For instance, according to the Des Moines Register, there's a particular scene involving George taking a bath where he "tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her."

According to the New York Post, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries defended the book while it was being banned in various school districts despite the fact that the book effectively pushed kids to take hormones and even instructed them on where they could get injections done: 

Here’s a sample from that book Jeffries referenced: “She had since read on the Internet you could take girl hormones that would change your body, and you could get a bunch of different surgeries if you wanted them and had the money. This was called transitioning.

“You could even start before you were eighteen with pills called androgen blockers that stopped the boy hormones already inside you from turning your body into a man’s.”

Gino makes it sound like transitioning is as easy, painless and reversible as popping a Tylenol.

Gino doesn't identify as male himself. He proclaims he's "genderqueer" and goes by "they/them" pronouns. This is a field of red flags for any parent, but some of America's activists posing as educators see him as something of a revolutionary hero and keep his book on their classroom shelves. 

Not coincidentally, Gino shares the sentiment with many radical leftists in the education system that parents shouldn't be able to interfere with the indoctrination that occurs in the classroom. 

In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Gino expressed his disdain for parental rights: 

“Parental rights really anger me, because what about human rights? People who are under 18 are human,” Gino told Yahoo News. “And if you are keeping information about the world from young people, you are leaving them less prepared to learn how to be in the world.”

Gino went on to say that angry parents are just scared of what they don't know and that kids are far more brave and willing to accept "new ideas": 

Many adults feel like they have already learned who should be in the world, and if someone goes against their notion of that, they are somehow immoral. And there’s a particular panic about showing that or immorality to young people. And I think their goal is for their children not to live in the real world. Their goal is to shield their children from the reality of other people and the reality of themselves. And I think that goal is extremely harmful.

I don't think I need to explain how Gino is absolutely out of his mind here, but he is half right. 

Parents are angry because they're scared for their children, and they should be. Transgenderism is a political sickness that causes depression, suicide, isolation, and long-term damage to the body if hormone treatments or surgeries take place. 

As it stands, there are too many in our education system who believe kids should not only be indoctrinated but that the effects of indoctrination should be kept secret from the parents. Having books like "Melissa" in the classroom is a clear attempt at accomplishing this goal and parents are right to have it banned from schools. 

Gino and those who think like him are the ones not living in reality. They believe basic biology is something to be ignored and imaginary biology is something to be obsessed over. They believe they're smarter than everyone else as they spout pure nonsense. They truly believe they're the good guys while advocating for parents to have their decision-making power for their own children stripped from them. 

If Gino thinks he's angry because he can't indoctrinate children with his book, he's going to be horrified by the anger of a father or mother who just found out his book has been trafficked to their child behind their back.