Florida Board Member Files Police Report To Have Black Queer Memoir Removed

Hannah Yelverton

Jill Woolbright, a Flager County School Board member in Florida, has filed a police complaint to authorities demanding for George M. Johnson’s bestselling young-adult memoir to be pulled from her district’s libraries. The book titled “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” weaves together a series of essays from queer Black men about the challenges of growing up throughout adulthood. According to CNN, Woolbright noted in her complaint that she believes having the book accessible in school libraries is a crime and that someone from the district “should be held accountable.”

Four copies of “All Boys Aren’t Blue” were pulled from two high schools and another copy was removed from a middle school campus pending the report. Students are now protesting the stringent recall citing that Woolbright and state officials are attempting to censor their learning materials. On Nov. 16, students, parents, and a few community members gathered outside of the school’s board meeting demanding for the district to take accountability.