Teachers, librarians targeted by angry parents over LGBTQ books speak out
Educators say they're being targeted for featuring or supporting LGBTQ books. A middle school teacher in Illinois says she was forced to resign from her job after parents called the police on her for including the book "This Book is Gay" in a slate of books made available to students during a reading activity. Sarah Bonner, who has been a teacher for roughly 20 years, says she is just one of many teachers facing pressure from certain parents to shun LGBTQ identities from classrooms. "I think the day that we give up on public Education is a very sad day," she said. "I feel like this particular incident has empowered me to do more." She told ABC News that she and her students had Reading Mondays, when they celebrate independent reading and the love of reading. Students get to share and swap ideas about what they love to read and what they're reading, she said. In March, Bonner said she held a "book tasting," so students can see what books