"An award-winning children's book will remain on shelves in one Florida school district after it was challenged because of its LGBTQ+ themes. On Tuesday evening, the Pinellas County Schools Instructional Materials Review Committee voted unanimously to reject a request to remove author Robert Tregoning's Out of the Blue from schools. According to the Tampa Bay Times, local parent Ciro Goncalves filed an official objection to the book, writing that it promotes "gay ideology of 'coming out of the closet.'""
"Tregoning's 2023 children's book centers on a boy who loves the color yellow, but lives in a world where everything is blue. After the boy's father discovers his son's preference, he celebrates it by painting the family's house yellow, inspiring others to embrace their own preferences for colors other than blue. Out of the Blue won a 2024 Sunshine State Young Readers Award and was shortlisted for a 2024 Polari Prize - the U.K. and Ireland's only book prize specifically for LGBTQ+ literature -"
The Pinellas County Schools Instructional Materials Review Committee voted unanimously to reject a request to remove Out of the Blue from schools. A local parent, Ciro Goncalves, filed an official objection claiming the book promotes "gay ideology of 'coming out of the closet.'" District policy allows any county resident to file a written objection to instructional materials, initiating a formal challenge process. The review committee is appointed by the superintendent and includes instructional staff, a library media specialist, and three parents. Out of the Blue follows a boy who loves yellow in a blue world; it received multiple award recognitions in 2024.
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