{"id":188311,"date":"2023-10-30T00:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188311"},"modified":"2023-10-30T00:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:48:05","slug":"less-gender-critical-books-than-trans-activist-titles-in-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/less-gender-critical-books-than-trans-activist-titles-in-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Less gender-critical books than trans-activist titles in libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>War of words: Public libraries have far fewer gender-critical books than trans-activist titles on their shelves&#8230; prompting &#8216;censorship&#8217; accusation<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Libraries less likely to have gender-critical books versus trans-activist titles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>446 copies of five trans-activist books were held across 49 public libraries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This was 62 per cent more than the 274 copies than five gender-critical titles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Public libraries were yesterday accused of &#8216;censorship&#8217; after a report revealed they have far fewer gender-critical books than trans-activist titles on their shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Councils are disproportionately displaying books favourable to trans-activist opinions, with some offering no gender-critical alternative, according to campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>That is despite the gender-critical books being twice as likely to be out on loan than titles supporting trans rights, suggesting the stocks do not match demand from borrowers.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the first examination of how the trans debate is being played out in public libraries sparked allegations that the institutions had been &#8216;captured by woke activists&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The survey of 49 local authorities with online library catalogues was carried out by the Free Speech Union.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/22\/77155829-0-image-a-39_1698619682177.jpg\" height=\"973\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Titles including The Transgender Issue, by Shon Faye, are among those more likely to be stocked by libraries<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/22\/77155835-0-image-a-40_1698619686093.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Material Girls, by Kathleen Stock, was among a set of gender-critical books that were less likely to appear on the shelves of public libraries across the UK<\/p>\n<p>Its researchers asked each how many copies they had of five best-selling trans-activist books, and five of the most popular gender-critical books.<\/p>\n<p>The former were books arguing that trans women are women and gender can be self-identified.<\/p>\n<p>Titles included The Transgender Issue, by Shon Faye, and Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows, by Christine Burns.<\/p>\n<p>The latter supported the view that women must be born female and binary sex cannot be changed.<\/p>\n<p>Among them were Material Girls, by Kathleen Stock, and Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, by Helen Joyce.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 446 copies of the trans-activist books were held by the public libraries, an average of 9.1 per council.<\/p>\n<p>That was 62 per cent more than the 274 copies they held of gender-critical books, equating to 5.6 per council.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the data &#8211; collected in September and October &#8211; showed that 43 per cent of the gender-critical books were on loan, compared to just 20 per cent of the trans-activist titles.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, readers had reserved 29 gender-critical books which were currently out on loan with the nine councils which supplied this data, with no bookings made for trans-activist titles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/22\/77156103-0-Toby_Young_of_the_Free_Speech_Union_said_that_too_many_libraries-m-42_1698619789911.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Toby Young, of the Free Speech Union, said that &#8216;too many libraries have been captured by woke activists behaving like bespectacled zealots in the culture war&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of the councils had more trans-activist than gender-critical books.<\/p>\n<p>The five councils with the fewest gender-critical books were all Labour-run &#8211; Enfield, Bolton, Wigan, Brent and Ealing.<\/p>\n<p>Just one in five of the authorities surveyed listed more gender-critical than trans-activist books at their libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Young, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, told the Sunday Telegraph &#8216;too many libraries have been captured by woke activists behaving like bespectacled zealots in the culture war&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Joyce, whose gender-critical work was among those surveyed, told the paper: &#8216;Public libraries should understand how important it is not to censor books.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Local Government Association spokesman said: &#8216;Libraries can and do stock a broad range of books and other resources which are available to all members of the community.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12686609\/War-words-Public-libraries-far-fewer-gender-critical-books-trans-activist-titles-shelves-prompting-censorship-accusation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>War of words: Public libraries have far fewer gender-critical books than trans-activist titles on their shelves&#8230; 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