Georgia principal apologizes after guest author said Batman co-creator was 'gay'

A Forsyth County elementary principal has apologized to parents for a guest author who told fifth-graders that the subject of his book was 'gay.'

A Forsyth County elementary principal has apologized to parents for a guest author who told fifth-graders that the subject of his book was "gay."

The picture book is an examination of the life of writer Bill Finger, who helped invent Batman but was left out of the hero's origin story until after his death. "This is not subject matter that we were aware that he was including nor content we would have approved for our students," Nelson wrote. In May 2023, the U.S. Department of Education said that the district’s decision to remove the books from its libraries may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination.

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