Report: “Alabama Libraries Could Stop Children From Seeing Books That ‘Positively Depict’ Transgender People”
From AL.com:
Alabama’s state library agency wants to restrict books about transgender people and LGBTQ topics even further.
The Alabama Public Library Service filed a code change to the Legislative Service Agency on Aug. 29 that would effectively prohibit children and young adults from accessing any material that “positively depicts” transgender people.
That’s a more specific extension of current rules, which say libraries need to remove sexually explicit and inappropriate content from children’s sections.
The updated state code would say that “any material that promotes, encourages, or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders” is inappropriate for children under 18. The code excludes books on religion, history, biology or human anatomy.
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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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