People donated more than $15,000 to the library system, which will be matched by the city, providing $30,000 for LGBTQ programming
People donated more than $15,000 to the library system, which will be matched by the city, providing $30,000 for LGBTQ programming
16 Comments
Baylahoo@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 3y
I hate that it was needed, but it's beautiful to see a community come together to support something so important.
kemsat@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
They returned the books. I guess they realized that it would constitute as theft, and decided not to get arrested over it. Or they have no backbone. Who knows.
Rom@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
TheBat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Rom@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Snowpix@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
Reading is for damn libruls!
Gerudo@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
Por que no los dos?
Izzent@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
I hate the fact that there's a stand for the books that is this prominent. If someone is closeted and wants to borrow one, there's no chance in hell to do it discreetly. It's like a big neon sign... Very inconsiderate if you ask me.
xintrik@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 3y
I kind of assume a display like this is more for the curious than the closeted.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
And I'm sure they have a copy of each book on the display on their regular shelves, and it's more like "hey, here's some LGBT+ books we have, there's more on the shelves."
Izzent@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
Funny that a group that promotes inclusion would target a specific demographic at the cost of excluding all the others.
Balios@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y
Assuming that only members of the community could possibly be interested in these books is one of the problems we have.
Kara@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y
If that was the only place you could get pride books? Sure
But I can only assume that there are other pride books around the library, and I think having a designated pride section is good for those who want it.
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social · 14 pts · 3y
And likely this was just for Pride month, and anyone wanting the books who is closeted can get them much more discretely later, or make a request with a librarian.
bathorygod@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Amazing
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 3y
This is the kind of story that simultaneously frustrates me and gives me hope.
JustZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
So bigots.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
Hopefully those returned books are being examined for vandalism before going back onto the shelves. Wouldn't be too big of a stretch to imagine that people petty enough to try and keep the books out of circulation might find other ways to be assholes.
mojo@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 3y
Sell the books for an infinite money glitch