All Americans of good will are dismayed by stories of bullying and violence that have taken place in our public schools and rightly demand that school administrators take steps to make sure that schools are safe learning environments. But they may not realize how far some of the curricula and programs go in promoting “tolerance” and the acceptance of “alternative lifestyles,” some of which would give pause even to parents who want to be supportive of their children who feel same-sex attraction.

To give one example, in 2005, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health helped produce The Little Black Book, Queer in the 21st Century, a sexually explicit publication, which was given to a number of students at a conference sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network of Boston was attended by high school and middle school students, as well as by adults. Among other things, The Little Black Book, Queer in the 21st Century, mocks abstinence, gives “tips” to “queer boys” on how to engage in “fisting” and “safely” have someone urinate on you for sexual pleasure, but tells youth to “stop smoking.” It includes a directory of gay bars in Boston and describes condoms as “a great selling point if you’re cruising the park” for anonymous sex.  An interesting contrast: smoking–bad, anonymous sex in the park–good.

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Chapter 18

Plans also exist for “queer” education to be introduced to younger students. For example, a 2008 seminar on “Queering the Body, Queering Primary Education,” hosted at the University of Exeter in England, to promote tolerance and acceptance of elementary school students who believe that they are “gay.” This seminar was hosted by the No Outsiders research team  committed to challenge the apparently objectionable idea that lesbians and gays engage in lifelong fidelity to one partner.

The hosts of the seminar express their alarm that pleasure and desire are being denied in the typical classroom, not just for students, but also for teachers.