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Residents of a town in Washington will vote on whether to shut their local library rather than allow it to offer a book about trans people. 

Banned Books

Sen. Markwayne Mullins outburst causes his colleagues to erupt in laughter.

An ever-growing curated collection of LGBTQ+ books and a living, breathing testament to queer voices — inclusive, diverse, always open, and never banned.

There's a lot more to it than Valentine's Day, notes our columnist Caroline Luzzatto, but this still is a good time to explore it.

After hours of contentious back and forth, Arlington's library advisory board came up with a compromise in the debate about LGBTQ Pride month displays: give the books a dedicated space in each age-range section of the library, and keep June displays to the teen and adult sections.

“The Pronoun Book” “gently and educates [children] on they/them pronouns, trans and non-binary identities."

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is recommending that infants be read a book about accepting “neo-pronouns” such as “xe, zir, and hir.”

Staff at Monona Public Library are taking a new approach to community service hoping to spark what they’re calling a much needed conversation on anti-racism and naturally they’re using books to do it.

Titles available at bookstores, libraries for youngsters.