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Anti-Trans Activist Riley Gaines Appointed to TN Library Board Amid Controversy
Riley Gaines' appointment shifts Sumner County Library Board majority to conservatives amid ongoing efforts to ban transgender-related books from public libraries, a policy rejected three times.
- On Monday, Riley Gaines, conservative activist and former University of Kentucky swimmer, was appointed to the Sumner County Library Board as one of the two vacancies, Commissioners Jeremy Mansfield and Tim Jones announced on social media on Oct. 21.
- Months into an ongoing battle, conservatives pressed to enact a policy to bar transgender-related books, which the board repeatedly rejected; Sumner County Commissioners said Gaines's appointment responded to that struggle.
- Steve Wasilowski filled the second vacancy, a pick the commission had recommended earlier, and with two new appointees, the Library Board must select a new chairperson among its nine positions.
- Those appointments give conservatives a board majority, which supporters said could ease passage of the contested library policy despite First Amendment concerns and Rutherford County's prior reversal.
- Public meetings have drawn extensive hours-long comment while the proposed policy would require challenged books to be removed within 24 hours and bar inter-library requests since early 2025.
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Riley Gaines appointed to Sumner County Library Board
(The Center Square) – A day after Riley Gaines weighed in on a situation at the Sumner County Library Board, the Tennessee native was appointed to serve on it, according to her social media post.
Riley Gaines added to Sumner County Library Board
SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Conservative activist and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines was appointed to the Sumner County Library Board Monday evening. Sumner County Commissioner Jeremy Mansfield reported Gaines was added to fill one of two vacancies as the board voted to keep its number of members at nine. Gaines posted on social media "Tennessee banned tax dollars from funding woke gender ideology, but my own county’s library board is …
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