When I was youth services librarian at Campbell County (Wyo.) Public Library, I hired a magician as a summer reading performer. They happened to be transgender. That scheduled performance—and, as we found out later, the presence of materials at the library by and featuring LGBTQ+ authors and themes—led a group of residents to protest the library starting in 2021. They took out a billboard accusing the library of indoctrinating children, and Executive Director Terri Lesley was ultimately fired in 2023. (After Lesley sued, the county denied the removal was related to library materials but paid her $700,000 in a settlement.)
