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āGreenville County Library Board of Trustees voted on Monday to relocate books with transgender themes or characters from the young adult section to the adult section.
āThe new policy is a revision to the collection development and maintenance policy. The board voted 8-3 to move books depicting a character who has transitioned or is in the process of transitioning from āa gender that corresponds to their biological sex to a different sexā from the young adult section for ages 13-17 to the adult section.
āThis includes books with illustrations or themes that ācelebrate, portray or affirm gender transitioning whether the changes are social or physical.ā
āAllan Hill, chairman of the library board, said that the revision would allow the library to have ātruth in advertisingā and wants the books in the juvenile section to be āsafe for you to let your kids read.āā
āAfter the same board voted in February to relocate childrenās materials with transgender themes to the parenting section, no books with transgender characters or themes will be accessible for those under 17 unless given the all-access library card, which parents or legal guardians must sign off on.
āMarcia Moston, chair of the library materials committee, said the policy revision proposal was ākeeping in setā with House Bill 4624, a law passed earlier this year in the state banning anyone under the age of 18 from receiving gender reassignment surgery or any form of puberty blockers or hormone therapies. The bill does not include anything regarding libraries or library books.ā
āThe move came after the library removed displays reading āRead with Prideā or āAll Yāall / It Takes a Village to Make a Libraryā with book titles including Alice Walkerās āThe Color Purpleā and Tennessee Williams āCat on a Hot Tin Roof.āā
āThe ACLU, which defines censorship as the āsuppression of content or ideas,ā says that banning a book is not the only form of censorship but can also be defined by moving a book to a āless accessible sectionā or requiring parental permission to read it are both examples of soft censorship.ā
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Iām a teacher and I put that Iām trans in my introduction presentation. I mean, Iām a music teacher, as soon as I open my mouth to sing you can hear the testosterone damage in my voice.
I had some older kids waylay me during office hours asking me not to tell the younger kids. Hereās the thing: Iām not stupid. I know people are not going to like me being out so I have thoroughly covered my ass. Admin has approved me being out to the kids, and I very specifically did not use any references to HRT or surgery in my verbiage.
So theyāre like can you please not tell the younger kids and Iām like no, I am proud of who I am. And admin and these kids are complaining that a parent had to teach their kid about sex before they were ready because of me.
And Iām like āyou wanna see the power point? You donāt think Iāve planned for this exact conversation months in advance?ā My powerpoint says āI am proudly transgender. I transitioned when I was 17.ā There is not a single mention of genitals, hormones, or surgery anywhere at any age.
I told them that who I am is not gross, it is not inappropriate, and it is not something I should hide. Me being out has already improved the lives of multiple of my kids, who see me as a safe person to go to, because I have multiple trans students.
It was really satisfying to basically say ānope, Iām totally covered and am like 5 steps ahead of your little brain. (Proverbially and paraphrased) Go fuck yourselfā.
I am not ashamed of who I am