U.K. Kent County Council will remove all transgender-related books from the children's sections of its libraries, with immediate effect.
The authority runs 99 community libraries and five mobile library vans, but it is unknown how many books are to be removed or how the council will classify transgender-related books.
Paul Webb, the newly-appointed Reform cabinet member for communities and regulatory services who oversees libraries, said the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted him.
Defending the decision, Webb said: "In our society, children are quite rightly and properly protected from items and actions that could cause them harm – for example alcohol, cigarettes and gambling.
"My fellow Reform members and I believe that our young people should be protected from exposure to potentially harmful ideologies and beliefs such as those held by the trans lobbyists."
The book at the heart of the issue is called The Autistic Trans Guide to Life and is described by publishers as an essential survival guide that gives autistic trans and/or non-binary adults all the tools and strategies they need to live as their very best self.
The move emboldens anti-trans rhetoric and contributes to a culture where marginalised people feel unsafe, unwelcome, and silenced.
Shame on you Webb!!
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