Name: Librarians push back on removal of Gender Queer book in Wake libraries
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Description: Dozens of Wake County librarians are calling for the book Gender Queer - a graphic novel designed in comic-strip form about the author's journey to identifying as transgender - to be back on shelves.

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Dozens of Wake County librarians are calling for the book Gender Queer - a graphic novel designed in comic-strip form about the author's journey to identifying as transgender - to be back on shelves.

FRIEND'S PORCH ON JULY 4, 2020. THE PSA ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. >>> DOZENS OF WAKE COUNTY LIBRARIANS DEMANDING THEIR VOICES BE HEARD AFTER A BOOK WAS PULLED FROM SHELVES. THE LIBRARY SYSTEM REMOVED "GENDER QUEER" THIS MONTH AFTER COMPLAINTS IT WAS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT. BRYAN MIMS EXPLAINS CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO THE COUNTY BOOK REMOVAL PROCESS. >> IT SHOCKED ME. >> >> Reporter: SHE ONLY ONCE HER VOICE HEARD, NOT HER NAME GIVEN. SHE WORKS THAT WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. I DID NOT THINK WE WOULD PULL A BOOK FROM THE SHELVES. >> THE BOOK IS CALLED "GENDER QUEER",  GRAPHIC NOVEL TOLD IN COMIC BOOK FORMAT WITH THE AUTHOR GOING THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF COMING OUT TRANSGENDER. CRITICS HAVE RAILED AGAINST THE BOOK SAYING IT IS PORNOGRAPHIC. >> I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE. I HAVE READ THE BOOK, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH MY 11-YEAR-OLD SON READING THE BOOK. I WOULD WANT TO BE WITH HIM TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE CONTENT THEREIN. >> Reporter: BAY COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAYS IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE BOOK WAS PULLED AFTER A LIBRARY PATRON FILE THE COMPLAINT. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS DETERMINED THE BOOK DOES CONTAIN EXPLICIT ILLUSTRATIONS THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE LIBRARY SELECTION POLICY. >> WE ARE A LIBRARY, NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT CENSURING OTHER VOICES. THAT IS ANTI-PEDICLE TO WHAT WE STAND FOR. >> Reporter: THIS ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE AMONG 55 LIBRARIANS WHO SIGNED A LETTER FROM CALLED, WAKE COUNTY FREDA REED. THEY SAY THE LIBRARIANS SHOULD BE CONSULTED WHEN BOOK REMOVALS ARE CONSIDERED. THAT COULD SOON HAPPEN. IN AN EMAIL THIS WEEK TO LIBRARY STAFF, THE SELECTION MANAGER SAYS HE IS ASSEMBLING A GROUP OF LIBRARIANS TO DEVELOP A NEW PROCESS FOR BOOK SELECTION AND REMOVAL AND THE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY COMMISSION SENT ME THE STATEMENT, WE SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOOK REMOVAL PROCESS AND ARE ACTIVELY LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION. THE LIBRARY BOOK SELECTION AND RECONSIDERATION PROCESS NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE. >> I KNEW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THAT CAN BE SET BY PULLING TITLES LIKE THIS. THIS EMPLOYEE WANTS TO CLOSE THE BOOK ON ANY SUCH PRECEDENT. >> WE GIVE VOICE TO EVERYONE WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT RAN MEMES WITH WRAL NEWS, WAKE COUNTY. >> WAKE COUNTY  LIBRARY COMMISSION CHAIR SAYS THE BOOK

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WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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