{"id":2012738,"date":"2023-08-26T04:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-library-associations-president-wants-to-stock-kids-shelves-with-lgbt-propaganda-and-porn\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T04:08:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:08:24","slug":"report-library-associations-president-wants-to-stock-kids-shelves-with-lgbt-propaganda-and-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-library-associations-president-wants-to-stock-kids-shelves-with-lgbt-propaganda-and-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Library Association President Advocates for Diverse Children&#8217;s Literature and Inclusive Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-library-associations-president-wants-to-stock-kids-shelves-with-lgbt-propaganda-and-porn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Shocking Revelations About the President of the American Library Association<\/h2>\n<p>Whenever conservatives\u2064 oppose obscene material on children\u2019s library\u2062 shelves, leftists dispute the \u2062characterizations and claim the right just\u200b wants to ban \u2064books. A \u200dshocking new\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/americanaccountabilityfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Emily-Drabinski-Memo-08112023.pdf?utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> about the aims of the \u2064American\u2063 Library Association\u2019s president, however, vindicates parents\u2019 fears.<\/p>\n<p>The American\u200b Accountability Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, published a <a href=\"https:\/\/americanaccountabilityfoundation.substack.com\/p\/video-statements-made-by-library?utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email#media-0f029051-a194-478c-9b3a-d9163b3bd40c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/americanaccountabilityfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Emily-Drabinski-Memo-08112023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">memo<\/a> this month compiling radical quotes\u200d from \u200dEmily Drabinski, \u200dthe\u200c president of the\u2063 powerful American Library Association (ALA), a nonprofit that receives some of its \u2062money from member \u200dlibraries, many of which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">taxpayer-funded<\/a>. The ALA, the oldest and biggest library association boasting nearly 50,000 members, coordinates programs at local libraries across America.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200creport documents Drabinski, a self-described lesbian Marxist, attacking conservatives and parents as \u201cfar right, white supremacist,\u200b fascist,\u201d an \u201cangry white mob,\u201d and the \u201cChristo-fascist right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being a Marxist, Drabinski said, \u2063is \u201cvery much who I am and shapes a lot of how I think about social change.\u201d She has criticized the idea of \u201cgender as a binary system with only two acceptable gender markers\u201d and championed LGBT books in\u2063 children\u2019s sections. Drabinski, who\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-library-associations-president-wants-to-stock-kids-shelves-with-lgbt-propaganda-and-porn\/\" title=\"Report: Library Association President Advocates for Diverse Children's Literature and Inclusive Education\">supports drag queen story hours<\/a>, also whined in a 2013 academic paper that religious books under the\u200b Dewey Decimal System are \u201coverwhelmingly \u200cChristian\u201d and present heterosexuality as\u2064 \u201cnormative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u200da 2009 magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/3987404\/Gendered_S_h_elves_Body_and_Identity_in_the_Library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>,\u200c Drabinski described the moment she determined she was a lesbian: She said she found a \u201cmagical\u201d library book when \u2063she was about 14 years old that contained \u201cfantastic queer\u2064 sex in a\u200c field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Libraries are \u201cgood\u2062 places that do all kinds of things\u200c that people on the right don\u2019t\u200d like,\u201d Drabinski <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/102225\/episode-179-from-budget-cuts-to-book-bans-the-decades-long-assault-on-public-libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on the \u201cCitations Needed\u201d podcast in \u2062March, according to \u2064the report.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b The Federalist\u2019s Tristan \u200bJustice <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/03\/exclusive-leaders-of-13-conservative-groups-demand-states-abandon-american-library-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, the \u200cALA has faced \u2064increased backlash under Drabinski\u2019s\u200b tenure. Leaders \u200bfrom more than \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-groups-urge-republicans-to-reject-railway-safety-bill\/\" title=\"Conservative Groups Urge Republicans to Reject Railway Safety Bill\">dozen conservative organizations<\/a> have called for states to \u2062disaffiliate from the ALA, resulting in\u2063 officials publicly \u2062disavowing\u2063 the group and even cutting funding. As Justice reported earlier this month:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In July, Missouri became the first to\u200b cut\u200c ties\u200b with the 147-year-old umbrella association.\u200b Missouri\u2062 Secretary \u2064of State John Ashcroft sent the ALA a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.mo.gov\/CMSImages\/NewsReleases\/American_Library_Association_07-20-2023-103339.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> \u200d terminating the \u200crelationship on \u2063July 7. The Montana State Library Commission \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O7n9aKvJc9I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> \u2063to follow\u200d suit \u200cfour days later. Lawmakers in \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/21\/legislators-in-four-more-states-prepare-to-ditch-american-library-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight \u200cmore states<\/a> have now signaled\u2064 they are preparing \u2062to sever the relationship between the \u200cALA and their local library\u200c commissions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas was the latest\u200c state to drop the ALA. State Rep. Brian Harrison led the effort and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianeharrison\/status\/1693433063563313384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a> left-wing \u2064attempts to smear the\u200d move as a pro-censorship \u201cbook \u200cban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u200ca\u200b difference in saying, \u2018No, \u200dyou\u2019re not going to take tax money to \u2062buy pornography to put in taxpayer-funded elementary \u200dschools and give them to second graders,\u2019\u201d \u2063Harrison said. \u201cThat is not the same as\u200b a book\u200d ban. If you\u2019re an adult, \u200bthere is not\u200d a \u2064book or video you cannot \u200dpurchase today in \u200dthe \u2063United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 response to conservative opposition, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanaccountabilityfoundation.substack.com\/p\/video-statements-made-by-library?utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email#media-0f029051-a194-478c-9b3a-d9163b3bd40c\">Drabinski<\/a> has resorted to hyperbole, saying that \u201cthere have been bounties placed on librarians heads \u2062for circulating child pornography.\u201d But calling\u2062 the books porn is no exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200csuch \u2063library\u2062 book \u2014 which the ALA has included on its list of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/04\/national-library-week-kicks-highly-anticipated-annual-list-top-10-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most\u2062 challenged<\/a>\u201d books, citing anti-LGBT \u201ccensorship\u201d \u2062\u2014 is <em>Gender Queer<\/em> by Maia Kobabe. The book includes graphic descriptions and illustrations \u2062of oral sex, masturbation, sex toys, orgasms, and transgender fantasies. \u200cIn 2020, the book won the\u2063 ALA\u2019s Alex Award, which\u200d is for books that are \u201cwritten for adults that have special appeal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-up-clinic-in-california-to-offer-joints-for-jabs-vaccination-incentive\/\" title=\"Pop-Up Clinic in California To Offer \u2018Joints For Jabs\u2019 Vaccination Incentive\">young adults ages 12<\/a> through 18.\u201d <em>Gender Queer<\/em> has been the subject\u200c of much backlash over its pornographic\u200b content.<\/p>\n<p>Drabinski, however, is not slowing \u200ddown.\u200c \u201cWe need to\u2063 be as organized as\u200b they are \u200cwhen we push back,\u201d she said of the\u2062 ALA\u2019s ideological crusade against the right.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservatives often face opposition from leftists when they voice concerns about inappropriate content in children&#8217;s libraries. However, a recent report from the American Library Association&#8217;s president validates parents&#8217; fears. The American Accountability Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has released a video and memo exposing the radical intentions behind this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2317,"featured_media":2012739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}