Went to a library in Texas that had a whole locked cabinet

I was in Katy, Texas last month visiting family and stopped into the public library. Walked past the teen section and noticed a glass cabinet with a padlock on it. Asked the librarian and she said it was for books that got complaints from parents but weren't fully banned. Stuff like "The Bluest Eye" and "Gender Queer" were in there. She said about 30 books were locked up, and you had to ask a staff member to get one. Has anyone else run into these half-ban cabinets in other states?

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the_elizabeth3d ago

Ran into the exact same thing at a library in North Carolina last spring. They had about 25 books in a locked case behind the reference desk, and the librarian said it was to keep parents from complaining to the city council. It's basically the same censorship, just with extra steps.

beth_hart683d ago

Did @the_elizabeth see that librarian's union in Illinois just voted against locked cases?