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Humble_Draw9974 t1_ja1o0ml wrote

What’s the point of that? So people in search of LBGTQ books can easily find them? That would be the effect. I don’t see how it would prevent exposure to that kind of content.

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Competitive_Depth_96 t1_ja1pngq wrote

Imagine a gay kid who doesn't have support at home going to the library to stand in a segregated aisle like that. Or, books are not segregated and the kid can check out the one that interests him or her without the chance family members will notice what type of book it is. This is important because not everyone can safely come out of the closet.

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Nice-Definition-8360 t1_ja1vi4w wrote

Yep. That’s exactly it. It has a chilling effect. People who need the books and can’t or don’t want to read them publicly will just not be able to check them out.

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fliponymousredux t1_ja1y94c wrote

First you segregate them, then you remove them. It's a pretty transparent tactic.

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