In Granbury, Texas, two children's books that discuss LGBT issues are being targeted by more than 50 residents, who have sent in "challenge forms" asking that the books be removed from the Hood County Library.
Hood County Library director Courtney Kincaid said the books, My Princess Boy and This Day in June, are aimed at helping kids understand the LGBT community. "The books have color drawings and have some rhymes," she told WFAA. "Lesbians and gays are in this community, and they deserve to have some items in this collection." Some of the challenge forms say the books should not be in the children's section because they promote "perversion" and "the gay lifestyle." The Hood County Library Advisory Board voted to keep both the books in the library, and the Hood County Commissioners will address the challenge in July. Kincaid said she would move This Day in June to the non-fiction section, because the book is a "teaching tool."
Hood County is also home to clerk Katie Lang, who made news for refusing to sign off on same-sex marriage licenses. On Tuesday, the clerk's office said it would work around this by issuing licenses without involving Lang.
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