Reports: “Alabama Library Leader Wants to Stop Children From Reading Books with Transgender Characters” & “APLS Provides Further Guidance on ‘Sexually Explicit’ Material”
1) Alabama Library Leader Wants to Stop Children From Reading Books with Transgender Characters
An Alabama library board leader believes children should not be able to read library books about transgender people.
At a meeting Thursday, Amy Minton introduced a consideration to restrict children from reading “any library material that encourages, promotes or contains positive portrayals of transgender procedures, gender ideology or the concept of more than two genders.”
The language is modeled on a new state law, “What is a Woman,” and on two recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump that target transgender health care and certain procedures.
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The Alabama Public Library Services Board is defining the meaning of sexually explicit material to guide branches in all 67 counties.
APLS now considers sexually explicit material as any content—written, visual, or audio—that depicts or describes sexual acts, nudity, or related conduct.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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