“The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has added its signature as to an open letter to state legislatures around the country calling on them to halt the advance of discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. AASL is one of twenty signatory associations, collectively representing more than seven million youth-serving professionals, calling on lawmakers to reconsider moving forward […]
Category: Library News
In ‘Unboxing Queer History’ Podcast, Gerber/Hart Library Shares The Untold Stories Of Chicago’s LGBTQ Past
County commissioners denied funds to library after library hosted LGBTQ support group
County commissioners in McConnellsburg, PA voted to not provide additional funding to the local public library because it had hosted a LGBTQ support group so some local citizens decided to raise money for the library. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/11/29/fulton-county-library-funding-lgbtq/
Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ
Campbell County Public Library officials in Wyoming have been facing a local outcry over the books and for scheduling a transgender magician to perform for youngsters, an act canceled amid threats against the magician and library staff. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wyoming-librarians-fire-books-sex-lgbtq-80360733
New LGBTQ library and archives in Iowa opens
The LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library opened last month in Iowa City. University of Iowa graduate student Aiden Bettine, one of the founders, says: “There’s a deep affinity that this place is here and it’s happening and it’s prioritizing Iowa in particular …You don’t find these books all together in a room, unless you’re in […]
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Sheridan Library purchases 6th known copy of John Addington Symonds’ ‘A Problem in Greek Ethics’
ALA Midwinter – Rainbow Round Table Events
LGBTQ Issues Complicate Kalamazoo Elementary Book Program
