Leftist rag suggests sneaky books ‘to smuggle in queer-friendly themes’ to kids’ libraries

Early signs of tempered “Pride” didn’t stop corporate media from re-upping efforts at indoctrination with a promotion on how to “smuggle in queer-friendly themes” to school libraries.

Arguably one of the most erroneous terms, activists have long harped about works of fiction readily available at bookstores on prominent displays as “banned books.” Now, as state legislatures have increasingly succeeded at removing subversive content and outright pornographic materials from government-run school libraries, The New Yorker saw fit to remind readers there’s more than one way to promote Marxist gender ideology and deviancy.

Tuesday, the social media account for the magazine referred readers back to an article published in 2022 with the caption, “If overtly L.G.B.T. books continue to be banished from library shelves, then it may be left to older works like ‘Ferdinand’ and ‘Frog and Toad’ to smuggle in queer-friendly themes. And, since book-banning enthusiasts tend not to read the books they ban very closely, the ‘just-are’ brand of queer children’s story may still have a chance to slip past the censors as well.”

If overtly L.G.B.T.Q. books continue to be banished from library shelves, then it may be left to older works like “Ferdinand the Bull” and “Frog and Toad” to smuggle in queer-friendly themes. https://t.co/IJAaswOVZe

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 3, 2025

Since rainbow-colored lenses appear to be the only manner by which alphabet activists and their “allies” view the world, any text, even the story of a seemingly pacifist bull disinterested in bullfighting, was considered fodder to advance their ideological agenda.

As the article argued, “The canon for queer-themed stories for young readers is still relatively small. That means the stakes are higher for any given book in terms of who and what it chooses to represent, and how those choices are interpreted by different audiences.”

In addition to drawing attention to legislative efforts in Alabama and Texas, the piece took a shot and the pinnacle of demonized legislation from 2022 in the form of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Parental Rights in Education Act. Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by leftists, The New Yorker argued of the law, aimed at ensuring education remained age-appropriate in the Sunshine State, “it’s tacitly understood that only certain orientations and identities qualify for the ban.”

It also claimed groups like Moms for Liberty and others were “out to disturb” a “sense of comfort” that a Tennessee school librarian said kids could find within the stacks.

“The middle-school years are when kids are becoming really knowledgeable about who they are,” said Erika Long, who promoted books like “This Day in June,” an illustrated tale about “Pride” parades. “The library is a place where they feel comfortable sharing about things that are related to identity or sexuality.”

Such stated positions found reactions to The New Yorker assured that, as ever, it appeared that the flowery invocations of freedom were just carefully concocted, PR-friendly talking points for people in the orbit of children who desperately wanted to talk about sexual content.

The fact that you used the word overtly tells me you know exactly what you’re trying to do.

— ℙ’ (@OfAthenry) June 3, 2025

“We will have to secretly indoctrinate the children instead of being open about it!”

— Corporal Punishment (@CplPunishment_) June 3, 2025

Why are so many of you so intent on introducing sex into schools? What does this say about you?

— Just Carmen (@Carmen50) June 3, 2025

“Those who cannot conceive Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend.”
— C.S. Lewis

— Andrey Sushch (@AndreySushch) June 4, 2025

2005 liberals: “No one is trying to teach kids gay stuff”

2025 liberals: “We NEED to teach kids gay stuff”

— Sort of Damocles (@Disco_Missiles) June 3, 2025

Or, hear me out, you stop trying to groom kids

— Dr Strangetweet or How I Learned to Love the RT (@lone_rides) June 3, 2025

These books are banned so completely that you have to scour every inch of the book store to locate the special eye-catching display pic.twitter.com/l0IEwrDtmm

— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) June 1, 2025

> banned book speakeasy

> look inside

> the most easily obtainable books in existence pic.twitter.com/5QlhVa1agS

— Robert Bork III (@BobbyBorkIII) May 29, 2025

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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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