When we looked up this book on Amazon, it also brought up other children’s picture book suggestions, like “Rainbow: A First Book of Pride,” and “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.” “The GayBCs” actually came out last spring, but with all the attention lately on alleged book bannings and “hateful” and “horrible” (Jen Psaki’s words) legislation like the Parental Rights in Education bill, J. Mark Ousley has put together a thread giving us a look inside “TheGayBCs.” So, how do you write a book for children about things like pansexuality without actually mentioning sex? Well, this is how you do it. This is a long thread — it covers the entire alphabet — but it’s worth a look:
When they say “Say Gay” it’s not all they want to say.
Here is everything they want to teach kindergarteners (5yo) – 3rd graders (8yo).
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
A/ Allyship is understood as a subordinate and supportive role within a group of activists for an identity group seen as marginalized that is held by someone who has an identity seen as privileged. Thus, an antiracist ally is white and an LGBT ally is straight, for examples. pic.twitter.com/6aezufxxq8
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
B/ Bi(SEXUAL)
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/F1GzgddpR6
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
“I like boys and girls, and that makes me proud!” Yeah, it doesn’t make you bisexual though.
C/ Coming Out
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/VOE5XNVEB4
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
D/ Drag
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/0LpNhzKiW8
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
E/ Equality
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about equality?” While they ignore all of the other completely inappropriate, grooming pages. pic.twitter.com/uYF34wbuTw
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
F/ Family
Emphasis on the expansion of the family to include the “found.” Maybe to prime the child to view their teachers as more parent than paid public school teacher? Seems that way, doesn’t it? pic.twitter.com/I8uwe9RuV9
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
G/ Gay (homoSEXUAL)
Here it is. The word gay.
But again…
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/Xng28OzkXg
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
Look, two boys playing together … that must make them gay.
H/ Hope
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about Hope?” While they ignore every all the other completely inappropriate, grooming pages. pic.twitter.com/AUsSSfTWxK
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
I/ Intersex
These young will children barely know their right from left… and this book wants them to tackle this issue?
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/FAWpe30v3X
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
J/ Joy
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about Joy?” While they ignore every all the other completely inappropriate, grooming pages. pic.twitter.com/latyfn0fVJ
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
K/ KiKi?
Kiki is a term which grew out of Black LGBTQ American social culture, and is loosely defined as a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat, and later made more widely known in the song "Let's Have a Kiki" by the “Scissor (Lesbian sex) Sisters.” pic.twitter.com/LwdAzNEkNK
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
L/ Lesbian (homoSEXUAL)
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/4n9AQoYvS8
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
Two girls having a pillow fight? Lesbians.
M/ Mountain
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about Mountains?” While they ignore all of the other completely inappropriate, grooming pages. pic.twitter.com/Yp3s3OnAE3
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
N/ Non-Binary
An hyphenated word? And you guessed it…
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/QrVKhr8wCy
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
O/ Orientation
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/ItjplTAv7C
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
P/ Pan(sexual)
Pansexual is a sexual orientation that does not look at a person based on gender.
Sexual…
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/yZR6kADPVR
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
Q/ Queer
Queer Theory exists, in a nutshell, to antagonize the normal—that is, anything that can be considered normal by society and thus that carries or can be construed to imply a morally normative expectation about it, which it deems intrinsically oppressive. @NewDiscourses pic.twitter.com/2OT8ELxqRD
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
R/ Respect
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about Respect?” While they ignore all of the other completely inappropriate, grooming pages. pic.twitter.com/uD44PiMfNh
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
S/U/W/Y
Had to put all the rest of the innocuous pages together because of the thread limit.
Nothing wrong here. This will be the one of the pages the groomers will grab ahold of and say “why are you against teaching kids about Mountains?” Etc… pic.twitter.com/xVaIuJeAGQ
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
T/ Trans(SEXUAL)
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/h4w1V45zJd
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
“It’s a brave step to take to live as the gender you know is innate.”
V/ Vogue
Madonna…
For 5-8 year old children?
Little Children?
Really? #OKGroomer pic.twitter.com/2gqp3fbSzo
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
X/ is for… X?
Many kids this age can’t tell left from right so let’s make sure to make sure they can’t tell boys from girls.. at 5 years old… #OKGroomer
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
Z/ Zest
Why not just Zebra?? U know Something completely innocent and tangible that a young mind can grab ahold of to help associate a word and sound with an easily understood object?
But that wouldn’t be “Gay”enough to for a 5 year old, would it?
A-Z = “Say Gay” for Groomers pic.twitter.com/kDLZ5Btjtc
— UnWokable | J. Mark Ousley (@AcsAgainstCRT) March 24, 2022
We’re waiting for this thread to be taken down for copyright infringement, but until then, marvel at what woke parents are buying to read to their 5-year-olds. We’ve asked before: Why don’t the opponents of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill explain in detail why it’s so important for kindergarten teachers to lead discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity? Fourth grade is too late?
Related:
‘You’re in favor of injecting sexual instruction to 5, 6, and 7-year-old kids’: DeSantis just OWNS so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill protesters (watch) https://t.co/WLmqHryNbc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 22, 2022
Join the conversation as a VIP Member