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What’s the Big Deal?
Since around 2022, Alabama public libraries have been carrying books that promote transgender ideology – books that are specifically written and illustrated to target children. These books that promote multiple genders and transgender ideology are placed among the toddler’s books, young children’s books, and also in the teenage sections.
To be clear, these books are unequivocally meant for our children.
Despite much attention and effort from Alabama citizens and even with tighter policies from the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS), this problem persists with many Alabama public libraries knowingly and willfully continuing to offer these books.
This battle goes on even today, and it is a battle to which Alabama67 intends to bring heavy reinforcements for the side of goodness and Godliness.
But first, let us show you what we are talking about.
Below are just a few examples of the hundreds of books in the Alabama public libraries we could show – books that sit proudly in front of our children , specifically designed to target our youth with wicked and harmful gender ideology.
True You, A Gender Journey
Target Audience: Ages 4-8
Found in the children’s section of the Hoover Public Library on Sunday, September 6, 2026
Here’s a description of the book from Publisher’s Weekly.
“We are kids! Girls, boys, neither, both, or just not sure,” begins this photographic celebration of kids “just being kids,” however they identify. Acknowledging that children can be “joyful, strong, loving and kind,” straightforward text introduces a range of youths with varying abilities and skin tones who are cis, trans, nonbinary, and exploring.”
He’s My Mom!
Target Audience: Ages 3-7
Found in the children’s section of the Hoover Public Library on Sunday, September 6, 2026
According to its publisher, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, here’s how the book starts:
“My Mom’s name is David. He used to be a she but now he is a he! Last year he did this thing called transition. He took some medicine which made his voice deeper and he started wearing different clothes.“
Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)
Target Audience: Ages 10-12
Found in the children’s section of the Bessemer Public Library on Saturday, September 5, 2026
According to its publisher, Scholastic Press, here’s a summary of the book:
When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl.
To give you a greater understanding of how pervasive and obvious this problem is, I personally visited the Hoover Public Library outside of Birmingham back in September, and these are my findings.
What Is Being Done To Fix This?
For the past couple of years, the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) has been tightening its administrative codes to keep transgender ideology out of the children’s sections of Alabama’s libraries.
The current stance, approved in 2025 and implemented in February, 2026, is that there should be no transgender books available to minors (children or juveniles) and that, should the library want to make these materials available, they should be moved to the adult section.
Here is the official language from the Alabama Public Library Service Administrative Code (section 2.i on this page):
approve written guidelines that ensure library sections designated for minors under the age of 18 remain free of material containing obscenity, sexually explicit, or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth. All materials containing such content must be weeded out of the library’s collection or relocated to an adult section. Under this rule, any materials regarding transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders shall be considered inappropriate for children and youth. Age-appropriate materials regarding religion, history, biology, or human anatomy should not be construed to be against this rule.
However, what we’re finding is that many libraries, for various reasons, are not complying. We know this because we walk into the libraries and see the books on the shelves ourselves. Here’s some reasons many of the libraries don’t comply:
- They claim the instructions from APLS are unclear
- They claim they haven’t received enough guidance from APLS
- They claim they are too busy to review all books and make a decision
- They claim their computer systems can’t handle the APLS requirements
- They claim they are already compliant (some are, some aren’t)
- Some libraries just openly refuse to comply
Certain libraries, such as Fairhope Public Library, have chosen to lose their state funding rather than comply with APLS guidelines.
As another example, in the APLS Board Meeting in September, 2026, a citizen of Pelham, Alabama (a suburb of Birmingham) requested that funding be withheld from the Pelham Public Library as citizens have been working with the library board and the city council for over a year to get these books removed, to no avail.
I myself have personally walked into the Bessemer Public Library and Hoover Public Library (both suburbs of Birmingham), have found the transgender books myself using their own computers to find books they have listed as “gender identity” books, pulled them off the shelves, given the offending books to the library staff with an explanation, only to find the books reshelved.
Unfortunately, the fact is that too many libraries are slow-walking this, even if their intent is to eventually comply. Meanwhile, groups like Read Freely Alabama is being funding by $40,000 grants to hold public protests against removing these transgender books.
What If a Library Is Non-Compliant?
If a library is non-compliant, the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) can eventually withhold state funding from the library. As mentioned, this has already happened at Fairhope Public Library.
APLS does everything they can to continue to provide state funding – they really do not want to remove a library’s funding. APLS was created to help and support our Alabama libraries, so they (rightfully so) have no desire to harm the libraries. On this particular subject, APLS has been very, very patient. Their patience has been measured in years.
The problem though is that many Alabama libraries are taking advantage of this patience.
And while APLS says that most libraries are compliant, what we’re finding is that many just aren’t. And when a member of the public brings this non-compliance to the library’s attention, the libraries frequently stand behind their bureaucracy and excuses (noted above) to keep these books in front of our children.
So What Is Alabama67 Doing?
Alabama67 believes that conservative, Christian Alabamians need to coordinate among themselves to apply persistent, consistence public accountability in making sure our local libraries are compliant on this issue.
Alabama67 wants to see every single Alabama public library comply with APLS guidelines regarding transgender materials in the children’s sections. This is not only good for our children, but also good for the libraries themselves. We want them to receive the state funding they depend on so they can provide the critical public services they are so good at providing.
Alabama67 has created this map of the Alabama public libraries to help coordinate this effort among ourselves.
