North Dakota Could Jail Librarians Who Don't Comply with Anti-LGBTQ+ Book Bans
North Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban books that contain “sexually explicit” content from public libraries, including a provision that could jail librarians if they don’t comply.
While Republican legislators around the country have introduced similar bills over the past year, most apply only to school libraries. House Bill 1205, however, would ban all public libraries from stocking “sexually explicit” materials in the name of protecting children, meaning that readers of all ages would be banned from accessing LGBTQ+-inclusive texts, which are largely what these bans restrict.
Introduced Tuesday by North Dakota House Representatives Mike Lefor and Vicky Steiner, the bill would redefine “explicit sexual material” to include “deviant sexual intercourse,” “sadomasochistic abuse,” “sexual perversion,” “sexual identity,” and/or “gender identity.” Neither “deviant” nor “perversion” are defined in the bill, a likely intentionally vague wording that could apply to just about anything. The public will be allowed to submit removal requests to libraries regarding books that violate the bill. Libraries must individually develop review processes for these requests, and if found guilty, they would be forced to remove the book within 30 days of receiving the request. Those who are found guilty of stocking such books would be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of up to 30 days in jail, a fine of $1,500, or both.
Lefor cited the graphic novel Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human as one reason why he put the bill forth, according to the Bismarck Tribune. Referencing illustrations of nudity, Lefor stated that he thought the content was “disgusting,” and that public libraries “should put it in a restricted area where (children) need to get permission from their parents to take a book out like this, but they're offering it to junior high school kids ... and when we grew up, we didn't need things like this.”
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I have no doubt in my mind that if these fucking assholes got back in the White House that they'd attempt genocide. This is where it is leading. God I hate the GOP, Fox, and the conspiracy theory wing. They can all go rot in the fieriest pit of hell. 
I mean Fox, AM radio, Infowars, TPUSA, and all of that shit. The propaganda has too much of a hold on half of the country and it's how we get these lousy politicians like Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, McCarthy, Gosar, McConnell, and so on that we can't get rid of. If we are to fight back against these evil forces, we have to start holding them accountable. Especially Fox. They've been getting away with some shockingly hateful rhetoric for far too long and they have gone unpunished. It's time to start punishing them or it will get worse. 
“What’s Happening To My Body?” books for boys and girls starting puberty. They were illustrated.
Under the guise of "protecting children" when we all know damn well these laws they're proposing will have the exact opposite effect. This is some scary cult shit. 
