Donald Trump accuses Australian author Scott Stuart’s children’s book of ‘radical gender ideology’

US president says fifth-grade student forced to read aloud My Shadow Is Pink, a book about a boy who loves ‘things not for boys’

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An Australian children’s author has fired back after Donald Trump singled out his book as promoting “radical gender ideology”.

The US president appeared onstage with a school student, who said he was forced to read My Shadow Is Pink by the Australian author and illustrator Scott Stuart.