Backlash against "Pride"

By John Labriola - This June marked the fourth year in a row that Citrus County libraries have not celebrated "LGBT Pride Month." The obnoxious propaganda displays of rainbow flags and degenerate books are now a fading memory, thanks to the active involvement of so many residents who spoke out against having their tax dollars used to subsidize perversion. 

In the last four years, the Citrus County Library System also has terminated its membership in the LGBT-promoting American Library Association, removed a pornographic "LGBT teen novel" from its shelves, and is now working on giving parents more control over what their minor children read through the creation of a restricted access library card.

Citrus County's experience has been a harbinger of the changing national mood. In 2024, President Donald J. Trump scored a historic comeback victory to retake the White House and immediately set about dismantling Biden's demented LGBT-promoting policies. Through a series of executive actions, President Trump stopped all federal celebrations of "LGBT Pride Month," declared transgender theory a degenerate lie, terminated federal funding of institutions performing barbaric transgender surgeries on minors, and this month removed the name of a radical homosexual activist from a Navy ship.

Now Citrus County is discussing how to evaluate whether additional books should be removed from its library shelves. Last week, the Citrus County Library Advisory Board (LAB) reviewed proposed questions for the LAB to consider when scrutinizing a challenged book, but the list was tabled for further discussion because several members of the public felt the questions missed the mark. 

"I do think some of the questions really aren't relevant like, 'Do other libraries have this material?' because other libraries may be in big cities that don't object to certain things that maybe we do [object to] here in Citrus County," said Margie Peary of Crystal River. She added that the question "Has the material won an award?" was also inappropriate because many objectionable materials have won awards from groups that support them. 

LAB members and the public suggested adding several questions to the list, including whether a book could be read out loud at a public meeting, if it's been challenged or removed from other library systems, and whether it contains violence, foul language and sexual content. 

The LAB's next meeting will be on Aug. 26, when it also will take up the proposed library budget for 2025-26.

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