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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1993|1993]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature | ====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' | '''Artist:''' Leslea Neuman | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Mercer County Library | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Mercer County Library | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' | '''Dates of Action:'''1993 | ||
'''Location:''' Lawrence, New Jersey | '''Location:''' Lawrence, New Jersey | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' A children's book about gay parenting. | ||
'''The Incident:''' Lawrence resident Keith Smith | '''The Incident:''' Lawrence resident Keith Smith complained about the book as well as about another book [[Daddy's Roommate]] to the Mercer County Library Commission and by writing to County Executive Robert Prunetti. His complaints eventually prompted the library commission to move the books out of the children's section and into the parenting section. Smith is treasurer of the Lawrence Republican Club, but Prunetti said politics was not involved. "A lot of people are affiliated with Democrats or Republicans," he said. " What difference does it make?" Either way, the move angered librarians and many parents. In March, a library system review committee had recommended that the books remain in the children's section. That decision was reversed by the commission after Prunetti said he simply passed the missive on to the county counsel, who advised the commission to review Smith's complaint. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The books remain in the parenting section of the library. | '''Results of Incident:''' The books remain in the parenting section of the library. | ||
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'''Source:''' Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association | '''Source:''' Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1993]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1990s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:New Jersey]] | ||
[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Leslea Neuman]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 29 July 2011
Date: 1993
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Literature
Artist: Leslea Neuman
Confronting Bodies: Mercer County Library
Dates of Action:1993
Location: Lawrence, New Jersey
Description of Artwork: A children's book about gay parenting.
The Incident: Lawrence resident Keith Smith complained about the book as well as about another book Daddy's Roommate to the Mercer County Library Commission and by writing to County Executive Robert Prunetti. His complaints eventually prompted the library commission to move the books out of the children's section and into the parenting section. Smith is treasurer of the Lawrence Republican Club, but Prunetti said politics was not involved. "A lot of people are affiliated with Democrats or Republicans," he said. " What difference does it make?" Either way, the move angered librarians and many parents. In March, a library system review committee had recommended that the books remain in the children's section. That decision was reversed by the commission after Prunetti said he simply passed the missive on to the county counsel, who advised the commission to review Smith's complaint.
Results of Incident: The books remain in the parenting section of the library.
Source: Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association
