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====Date: [[:Category:2002|2002]]====
{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=no
|year=2017
|region=North America
|artist=Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas,
|subject=Sexual/Gender Orientation
|confronting_bodies=Rocklin Academy School Board (CA), California Family Council, the Capitol Resource Institute and the Pacific Justice Institute
|medium=Literature
|date_of_action=Fall 2017
|location=Rocklin, California
|description_of_content='I Am Jazz' is a critically acclaimed children's picture book by author Jessica Herthel co-written with Jazz Jennings, with illustrations by Shelagh McNicholas, about a transgender girl. Jazz's story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers.
|description_of_incident=In spring 2017, a transitioning kindergartner at the Rocklin Academy, California, selected Jessica Herthel’s 'I Am Jazz' as her choice for story time reading. The children’s book tells the story of real life transgender activist Jazz Jennings who struggles with having “a girl brain but a boy body.” Parents who considered the topic of gender identity too sensitive for kindergartners were distressed they had not been notified about the reading in advance. Some even threatened to sue.
|description_of_result=9/15/2017- The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and 4 other organizations (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Authors Guild, National Council of Teachers of English and the Association of American Publishers) wrote a letter expressing concern that Rocklin school board was reconsidering their literature policy following the controversy. The groups urged the board to reject subsequent calls to restrict books that can be read in classrooms. The groups’ argued that in allowing reading of the book, Rocklin Academy lived up to California educational standards, which promote broad cultural literacy. The letter underlines that a decision to restrict books that cover certain subject matter, such as gender identity, will cast a negative light on that material regardless of its educational value. The board reviewed its literature policy on September 18th and voted unanimously to retain the policies that allow the book to be read in kindergarten. They adopted a provision to forewarn parents of potentially controversial subject matter.
|image=I Am Jazz.jpg
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http://www.jessicaherthel.com/#jazz


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====
[http://www.kcra.com/article/rocklin-school-addresses-transgender-book-controversy/12267676 Rocklin school addresses transgender book controversy], Sep 18, 2017


====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Religious|Religious]]====
[http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article174072431.html Rocklin charter schools OK transgender books in elementary school], SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
 
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]====
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[[File:Lucong.jpg|left]]
'''Artist:''' Cong Lu, "Lucong"
 
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Students at the Art Students League of Denver (ASLD)
 
'''Date of Action:''' November 14, 2002
 
'''Location:''' Denver, Colorado, USA
 
'''Description of Artwork:''' ''Self Portrait of a Martyr'' is a depiction of a young Asian man lifting his shirt up revealing his torso strapped with explosives, and a pistol tucked into his waistband. <P>
 
'''The Incident:''' After Lucong's receipt of a Student Best of Show award his paintings was hung in the main lobby of the ASLD. Shortly thereafter, several students complained about the painting, calling it anti-American, anti-Semitic and anti-Christian. These students wanted the painting moved to a less prominent spot in the school.  <P>
 
'''Results of Incident:''' The artist's right to self-expression and the artworks placement received the full support of the executive director of the ALSD, the faculty and the board of directors. The painting remained in its location. <P>
 
'''Source:''' NCAC, from an article in the RockyMountainNews.com
 
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Letter:
http://ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/KRRP-Letter-to-Rocklin-Academy-Board-copy.pdf
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