The battle over the award-winning LGBTQ memoir ‘Gender Queer’ reaches these Chicago-area high schools, with critics calling for its removal
Josiah Poynter felt like an outsider when he transferred to Downers Grove North High School, in suburban Chicago, as a sophomore. But his fellow football players filled the gap — providing a warm welcome and strong support. Poynter, who identifies as heterosexual and a Christian, cited that experience Monday night, when he told an audience of more than 100 at a Community High School District ...
Josiah Poynter felt like an outsider when he transferred to Downers Grove North High School, in suburban Chicago, as a sophomore.
But his fellow football players filled the gap — providing a warm welcome and strong support. Poynter, who identifies as heterosexual and a Christian, cited that experience Monday night, when he told an audience of more than 100 at a
