09-05-2025 12:31 via infodocket.com

Reports: “Alabama Library Leader Wants to Stop Children From Reading Books with Transgender Characters” & “APLS Provides Further Guidance on ‘Sexually Explicit’ Material”

1) Alabama Library Leader Wants to Stop Children From Reading Books with Transgender CharactersAn Alabama library board leader believes children should not be able to read library books about transgender people.
At a meeting Thursday, Amy Minton introduced a consideration to restrict children from reading “any library material that encourages, promotes or contains positive portrayals of transgender procedures, gender ideology or the concept of more than two genders.”
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