Arlington's library advisory board voted Thursday night to recommend guidelines for displays of LGBTQ materials.
Before the meeting, Arlington libraries posted an online survey to gather feedback.
Roughly 1,800 responded, with 1,062 people saying they did not want limits on where LGBTQ materials were displayed. 686 wanted the materials only in adult sections, 51 did not want any displays, and seven did not want political or controversial displays. Sarah Hissin was another resident who spoke before the advisory board Thursday. Last year, Hissin started a Facebook group related to inclusion in Arlington.
“It’s very disheartening that, I feel like kids are being used as part of this pawn to discriminate against the gay community here in Arlington,” she said. “Arlington is called the Dream City. If our reputation is one that we are going to discriminate against tax paying citizens, then we’re going to known as the homophobic city.”This article tagged under: