLISHED 2022

  • The ship we built”  Bean, Lexie, author.  PUBLISHED 2020

  • Kids speak out about inequalitySchwab, Chris. Series:  Kids speak out  PUBLISHED 2021

  • Too bright to seeLukoff, Kyle.  PUBLISHED 2021

  • Who are you?:  the kid’s guided to gender identityPessin-Whedbee, Brook, author.  PUBLISHED 2017

  • Double exposureBirdsall, Bridget.  PUBLISHED 2016

  • Queer, there, and everywhere:  23 people who changed the world”  Prager, Sarah, 1986-, author.  PUBLISHED 2017

  • None of the above”  Gregorio, I.W., 1976-  PUBLISHED 2015

  • The witch boyOstertag, Molly.  PUBLISHED 2017

  • Sir Callie and the champions of HelstonSymes-Smith, Esme. Series:  Sir Callie

  • Everything you need to know about sexual identityDonaldson-Forbes, Jeff. Series:  Need to know library PUBLISHED 2000

  • From the stars in the sky to the fish in the seaThom, Kai Cheng.  PUBLISHED 2017

  • My shadow is purpleStuart, Scott, (Children’s author). PUBLISHED 2017

  • Enough!:  20 protestors who changed America”. Easton, Emily. PUBLISHED 2018

  • La falda morada de leo”  Borges, Irma. Series:  Coleccion Egalite  PUBLISHED 2022

  • Lily and Dunkin”  Gephart, Donna.  PUBLISHED 2018

  • Maiden & princess”  Haack, Daniel.  PUBLISHED 2019

  • Prince & knight”  Haack, Daniel.  PUBLISHED 2018

  • Zenobia July”  Bunker, Lisa.  PUBLISHED 2019


In my opinion, and in the opinion of the majority of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, guardians and caregivers of our precious little children, whom I have spoken with over the years, they agree there are certain things that should be taught in school, and there are certain things that belong in the home.

Reading, writing, math, science, history, and the arts should be taught in school. Personal issues like gender identity and sexual relations/behavior/attractions should be discussed at home with loved relatives and/or guardians, those who truly know their children the best!

I’m calling for Transparency in our schools, including the books and materials our children read. I’m calling for Parents to have the right to know and see what their children are exposed to? Who would be against that?
— Marc Cooper, Candidate for Franklin McKinley School Board 2026

As you can see by my Response to “Resolution Against Book Bans” I presented to the Board, I recommended NOT that books be banned, but that parents be given the sole authority to decide what books their impressionable little children’s minds be permitted to see, to hear, and to read in their classrooms, in their school libraries, and in the digital library the FMSD makes available to children on their chrome books, on their iPads, and at home on the internet, most of the time without the parents’ knowledge, supervision or approval.

This list is only a short sample of Gender Confusion books in the FMSD School libraries. This needs to change! Parents have rights over what their children see. Let them decide what’s best for their children!

Maybe parents didn’t know that the other 3 FMSD Board members (excluding Ho Hong, who was recently elected) voted to allow these books in your children’s libraries. They (George Sanchez, his son, Steven Sanchez, and Rudy Rodriguez) voted to:

  • Allow female hygiene products (i.e., Tampons, Tampax, etc.…) to be put in all little boys’ bathrooms.

  • Change the spelling of “Woman” and “Women” to “Womxn” during Women’s History Month (confuse our children more).

  • Pay $50,000 for an after-school program which teaches girls how to act like girls in the 21st century (I thought that was the job of parents at home!).

  • Add another month of LGBTQ+ to the school calendar to teach the history of the LGBTQ+ movement, overlapping and replacing Hispanic Heritage Month.

The nonsense needs to stop NOW! I ALWAYS stand up for parents’ rights, the education of their children, and the transparency of our district to let parents know what is going on in their schools!

Marc Cooper for Franklin McKinley School Board 2026

After teaching in the public school system for the past 22 years, I have sadly recognized that children are being promoted to high school unprepared to succeed academically. I am running for Franklin-McKinley School District Board to have an impact on the preparation of kindergarten through 8th grade students to succeed in high school.

https://www.marccooperforschoolboard.com/about
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