People donated more than $15,000 to the library system, which will be matched by the city, providing $30,000 for LGBTQ programming
I hate that it was needed, but it’s beautiful to see a community come together to support something so important.
They returned the books. I guess they realized that it would constitute as theft, and decided not to get arrested over it. Or they have no backbone. Who knows.
I think they just realized their stunt backfired and holding onto the books was no longer going to accomplish anything.
I mean what were they going to do? Read?
Reading? And risk gaining empathy for other human beings? What do I look like, someone who’s woke?
Reading is for damn libruls!
Por que no los dos?
I hate the fact that there’s a stand for the books that is this prominent. If someone is closeted and wants to borrow one, there’s no chance in hell to do it discreetly. It’s like a big neon sign… Very inconsiderate if you ask me.
I kind of assume a display like this is more for the curious than the closeted.
And I’m sure they have a copy of each book on the display on their regular shelves, and it’s more like “hey, here’s some LGBT+ books we have, there’s more on the shelves.”
Funny that a group that promotes inclusion would target a specific demographic at the cost of excluding all the others.
Assuming that only members of the community could possibly be interested in these books is one of the problems we have.
If that was the only place you could get pride books? Sure
But I can only assume that there are other pride books around the library, and I think having a designated pride section is good for those who want it.
And likely this was just for Pride month, and anyone wanting the books who is closeted can get them much more discretely later, or make a request with a librarian.
Amazing
This is the kind of story that simultaneously frustrates me and gives me hope.
…despite the vows set for in the threatening email, the checked-out books have been returned.
Hopefully those returned books are being examined for vandalism before going back onto the shelves. Wouldn’t be too big of a stretch to imagine that people petty enough to try and keep the books out of circulation might find other ways to be assholes.
Anti pride protestors
So bigots.
Sell the books for an infinite money glitch
