Complaints, agitation and resistance: Managing the targeting of LGBTQ+ materials in public libraries
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Published online on September 07, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 1231-1243, June 2026.
In 2023, Irish public libraries experienced a surge in agitation, disruption, and complaints targeting LGBTQ+ materials and programming, driven by a small but coordinated network of agitators. This article investigates the impact of these reactionary ...
In 2023, Irish public libraries experienced a surge in agitation, disruption, and complaints targeting LGBTQ+ materials and programming, driven by a small but coordinated network of agitators. This article investigates the impact of these reactionary ...