Potential Battle Brews Over Gay History Books In Schools - Yahoo! News: "A potential battle over books in Oklahoma City Public Schools was brewing Monday, and the theme was familiar to city residents.
Members of the Oklahoma City gay community prepared to offer two books at a scheduled school board meeting Monday night, but a planned public forum on the matter was canceled. The books are intended for high school libraries and focus on major events in American history.
'Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution' -- a book by David Carter -- focuses on a series of riots at a New York bar that are widely seen as pivotal events in the civil rights movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. The second book, 'Lost Prophet: The Life And Times of Bayard Rustin' by John D'emilio, is a biography of a gay man who was an important leader in the black civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The proposal comes just weeks after a major controversy at the Oklahoma City Library Commission meeting, where hundreds recently debated the placement of homosexual-themed children's books in the city's libraries. In addition, a recent resolution passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives asks state libraries to move the books to an adult section."
Monday, June 06, 2005
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I suppose there will be arguments about placing them in the children's section.
:) There will probably be arguments about placing them anywhere in a 3 block radius of the school libraries.
Of course if it is decided not to include those books then we can always start on books that include the individuals listed at this site http://www.glbtq.com/topic/social-sciences_123.html as well.
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