County leaders on Florida’s Gulf Coast have taken the first steps to require their public library system to label books for LGBTQ+ and sexual content, as well as require a parental consent form for ...

After previewing a number of changes earlier this year, Manatee County’s conservative leaders have approved the first policy update for the public library system. Led by Commissioner Amanda Ballard, ...

What constitutes a “young adult” book? The general public seems to agree that a number of traits contribute to this categorization: a coming of age, explorations of identity and beliefs, and an ...

A New Jersey public library angered liberal activists for moving a sexually explicit book that was accessible to children after receiving pushback from concerned residents. Cedar Grove Library in ...

Several Flathead County Library trustees want to remove the young adult fiction designation owing to the genre’s wide age range that they argue fails to give parents enough guidance on whether a book ...

An Idaho library sign went viral on Reddit earlier this month for stating that all patrons under the age of 30 must show a photo ID proving that they’re above 18 years old to access an adults-only ...

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes. By Adeel Hassan A ...