Angry Mississippians get “Heartstopper” books banned from teen section at library

One resident claimed “homosexuals” were using the Heartstopper books “to recruit your kid, my kid, and grandkid to get into that lifestyle.”

Joe Locke and Kit Connor in Season 2 of Heartstopper
Photo: Teddy Cavendish/Netflix

A Mississippi library has banned the Heartstopper graphic novel series from teen access after an angry group of parents demanded the gay love story be removed to the adult section.

Residents characterized the chaste books as “pornographic.”

The Heartstopper graphic novels and popular Netflix show tell the story of two teen boys who fall in love. Neither the books nor the show feature any explicit sexual content.

The issue has been all-consuming at the Marion County Public Library in Columbia, Mississippi.

The books were first pulled from the library shelves altogether after a meeting on August 9, when a group of angry residents confronted the library’s board over the popular book series.

One resident claimed “homosexuals” were using the Heartstopper books “to recruit your kid, my kid, and grandkid to get into that lifestyle.”

When asked what she found objectionable in the books, Marion County resident Heather McMurry…

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