Library lists book as potentially “sexually explicit” because the author’s name is literally “Gay”

Cover of “Read Me a Story, Stella” by Marie-Louise Gay
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The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library (HCPL) in Alabama marked a book as potentially “sexually explicit” because the author’s last name is “Gay.” It appeared on a list of 233 books to be reviewed and potentially removed.

Read Me a Story, Stella, by Marie-Louise Gay, is about two kids who read books and build a doghouse. The School Library Journal says the book is appropriate for kindergarten through third grade. There is nothing sexually explicit about it.

Challenges to books in schools and public libraries have increased over the last several years as part of the larger “groomer” moral panic, which is the idea that kids seeing LGBTQ+ content can turn them gay or trans. According to PEN America, the number of books banned in schools increased by…

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