Saturday, July 22, 2023

Homophobic Action at San Diego Library Met with Protest

Two homophobic San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.

In response, Stacks of Amazon boxes containing new copies of the books the protesters checked out started to arrive at the library after The San Diego Union-Tribune reported the homophobic actions. Roughly 180 people, mostly San Diegans, gave more than $15,000 to the library system, which after a city match will provide over $30,000 toward more L.G.B.T.Q.-themed materials and programming, including an expansion of the system’s already popular drag queen story hours.

The Right Wing of this country will try to maintain and build any hierarchy they can. In this case, they have chosen sexual orientation. They will stop at nothing to make the sexual orientation they favor stay on top of our nation's hierarchies. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/us/pride-books-library-protest.html