The Washington, D.C.,
public school district restored nine LGBT-themed titles to its
summer reading list for students after initially publishing a
reading list that omitted the books, reports the
School Library Journal
.
Local librarians and
LGBT advocates objected when titles such as
And Tango Makes Three
and
The Geography Club
failed to appear on the initial list -- which was
actually marked "final" -- that was posted to the
district's summer reading website before the school year ended
on June 15.
The school district
maintains that the LGBT titles were among those set to be
reviewed on June 18, and that the initial list was just
intended to give students and parents a framework to make
preparations. The final list, including the LGBT titles, was
released for Web and print distribution on
June 26.
Some librarians,
however, told the
School Library Journal
that it seemed suspicious the school district would
announce its final selections for summer reading after
the school year officially ended.
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