I feel exactly the same way. The same discussion came up over the
summer, when the children's librarian at our local public library asked
me what I thought of The Sissy Duckling. I haven't bought these books
because a) no one has asked for them or for books on the topic and b) I
don't want to provoke what I know will be a problem. I excuse it
because the public library is just a few blocks away and they do have
these books but that is a poor excuse. For us, conservatism isn't an
issue - we are 25 miles south of SF and half a block away from a
lesbian family who has frequently been in the news recently and flies
the rainbow flag. I don't know what the right answer is. I do know that
if anyone asks for books on this topic I will not hesitate to buy them,
just as I have purchased additional books on various under-represented
topics when asked.
Cathy
On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Rubaiyat wrote:
> I have found myself in the last few months refusing to purchase books
> on
> gay/lesbian relationships. Some of these books receive excellent =
> reviews
> and I feel there is a need for such books in a collection. I feel =
> guilty
> about not ordering these books, because of not wanting to open this
> pandora's box. To me this is the worst kind of censorship, but I =
> haven't
> decided how to resolve this issue. I feel that is some ways I =
> underserving
> a sigment of my population.
>
> The other reason that I refuse to purchase this type of books, is that
> I
> know that we do not have any gay and lesbian students in the district
> --
> tongue in cheek. =20
>
> Curtis L. Clark
> Library Media Specialist
> Pleasant Hill Middle School
> 1301 East Myrtle
> Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
> 816 540 2149 #122
> Fax # 816 987 2017
> cclark@pleasanthillschools.com
> =20
> "I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar." "Isn't he
> just =
> a
> libarian?" Garion asked, "somebody who looks after books?"
> "That's where all the rest of the scholarship starts, Garion. All the
> =
> books
> in the world won't help you if they're just piled in a heap."
> David Eddings "King of the Murgos"
> =20
> =20
> Procrastination,
> I've been told,
> Is the source of all my sorrow,
> I don't know what it means,
> I'll look in up tomorrow. (maybe)
> =20
>
> *=09
> "I have the body of a God -- Buddha"
> *=09
> "I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing."
> *=09
> "Sex on TV only hurts when you fall off."
> *=09
> "Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to
> a
> horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?"
> *=09
> "Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think
> I'll
> squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
> *=09
> "It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere."
> *=09
> "The best way to a man's heart is to split the chest cavity
> open."
> *=09
> "Clones are people two."
> *=09
> "If a man says something in the woods and there are no women
> there
> to hear it, is he still wrong?"
>
> =20
> "We are Microsoft. Resistance is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated."
>
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