Tag Archives: Office of Intellectual Freedom
The ALA Plunges Deeper into the Drag Cesspool
The American Library Association (ALA) has revealed that it has not yet reached the nadir of ethical corruption. Through its Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) division, the Intellectual Freedom Committee, which promotes “continuing education programs” for children, just wrote this (you better be sitting down):
Interested in bringing Drag Queen Storytime to your library? ALSC Committee Members received tips for optimizing success from library pioneers who have already done it. We also had the chance to meet a Drag Queen who talked about the value of offering this program, including fostering empathy, tolerance, creativity, imagination and fun.
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Tagged American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, Banned Books Week, Collection Development Policies, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Judith Krug, Office of Intellectual Freedom
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Totalitarian Librarians Rage About Pitman Picture Book Controversy
Never poke a sleeping bear or the ideology of “tolerant” librarians. IFI’s recent article by John Biver about a controversy brewing in West Chicago over a picture book for young children that positively portrays the homosexuality-celebrating “pride” parades that pollute city streets throughout the country every June has unleashed the fury of freedom-lovin’ librarians across the nation.
Posted in Education, Sexuality
Tagged American Library Association, Daughters of Bilitis, Dawn Betts-Green, Deborah M Monn Bifulk, Fobazi Ettarh, Gayle E. Pitman, Ingrid Conley-Abrams, John Biver, Judith Krug, Meghan Cirrhito, Office of Intellectual Freedom, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, This Day in June, When You Look Out the Window
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