{"id":2149,"date":"2015-12-04T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:18:13","slug":"15-people-expected-600-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2015\/12\/04\/15-people-expected-600-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"15 people expected, 600 show up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/education\/in-response-to-controversy-hundreds-pack-mount-horeb-library-for\/article_095da109-0caf-534e-9879-3cb4e0c769ee.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2167\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz.jpg\" alt=\"jazz\" width=\"1200\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/12\/jazz-624x452.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes a library shenanigan is not exactly a shenanigan, but something subversive and wonderful. Not exactly against the rules, but against some people&#8217;s rules, and risky in some way.<\/p>\n<p>On December 2 of this year, the Mount Horeb Public Library in Wisconsin hosted a reading of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Am-Jazz-Jessica-Herthel\/dp\/0803741073\"><em>I Am Jazz<\/em><\/a>, a picture book about a transgender child. The reading, originally scheduled to take place at a nearby elementary school where a student had recently transitioned from a boy to a girl, had been canceled after &#8220;Liberty Counsel,&#8221; a conservative Florida-based group, threatened legal action.<\/p>\n<p>See the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/education\/in-response-to-controversy-hundreds-pack-mount-horeb-library-for\/article_095da109-0caf-534e-9879-3cb4e0c769ee.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/lynnemthomas.com\/\">Lynne M. Thomas<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a library shenanigan is not exactly a shenanigan, but something subversive and wonderful. Not exactly against the rules, but against some people&#8217;s rules, and risky in some way. 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