Maryland Middle School Assigns Book about Child Gender Transition, Asexuality, Drag Queens

A Maryland middle school required students to read a book this summer in which a 12-year-old boy is encouraged to question his sexual orientation, another child undergoes a gender transition, and a third kid dances as a drag queen.

Westland Middle School, part of Montgomery County Public Schools, selected Rick by Alex Gino as its “anchor text,” making it required reading for all incoming sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students.