Alabama governor confronts state library service over ‘sexually suggestive’ books for youth

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is demanding answers by next week about reports that her state’s public libraries are stocking “sexually suggestive” books in the children’s sections, a probe that includes a hard look at the left-tilting American Library Association.

Ms. Ivey said she was spurred by recent community challenges to materials such as “The Pronoun Book,” a reader for three-year-olds about “preferred pronouns,” and “If You’re a Kid Like Gavin,” a book about a child’s gender transition, written for kids ages 4-8.

Other books raising hackles include “The Mirror Season” and “Only Mostly Devastated,” billed for ages 13-18, which “feature graphic sex scenes,” the governor said.

Alabama governor confronts state library service over ‘sexually suggestive’ books for youth

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is demanding answers by next week about reports that her state’s public libraries are stocking “sexually suggestive” books in the children’s sections, a probe that includes a hard look at the left-tilting American Library Association.

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Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’​

“Although it is obviously laughable that our picture book shows up on their list of censored books simply because the author’s last name is Gay, the ridiculousness of that fact should not detract from the seriousness of the situation,” [the author's publicist] Brassard said in a statement.

HCPL executive director Cindy Hewitt admitted “Read Me a Story, Stella” should not have been put on the list and was added because of the keyword “gay.”

AL.com received a copy of the book review list for the Madison branch and found that 91% of 233 titles had the words lesbian, gay, transgender, gender identity, or gender non-conforming in the subject header, which lists numerous themes for each book.

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It looks like some Alabama efforts to vet “sexually suggestive” books amounts to targeting all books with 'gay' content, even if that gayness is purely incidental (much less sexually suggestive).