"Author Kyle Lukoff's 2019 children's book - the first in a series of picture books about the title character - follows a young transgender boy's coming-out journey at school and eventually to his parents. As public radio station WFDD notes, the book is the only one of the nearly 20,000 books in the library's children's collection to so much as mention gender identity."
"Among those who spoke were library board trustees Steve Grove and Betty Armfield. Grove explained that trustees "rely on highly trained librarians" when deciding what material belongs on library shelves, while Armfield said the board had adhered to its own rules and its responsibility to serve the entire community."
"Trustees reasoned that young children are already required to be accompanied by adults who can review the books they want to check out from the library, while some members also said that removing the book would lead to a "slippery slope.""
Randolph County commissioners in North Carolina voted to dissolve the county's entire library board after trustees denied a patron's request to remove the picture book Call Me Max from the children's collection. The picture book follows a young transgender boy's coming-out journey at school and with parents and was reportedly the only title among nearly 20,000 children's books to mention gender identity. Trustees cited that young children must be accompanied by adults who can review materials and warned that removing the title could create a slippery slope. A December public hearing drew roughly forty community members speaking both for and against the board.
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