I have been attending the Nashua Public Library trustees’ meetings and talking to them about my serious concerns about picture books the library has made available to young children which try to convince them that how well they fit a gender stereotype is what makes them a boy or girl. You can read about two of those books here.
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I requested that the library staff purchase the picture book “My Body is Me!” to push back on this dangerous propaganda. “My Body is Me!” encourages kids to be comfortable in their bodies and challenges gender stereotypes. However, it was rejected because the book does not meet the library’s materials selection policy.
I was delighted to recently discover that the library had acquired the picture book “Dolls and Trucks Are for Everyone” which celebrates that boys and girls both can play with trucks and dolls and be comfortable with themselves. It shows kids being kids and indulging in all their interests and ignoring gender stereotypes.
This charmingly illustrated book features a boy sewing on a sewing machine and a girl riding a skateboard, a girl playing hockey and a boy figure skating, and a boy baking and a girl writing computer code.
“Dolls and Trucks Are for Everyone” goes against the destructive gender ideology that schools, medical professionals, therapists, social media influencers, and politicians are pushing on our children.
The Nashua Public Library has also recently purchased gender-critical books for adults including “Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different” by Lisa Selin Davis, “The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths About Sex and Identity in Our Society” by Dr. Debra Soh, and “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality” by Helen Joyce which a librarian kindly took the initiative to order for me after another gender-critical book I requested didn’t meet their material selection policy.
At my request, the library carries “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” by Abigail Shrier and “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity – and Why This Harms Everybody” by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose. At my husband’s request, the library has a copy of “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement” by Ryan T. Anderson which Amazon has virtually banned by removing it from their store.
After the multiple pieces I have written critical of the Nashua Public Library, I wanted to give credit where credit is due. Thanks to the library director Jen McCormack and her staff for carrying materials that represent the diverse interests of the Nashua community.
