Xander Moricz

What are school boards?

Forms of government.

And they're banning books as a part of a national coordinated strategy that was written in Project 2025 as a part of a fascist plan to overtake.

The stated intention is overtake the government.

Love local politics.

Yeah, I agree that local governments are banning books, and that is bad.

That's a good question.

It actually creates safety and new gender experiences for queer and trans children who don't feel safe.

And so we've actually found as queer and trans children who do have drag queen story hours, they actually have higher rates of affirmation, less suicide, depression, anxiety, and I think that matters.

Okay.

I've been voted out by the majority.

That makes lots of sense.

And I think what we should teach people about is diverse identities.

I don't think we need to be talking about graphic sex with elementary schoolers.

On that, we'd entirely agree.

I think saying, hey,

some gay people exist, make sure you don't spit at them.

I think that's a great thing to do because young people are most able to learn that information at the young age.

And so what the psychology and the data shows us is that when they have those discussions, it actually not only benefits queer and trans students, but all students, including straight cis students become safer, more productive members of society.

And it actually, and this is my fun, crazy statistic, it actually benefits the economy.