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Court Orders Review of Explicit Sex Book’s Availability to Young Readers

The action was lodged by conservative Christian commentator Bernard Gaynor.
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Court Orders Review of Explicit Sex Book’s Availability to Young Readers
A children's books section in a library in Albany, Western Australia, on April 22, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times
Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
10/14/2024|Updated: 10/15/2024
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Brisbane father and conservative commentator, Bernard Gaynor, has won a court battle to have the classification of the explicit sex book Gender Queer reviewed by authorities.

Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, is an illustrated graphic novel based on the author’s sexual explorations and includes references to gender identities and sexual interactions.

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