Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections

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John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors, center right, listens during a meeting in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in the state.

The Alabama action is the latest salvo in the national fight over library content that has frequently centered on titles with LGBTQ+ themes and characters. The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors approved a rule that materials that discuss “transgender procedures, gender ideology or the concept of more than two biological