Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
BBC City, Political Reporter
Getty ImagesHe explained that a council has issued all books about transsexual libraries from the children’s departments.
In an article on social media, Kemkaran, the leader of the City District Council, said that the books will enter into force with “Victory for common sense in Kent”.
Reform Paul Webb, a portfolio owner of the UK’s communities that control libraries, said that the movement came after the “a people of the people” came into contact with him.
“The council leader is rather than the Council to make announcements on social media,” the opposition’s liberal democratic leader Antony Hook said.
It is not known how many books will be removed or how the Council will classify transgender books.
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Defending the decision, Webb said, “Children in our society are quite justified and properly protected from goods and actions that can harm them – for example, alcohol, cigarettes and gambling.
“My reform members and I believe that our young people should be protected from potentially harmful ideologies and beliefs, such as those who are held by trans lobbyists.”
When the BBC asked the reform to see if Britain made an assessment to understand the effect of the abolition of books, WebB said: “When it comes to impact assessments, I would think that these books should be asked before starting the child section.”
Kemkaran added: “It is wrong to tell the children that they are in the wrong body and it is not only acceptable.”
Hook said he wrote to the Head of City Library Services to ask for an update about which books to be removed.
He said: “The announcement made by Mrs. Kemkaran does not specify which books it speaks. This needs to be explained properly.”
Meanwhile, the worker deputy for Chatham and Aylesford Tristian Osbourne described the decision as “unifying the gender oath of the LGBT community.”
‘Insecure, unpleasant and silenced’
Steven Pullen, the founder and director of Swale Pride, described the movement as “deeply sad”.
He said: “Anti-Trans strengthens their rhetoric and contributes to a culture in which marginal people are insecure, unpleasant and silenced.”
And Erin Strawbridge, the manager of the Folkestone bookstore, a LGBTQ+ bookstore, said to BBC Radio Kent: “Censorship does not prevent people from learning information, but sends a message to the young people of the City and sends a message because they are not safe to the young people of the City and meet LGBT or trans’lar.
“Only pushes children in the closet, worse mental health. He will only scare young people.”
