LGBT groups defend marriage-equality bookAGAINST DISCRIMINATION: “King & King,” gifted by the Ministry of Education to first graders, would help children understand unfamiliar matters, the book’s translator saidBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterSeveral LGBT rights, gender equality and parents’ groups yesterday held a press conference in support of the Ministry of Education’s selection of a book for elementary-school readers about two princes falling in love with each other. However, the selection of the book has been protested by some groups over its LGBT content. Members of LGBT rights, gender equality and parents’ groups yesterday hold placards in support of the book King & King in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Claims that the book is “not age-appropriate” make not “one bit of sense,” Kaohsiung Holistic Education Parents’ Association President Yen Jen-yi (顏任儀) said. 11 in 2018, and others called on the ministry to withdraw the book to comply with the results of the referendum.

Source: Taipei Times September 09, 2020 15:56 UTC