I hate that it was needed, but it's beautiful to see a community come together to support something so important.
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They returned the books. I guess they realized that it would constitute as theft, and decided not to get arrested over it. Or they have no backbone. Who knows.
I hate the fact that there's a stand for the books that is this prominent. If someone is closeted and wants to borrow one, there's no chance in hell to do it discreetly. It's like a big neon sign... Very inconsiderate if you ask me.
Assuming that only members of the community could possibly be interested in these books is one of the problems we have.
I kind of assume a display like this is more for the curious than the closeted.
And I'm sure they have a copy of each book on the display on their regular shelves, and it's more like "hey, here's some LGBT+ books we have, there's more on the shelves."
Funny that a group that promotes inclusion would target a specific demographic at the cost of excluding all the others.
If that was the only place you could get pride books? Sure
But I can only assume that there are other pride books around the library, and I think having a designated pride section is good for those who want it.
...despite the vows set for in the threatening email, the checked-out books have been returned.
Hopefully those returned books are being examined for vandalism before going back onto the shelves. Wouldn't be too big of a stretch to imagine that people petty enough to try and keep the books out of circulation might find other ways to be assholes.
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