Conservative Moms’ Plot to Hold Library’s LGBTQ Books Hostage Backfires MASSIVELY
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-07-26

Outraged by the Rancho Peñasquitos library's pride display in San Diego, two conservative moms devised a plan to take nearly all of the library's LGBTQ+ books hostage and refuse to return them until the library agreed to permanently remove all LGBTQ+from books from shelves. This plan did not go as expected.

Conservatives’ Plan to Hold LGBTQ Books Hostage Backfired Spectacularly: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/us/pride-books-library-protest.html

Additional Sources:
San Diego Union-Trubine - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2023-06-28/protestors-ruin-rancho-penasquitos-librarys-pride-exhibit-by-checking-out-nearly-all-the-books
Salt Lake Tribune - https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/06/02/book-mormon-now-challenged-utah/

Watch Our Coverage of Utah’s Book Ban: https://youtu.be/sUQ1SlIg0xY

Chapters:
0:00 Book Bans
1:07 San Diego Library Pride Display
2:51 Books Held Hostage
5:02 "Hide the Pride"
6:30 Backfire
10:07 Closing Thoughts
11:17 Outro

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