Library Director Fired After Refusing To Remove Hundreds Of LGBT Books From Kids’ Section

When are these people going to learn to just leave the kids alone?

A Tennessee library board has voted 8-3 to remove its top librarian, Luanne James, after she refused to carry out an order to relocate hundreds of LGBT-themed books, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and feminist propaganda books from the children’s section of six Rutherford County branch libraries.

James was initially ordered to relocate books containing far-left ideology from the juvenile/children’s sections to the adult sections of libraries.  The board cited concerns that the books promoted “gender confusion,” contained LGBT themes/characters, sexual themes, feminist topics, DEI, social justice and related content.

The decision stemmed from a broader state review of thousands of materials prompted by a Tennessee Secretary of State letter and federal guidance on gender-related content. 

Actions within red states to transfer woke propaganda out of children’s spaces in school libraries and public libraries accelerated after viral complaints by parents who have read some of the horrific selections out loud at board meetings across the country.  Activist librarians have become a plague, disregarding the age and innocence of the children involved for the sake of a cult-like political ideology. 

UNREAL

A speaker was SHUT DOWN and REMOVED by security at @HoustonISD school board meeting after reading from a p**nographic book available to kids in the school library

Too graphic for a room of adults but totally ok for kids in school!

Make it make sense pic.twitter.com/pkVUG53dgV

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 27, 2026

When the school board is angry at parents for calling out the smut they have in their children’s school library instead of being outraged over the content of the books themselves, it’s time to replace the entire board.

This rightfully furious parent reads texts from a book in… pic.twitter.com/o3zKxkXoAG

— One Bad Dude (@OneBadDude_) February 4, 2026

Beyond the overtly sexualized selections being planted in kids libraries across the US, there are numerous books teaching gender fluid theories with no foundation in scientific evidence, as well as books promoting critical race theory which twists history to fit the far-left narrative of “systemic racism”. 

Luanne James had argued during the Rutherford Board hearing that moving the books to adult sections would violate First Amendment protections and go against her professional responsibility.  Keep in mind, these books were not censored or thrown out by the Rutherford Board; children are simply required to ask their parents for permission to borrow them from the adult section of the library.  This is not a violation of the First Amendment.

Parental rights supersede children’s access to content.  Legally and morally, James and library directors like her are simply in the wrong, but they know this. 

“I stand by my decision and I will not change my mind,” James said during the meeting.  After the vote, her attorney read a statement on her behalf calling the firing unlawful.  “Librarians should not be used as a filter for political agendas,” the statement said. “I stood up for the right to read, standing for the citizens of Rutherford County.”   

Ironically, leftists tend to wrap themselves in the constitution when they are challenged on giving children politically charged propaganda to read.  But when parents read these materials out loud in board meetings, those same leftists have them silenced and removed from the proceedings. 

The woke left survives by hiding within legal loopholes, double standards and blatant hypocrisy.  They thrive by targeting the easily manipulated minds of children and teens for early indoctrination.  It is becoming clear that many people working within the public education system are only there to carry out this agenda.  Their priority is not the children, their priority is the proliferation of “the message”.