"Backlash as Reform claims trans books removed from children's library section"
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1DuncanHill
BBC story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6257p2vry3o
"Kent County Council's Reform UK leader Linden Kemkaran said the books were to be removed with immediate effect in a "victory for common sense in Kent"."
"Labour MP for Chatham and Aylesford Tristian Osbourne has called the alleged removal of the books "unedifying gender baiting of the LGBT community"."
"However, a council spokesperson said that one book had been moved.
The book in question was The Autistic Trans Guide to Life by Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson, the council said."
"Kent County Council's Reform UK leader Linden Kemkaran said the books were to be removed with immediate effect in a "victory for common sense in Kent"."
"Labour MP for Chatham and Aylesford Tristian Osbourne has called the alleged removal of the books "unedifying gender baiting of the LGBT community"."
"However, a council spokesperson said that one book had been moved.
The book in question was The Autistic Trans Guide to Life by Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson, the council said."
2Cecrow
If they were just moving it to the adult section, I'd find that appropriate. But removing it from the library entirely is something else.
3DuncanHill
>2 Cecrow: "If they were just moving it to the adult section, I'd find that appropriate."
Most British libraries don't have an "adult section". They have general shelving, and a children's corner. This book was never in the children's shelving.
Most British libraries don't have an "adult section". They have general shelving, and a children's corner. This book was never in the children's shelving.
