US EditionAccommodate Transgender Students — Within Reason
KENT, ENGLAND, JUL 4 – Kent County Council relocated transgender books from children’s sections citing age-appropriateness after a resident’s complaint, affecting all 99 libraries under Reform UK leadership.
- Kent County Council, controlled by Reform since May elections, announced removal of transgender-related books from children's library sections.
- The decision was prompted by a concern from a member of the public and was revealed through social media posts instead of being presented during a council meeting.
- Council leader Linden Kemkaran defined the move as a "victory for common sense" while Liberal Democrat opposition leader Antony Hook criticized the process as "bizarre" and vague.
- Paul Webb, cabinet member, stated children are properly protected from harm like alcohol and gambling and issued the removal instruction after finding trans-ideological books in children's sections.
- The ban sparked backlash from LGBTQ+ campaigners who called it censorship and a targeted attack on trans and neurodivergent communities, while the council affirmed no adult trans books will be accessible to children.
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Accommodate transgender students — within reason
Like Arnie MacDonald (“I’m celebrating the miracle that is my transgender daughter,” Opinion, June 29), I am a parent, lawyer, former community leader and spouse of a teacher. In 2016, I wrote a column supporting inclusion and accommodation of transgender students. I believe, as Attorney MacDonald does, that “public policies should be grounded in dignity, […]
Evening Standard
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The council has since rowed back on suggestions that the book was in the children’s section.
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