Scotland’s national library in U-turn over exhibiting gender-critical book | Scotland

In the Scotland National Library, JK Rowling, and a series of more than 30 female writers, including a series of deputies, reversed the decision not to contain a critical anthology in terms of gender.

Women who will not draw a campaign against the Scottish government’s controversial gender recognition laws. He was nominated by a series of members of the people as part of the institution’s beloved library exhibition.

After the “polarization ve on the trans rights, and after the library has been brought to the agenda by the LGBT+ personnel network, he decided not to include the book in the reading rooms, although it was still text in the exhibition.

However, after making a scream on this decision, the library said it would now include it.

On Thursday, the library, concerned about the impact of the polarized public discourse on the subject, made a curator’s decision to avoid involvement in this exhibition, ”he said. “The library has been subjected to examination of the decision since then.”

The U -turn comes on Wednesday after the negotiations between the national librarian Amina Shah; President of the National Library of Scotland, Drummond Bone; And the editors of the book Susan Wuvety and Lucy Hunter Blackburn.

Shah and the bone apologized for not consulting the editors.

Duel and Blackburn said: ız On behalf of the women who contributed to the book, the people who nominated the book and all our readers, we are very pleased that women who will not WHEESHT take their rightful place in the beloved library exhibition.

“We hope that this is a turning point in the public discourse in Scotland, especially gender and gender identity and also other issues.

Iz We will not proceed as a nation unless we can celebrate our pluralist society and cannot rationally discuss ideas and beliefs.

The book will be placed on the shelves of the exhibition until the end of the week. The library said he would work with editors and other exhibition stakeholders to ensure that the placement is “constructive and inclusive”.

Shah said: “We want to bring people together and encourage respectful and constructive speech. We will always be inclusive and we will always invite everyone to the library.”