“Police in Northern Virginia are investigating after a middle school librarian allegedly defended a pro-prostitution book by saying it belonged in the library because many of the school’s 11- to 13-year old students are sex workers,” The Daily Wire reported.
A shocked Loudoun County teacher went to the police after the librarian, Stefany Guido, allegedly made the comment to her.
The teacher asked Guido about a book flagged by a parent on Twitter called “Seeing Gender,” which contained a chapter titled “‘Sex Work’ Is Not a Bad Term.”
She felt compelled to tell police children in her charge could be in danger.
Police are investigating after a middle school librarian allegedly defended a pro-prostitution book by saying it belonged in the library because many of the school’s 11- to 13-year old students are sex workers. Educators are mandatory reporters.https://t.co/KGnr1KNAYz
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 28, 2022
The book has one shocking passage that reads: “A person may exchange sex or sexual activity for things they need or want, such as food, housing, hormones, drugs, gifts, or other resources.”
It also says prostitution is “a job like being a store clerk, an architect, or a freelance writer. We all, unfortunately, have to do work to make a living. Some of us hate our jobs and some of us love them–the same goes for those who do sex work. Sadly, sex work is generally misunderstood.”
A teacher asked the librarian about the book, and she allegedly "started talking about how there’s kids who come to the library who do sex work and this makes them feel validated,” the teacher told police. She said if educators know of specific kids being harmed, they must say so
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 28, 2022
From a Loudoun middle school library, “Seeing Gender” by Iris Gottlieb. pic.twitter.com/wnoQMLlpKw
— LCPS Can Do Better (@LCPSDoBetter) May 24, 2022
From The Daily Wire:
The Sterling Middle School teacher went to the school library after seeing the unidentified parent’s tweet about the book to find out if it was actually available to students. Guido retrieved the book and defended it, the teacher told police in a recorded conversation reviewed by The Daily Wire. In her interview with police, the teacher recounted her discussion with Guido.
“She started talking about how there’s kids who come to the library who do sex work, and this makes them feel validated,” the teacher told police. “As a teacher, if you get an individual student coming to you because you’re abused, you have to go the police immediately.”
The teacher said Guido did not name specific students, except one who had passed through the school about six years ago.
Guido allegedly said she marked the book as being for eighth graders.
“I said, ‘what happens if a sixth grader checks it out?’” the teacher told police. “She said ‘I have a conversation with them about it.’”
“I said, ‘This is like a textbook for how to do this, including selling your body for hormone replacement therapy,’” the teacher said. “She said, ‘There’s no pornography in it so it doesn’t matter.’”
Guido did not return a request for comment from The Daily Wire on whether she had reported any knowledge she may have about child prostitution to the police.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office did not responded to a request for the police report, although the officer the teacher spoke to pledged to look into the matter.
Read the full report at The Daily Wire.
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