Texas trans woman arrested for using female toilet
A trans woman in Houston, Texas, has been arrested after using a female toilet in a library. Tyjanae Moore was arrested by police last Wednesday for “knowingly entering a restroom of the opposite sex”...
View ArticleSingapore: National Library Board ‘saddened’ that people oppose them...
Singapore’s National Library Board says it is ‘saddened’ at people’s adverse reaction to the removal and destruction of gay-themed books. Earlier this week the Board this week decided to remove and...
View ArticleIllinois Family Institute: Libraries should stock books about children happy...
The Illinois Family Institute has claimed that libraries should stock books about the “joy” children feel when their same-sex parents die. The group’s ‘culture analyst’ Laurie Higgins made the comments...
View ArticleManchester library unveils public gay history archive
Manchester Libraries have teamed up with the Lesbian & Gay Foundation, to make their gay history archive available to the public. The LGF’s history collection – made available at Central Library in...
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Texans try to ban LGBT-friendly children’s books from library
Texas parents are attempting to have two LGBT-friendly children’s books removed from their local library. At the Hood County library, two children’s books are being challenged by Texan parents for...
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Parents compare gay men to paedophiles after ‘sex book’ added to school library
‘This Book is Gay’ includes relationship and sexual advice for LGBT young people. The book, written by trans author James Dawson, aims to be an ‘instruction manual’ for LGBT people coming to terms with...
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This lesbian couple were left a vile homophobic note at a library
A lesbian couple in their seventies discovered a disgusting homophobic note on their car after visiting their local library. The pair, who’d visited Jimmie B Keel Library in Florida, think they may...
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This elderly lesbian couple received a disgusting homophobic note at their...
Libraries aren’t usually a breeding ground for homophobia – but for one lesbian couple, their local library has become a not-so-safe space. The couple, in their seventies, had visited the Jimmie B Keel...
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Iowa residents call for LGBTQ books to be banned from library
Over 300 people in Orange City, Iowa have signed a petition calling for a local library to get rid of any books with LGBTQ themes. A Board of Trustees for the public library met on Tuesday and heard...
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Drag queen story time event at New Zealand library barraged with hatred
A library in New Zealand has faced a barrage of anti-LGBT messages after holding a drag queen story time event. The Rainbow Story Time event was held in the town of Paraparaumu in the North Island on...
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Christian activists demand library hold ‘man-woman marriage story hour’ after...
Anti-LGBT activists have filed a lawsuit against the public library in Texas over an event involving drag queens. In the lawsuit filed on Friday (October 19) against the director of Houston Public...
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Man films himself burning LGBT children’s books from local library
An evangelical Christian checked out all the LGBT+ children’s books from a Iowa public library and filmed himself burning them. Paul Dorr, a fundamentalist Christian who writes a blog titled Rescue The...
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Thousands raised to replace LGBT books burned by evangelical Christian
After a man filmed himself burning a library’s LGBT+ children’s books, the internet has raised more than $3,000 to replace them. Paul Dorr, a fundamentalist Christian, uploaded a video to Facebook Live...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against drag queen story hour in Texas
A judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit against the Drag Queen Story Hour initiative in Texas, telling the complainants that they had failed to explain how the event was infringing upon their...
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Library books are still being censored over LGBT+ content on a horrifying...
Books about LGBT+ people continue to dominate the list of the most-banned and challenged works in US libraries. The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom collates an annual...
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Angry librarian rips apart conservatives who ‘threatened’ her over LGBTQ+ books
A furious librarian ripped apart conservatives in a fiery speech for ‘threatening’ and ‘cursing’ at her over LGBTQ+ books in the small town’s library. Patmos Library in Jamestown Township, Michigan...
View ArticleStaff called ‘paedophiles’ and books torn to pieces over library stocking...
A city in Ireland is standing firmly behind its decision to have LGBTQ+ books held in its libraries. Cork City Council has confirmed that staff at its Grand Parade library have experienced...
View ArticleTrump-supporting town could force local library to close over a book about...
Residents of a town in Washington are preparing to vote on whether to shut their local library rather than allow it to offer a book about trans people. Those living in Dayton, Columbia County, where...
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Mississippi parents get ‘pornographic’ Heartstopper books banned from teens...
The graphic novel series Heartstopper will no longer be available in the teen section of a Mississippi public library after a group of parents claimed the books were pornographic. The Heartstopper...
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Riley Gaines anti-trans harassment on social media linked to bomb threat on...
Anti-trans harassment pedalled on social media by former US college swimmer Riley Gaines has been linked with a bomb threat at a California library. On Monday (21 August), Mary L. Stephens library in...
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