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Amid nationwide challenges to sexually explicit books, West Chester school district keeps ‘Gender Queer’

The school board voted 8-1 to keep the 2019 book in high school libraries after students and residents spoke passionately about its value to the LGBTQ community.

Wesley Hiester, a freshman at West Chester East who is transgender, speaks in support of keeping the book "Gender Queer" in high school libraries during the West Chester school board meeting Monday.
Wesley Hiester, a freshman at West Chester East who is transgender, speaks in support of keeping the book "Gender Queer" in high school libraries during the West Chester school board meeting Monday.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer