Top library group colludes with local librarians to ‘sneak’ LGBT content to kids
The American Library Association (ALA) website has scrubbed the author’s name from an article in which a Maryland librarian describes ways children’s librarians can sneak LGBT content and activities into libraries located in conservative rural areas. Librarian Tess Goldwasser’s name apparently was recently removed from her ALA article after national pressure began to build against a Drag Queen Story Hour planned next week for a local branch within the St.Mary’s County library system, where Goldwasser works as an assistant branch manager of youth services. When Personhood Alliance’s Maryland affiliate, local activist Georgia Kijesky , submitted a letter to the editor of the St. Mary’s County Times about the upcoming Drag Queen Story Hour to be held in the Lexington Park library near her home, she cited the June 2017 ALA article by Goldwasser. The editor replied that there was no way to prove that Goldwasser had authored the piece. Kijesky revisited the online ALA arti