The bill, which would prohibit books depicting sexual or gender identity, proposes up to 30 days imprisonment for librarians who refuse to remove banned titles.
Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs, with books at the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City on Dec. 16, 2021.Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender identity — would be banned from North Dakota public libraries under legislation that state lawmakers began considering Tuesday.
Supporters of the bill said it would preserve children’s innocence and reduce their exposure to pornography. Lefor argued that a child’s exposure to such content has been associated with addiction, poor self esteem, devalued intimacy, increasing divorce rates, unprotected sex among young people and poor well-being — though did he did not offer any evidence to support such claims.
Though supporters of North Dakota’s bill repeatedly called the sexual content “obscene,” opponents said the material in question is not actually considered legally obscene. “It’s a cute book,” Kujawa said — but it would be considered pornography under the bill because the book includes gender identity.
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