Mississippi Mayor Withholds $110k From Library Over LGBTQ+ Books | Queer News Tonight
Channel: Queer News Tonight
Date: 04/02/2022

Republican mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland, Mississippi is refusing to disperse $110,000 in funding from the Madison County Libraries unless they purge all LGBTQ+ books from their shelves.  In an interview with The Mississippi Free Press, the executive director of the Madison County Library System said she was told she shouldn't expect the money any time soon saying, “He explained his opposition to what he called ‘homosexual materials’ in the library, that it went against his Christian beliefs, and that he would not release the money as the long as the materials were there. I told him our collection reflects the diversity of our community." Johnson said that McGee responded, “the library can serve whoever we wanted, but that he only serves the great Lord above."

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