Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads
by Hamsternoir
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> Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
Free speech for all, except for you.
Of course people have the right to request for certain books to be removed from library shelves.
Just as libraries have the right to tell these people to get fucked.
Banning books due to subject matter, or because they contain words that may challenge modern sensibilities, is always wrong.
the LGBTQ obsession is crazy, having more openly gay people does not mean you have more gay people, just less living in fear/shame.
nobody is turning anybody gay, you are attracted to who you are attracted to, society and culture can make slight differences about a niche type that you may like or not, but watching a film or reading a book, is not going to turn you gay or a gay person straight
>Tom Percival, about a boy who wants to dress up as his favourite superhero, Nature Girl.
I assume this isn’t the actual marvel mutant Nature Girl, as she’s no one’s favourite.
We really need to do more to protect our libraries in this country. If it’s not government cuts then it’s lunatic conservatives and far too many people just don’t give a fuck. No wonder we are increasingly seeing kids turning up at school who don’t know how to use a book, let alone pick one up off their own back.
Not content with fucking up their own country Americans are trying to fuck up others too.
I really think we should treat stuff like this as foreign interference.
Pernicious bastards. Let rip the full force of the law, the exact opposite of what the Americans should have done, using all the rights of a thousand years of British constitution. Grrr.
>Censorship by pupils in UK schools, including “vandalising library material, annotating library books with racist and homophobic slurs”, and damaging posters and displays
Weird to see graffiti and vandalism classed as censorship, though I guess it might be classed as that as the books get removed from circulation
Surely this should be considered some sort of rage kink? This weirdly perverse obsession over being disgusted by something that you disagree with to the extent you make it your life’s duty seems more like a kinky obsession than a moral or religious duty.
Ban the perverts from the libraries, or at least point them in the direction of self-help books, or academic books and shelves to do with psychology, history and sociology, none of which would mention why religion is a good thing. They may learn a thing or two.
I have broken a couple of guys minds on this subject-
They start by saying teaching children about LBGTQ+ will make them gay/trans
I ask him f I could teach them to be gay?
They say no-
I ask if they could have been taught to be gay as a child & get sexually excited about gay sex?
They scoff and say no!
So I ask how every other child could be taught to be gay if they wouldn’t?
They should have a big rally, place all the now illegal books in a pile and burn them….wait! Why does that sound familiar?
(Why should the UK remove library Books because some American politicians are butthurt?)
Absolutely not, it’s a slippery slope. Your book today, my book tomorrow.
The good news is the UK is becoming much thicker so soon there will be no need for any books.
I wish there was a way to remove these US pressure groups from interfering in this country with their anti-everything that isn’t maga.
FFS. I can see the point of only allowing children certain books but Adults can cope with this sort of thing even if it is inappropriate material for children. I imagine libraries have some system in place to stop children checking out books like the kama sutra.
Any US wanker, who demands that books promoting people’s right to free speech and gender identity be removed from public access in England, deserves a kick in the balls and a demand to fuck off.
They have no right demanding to limit the resources of the LBGT+ community simply because of their own bigotry.
There seems to be a lot of maybes and possiblys in this article. They don’t present evidence that it is the influence of US pressure groups. The thing is, we have pressure groups at home who have form for trying to restrict what is taught in schools, so are they part of this?
This is just the pendulum swinging the other way. Did anyone *not* expect this?
Anecdotal evidence, “suggests”, small sample size.
Complete nothing burger.
The Guardian is obsessed with trying to make American problems British problems as well.
“WE BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH, UNLIKE EUROPE!!”
**Proceeds to bully Europe**
As soon as some states they want a book banned, I am buying it.
If you don’t like the ideas portrayed in a book, don 5 read it but do not stop others from reading it.
What kinda of a nut job goes to libraries asking for books to be removed. It’s like the world is getting overrun by stupid people.
“Do please just fuck off” – the only acceptable response to any request to censor any book
Will pantomime dames be next?
LGBT people exist and banning books about them is never going to change that. Kids also need to learn that because they are going to see them out and about, some will be LGBT themselves, some will even be being raised by LGBT people (or have family members who are LGBT). You also are never going to put LGBT people back into the societal closet without a huge pushback from them, their loved ones and society in general.
If you want to hate LGBT people, that is your choice. You cannot shape society to your whim based upon a text that the majority of people now no longer subscribe to and use outdated in modern society.
Fascism is a virus…
It’s spreading from so many directions regardless do source atm…
I love how all forms have the same pillars.
Hate on women, hate on ‘the gays’, hate on what’s different.
We’ll all obviously suffer first but I sit back and sometimes feel slightly put at ease that they’ll cannibalise themselves soon after.
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