11-30-15 wisconsin school nixes reading of book about transgender kid

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A southern Wisconsin school district has cancelled plans for elementary school students to read a children’s book about a transgender girl after a group threatened to sue.  The Mount Horeb Area School District released a statement saying it won’t proceed with its planned reading of “I Am Jazz.”   Parents were told last week that Mount Horeb Primary Center students would read the book because one student identifies as a girl but was born with male anatomy.  A Florida-based group, the Liberty Counsel, threatened to sue, saying concerned parents had reached out and that reading the book would violate parental rights.