What's the MATTER with these people?
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The taxpayer-funded library announced its excitement via Facebook, stating that the event will take place from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., but provided few details on what they termed an “epic afternoon.”
Out Maine, which distributes pro-transgender books to children as young as kindergarten, posted its own advertisement for the event, offering a few more details.
Their post makes it clear that the event is directed at “youth and their families.” They clarify that a Maine-based drag queen will be reading children’s books aloud, after which children will participate in arts and crafts.
It is not clear what books the drag performer will read during the event. Out Maine has previously worked to distribute children’s books like “When Aiden Became a Brother,” “Bodies Are Cool,” and “It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity” through their Read the Rainbow program.
According to the non-profit’s 2024 Form 990 tax filing, it received $384,306 in government grants that fiscal year.
“Drag is not inherently sexual, nor is it necessarily related to gender identity. It can be simply a fun form of creative expression. The books that will be read and crafts we will do will be completely age-appropriate for the children in attendance and vetted by librarians,” head librarian Caroline Ward-Nesbit told the Maine Wire on Wednesday evening.
I call Bullshit: it is about sex, and it’s all about indoctrination of very young children
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Out Maine Secures Grants to Send Pro-Trans Children’s Books Across the State’s Schools, Libraries, and Even Pediatricians’ Offices
Out Maine, an LGBTQ non-profit that pushes radical gender ideology on children, received three new grants this month to help fund its “Read the Rainbow” program that distributes pro-transgender books to children as young as kindergarteners.
“This upcoming school year, we’re going to be able to offer an expanded list of diverse stories and book sets across all grade levels. Previously, the program was only offered to Maine public school librarians, but now we’re going to be able to offer it to all public libraries across the state and also all youth-serving organizations, even pediatricians’ offices and counselors’ offices,” said Out Maine Communications Coordinator Ellie Roy speaking to the Portland Press Herald on Monday.
Out Maine’s annual program was previously only able to distribute the books to Maine school libraries, but, with the grants, they will be able to send the books across the state to new locations.
The organizations secured grants from the Maine Humanities Council, the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust, and the Crewe Foundation, but did not specify how much money the grants were worth.
According to the non-profit’s 2024 form 990 tax filing, they received $384,306 in that fiscal year.
The funding will also go toward distributing “active ally toolkits” and instructing librarians and teachers on their use.
The Read the Rainbow program includes four categories of books for children of different ages: one for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
The kindergarten category includes titles such as “When Aiden Became a Brother,” about a young boy who goes through a gender transition with the help of his parents, directed at children aged 4-8.
Slightly older children in the grade 3-5 bracket will be offered “Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Transgender,” and “This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us.”
High-schoolers can read “Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen,” or “Mismatched” described as a modern queer retelling of Jane Austin’s “Emma.”
