Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. The guidance by Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board’s attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project (FFTRP) through a public records request and shared with Popular Information. FFTRP requested “electronic records of district and school decisions regarding classroom and library materials.” In response, FFTRP received a document memorializing a July 24 conversation between Vianello and district librarians, known in Florida as media specialists.
It’s alright people, we can pretend that portion of the population just simply doesn’t exist and all will go back as it was in 1950.
Well jeez, at least it only sucked for gay people in 1950!
Damn. Republicans really are fascist. As if we didn’t know already but God damn.
Republicans are afraid that LGBTQ characters will humanize LGBTQ people and children might learn to empathize with them, which would reduce bigotry against them.
Don’t forget to throw out the Bible!
2 Samuel 1:26
(David) I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
Fuck censorship - posted for the kids of Charlotte County.
I’d take out all the books that have any characters that don’t mention their sexuality and say that I’m protecting kids because Huck Finn could be gay.
Any character that isn’t actively pursuing someone of the opposite gender is clearly asexual. There is absolutely no other possibility.
The fact that they are not taking out books with heterosexual characters as well shows this is only about bigotry.
Imagine being that afraid of who other people love. The world has never seen such cowardice.
Cancel culture done right. Pun intended.
