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

  • Baylahoo@lemmy.world
    702·
    11 months ago

    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·
    11 months ago

    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.

  • izzent@lemmy.world
    134·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • XIN@lemm.ee
      17·
      11 months ago

      I kind of assume a display like this is more for the curious than the closeted.

      • Zahille7@lemmy.world
        7·
        11 months ago

        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
        11·
        11 months ago

        Funny that a group that promotes inclusion would target a specific demographic at the cost of excluding all the others.

    • Balios@kbin.social
      10·
      11 months ago

      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·
      11 months ago

      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.socialOP
        14·
        11 months ago

        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.

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
    2020·
    11 months ago

    …despite the vows set for in the threatening email, the checked-out books have been returned.

    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.