Parents in Texas want LGBT children's books removed from public library

Two books that people in Texas want banned.

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published 2 July 2015

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."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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