2024 Cumberland Book Ban
The 2024 Cumberland book ban was a controversial fifteen-day Book censorship, ban of same-sex parenting books from the eight libraries in the Cumberland City Council's public library, public library system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The ban was enacted by the council on 1 May and was Repeal, rescinded on 15 May. The ban led to a wider discussion of book censorship in Australian libraries. Motion During a Cumberland City Council meeting on 1 May 2024, councillor and former mayor Steve Christou requested that the motion "''That Council adopt the 'Library Strategy 2024 - 2027' as outlined in Attachment 1 of this report''" be amended with "''subject to the following being undertaken: That Council take immediate action to rid same-sex parents books/materials in Council's library service''". The amendment was made without prior communication with Cumberland Public Library Librarian, staff. Christou, who had previously called for bans to Drag Queen Story Hour, drag storyt ...
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