{"id":226937,"date":"2025-05-06T14:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/in-spanish-fort-lgbtq-picture-books-housed-in-adult-section\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:59:37","slug":"in-spanish-fort-lgbtq-picture-books-housed-in-adult-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=226937","title":{"rendered":"In Spanish Fort, LGBTQ picture books housed in adult section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In Alice B. McGinty\u2019s \u201cBathe the Cat,\u201d a family\u2019s attempt to clean the house before Grandma comes goes hilariously awry as the members of the family mix up their subjects and verbs \u2014 feed the fishes and wash the dishes becomes wash the fishes and feed the dishes.<\/p>\n<p>At the Spanish Fort Public Library, patrons will need to be 18 or older to check out the book themselves, or have a parent approve them to have access to the entire adult collection.<\/p>\n<p>There is zero mention of sex in the book, or even sexual orientation. But the illustrations depict the family as having two fathers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBathe the Cat\u201d is just one of 36 books moved by the library earlier this year in response to code changes at the Alabama Public Library Service. The code changes require libraries to implement policies restricting \u201csexually explicit\u201d books from children and teen sections. The code does not address LGBTQ representation, but requires policies to restrict books \u201cotherwise inappropriate for minors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>APLS Chairman John Wahl told APR that could be interchangeable with the state\u2019s definition of \u201charmful to minors,\u201d which deals strictly with books meant to titillate readers.<\/p>\n<p>Other LGBTQ+ children\u2019s books that are now housed in the young adult collection include \u201cDaddy, Papa and Me,\u201d \u201cJacob\u2019s New Dress,\u201d \u201cMr. Watson\u2019s Chickens,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just LGBTQ+ books that will require parental supervision or an adult library card to check out\u2014popular youth titles such as the \u201cHunger Games\u201d series is now inaccessible to teens as the Spanish Fort Public Library has determined the \u201cyoung adult\u201d section to mean \u201cages 18-25\u201d rather than its traditional target audience of teenagers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Because the young adult section is considered part of the adult department, only patrons with full-access library cards will be able to check out those books. Adults have full access and parents can voluntarily give their children full access to check out adult materials without them present.<\/p>\n<p>Effectively, if a parent want\u2019s their 14-year-old to be able to check out Hunger Games on their own, they must also give them access to more mature adult content available in the library.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish Fort Public Library board, which is just the Spanish Fort City Council, cemented the policy changes in a meeting Monday despite public comment primarily in opposition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Alice B. 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