How Chicago-area libraries are fighting book bans
After numerous parent complaints, Chicagoland libraries are combating widespread calls for removal of various children’s books.
Some parents say they are exercising a First Amendment right to protest a variety of children’s books about LGBT acceptance and body positivity, including The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish and The Bare Naked Book.
Reset hears from a WBEZ journalist covering the issue and a local library leader.
GUESTS: Adora Namigadde, WBEZ metro reporter
Lindsey Dorfman, executive director of the Glenview Public Library
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How Chicago-area libraries are fighting book bans
After numerous parent complaints, Chicagoland libraries are combating widespread calls for removal of various children’s books.
Some parents say they are exercising a First Amendment right to protest a variety of children’s books about LGBT acceptance and body positivity, including The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish and The Bare Naked Book.
Reset hears from a WBEZ journalist covering the issue and a local library leader.
GUESTS: Adora Namigadde, WBEZ metro reporter
Lindsey Dorfman, executive director of the Glenview Public Library