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# GOP Candidate Wants Libraries To Out Kids Who Check Out LGBTQ Books
November 08 2021
Written by Bil Browning.
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LGBTQ POLITICS - A conservative Republican running for the school board in Waukee, Iowa has a radical plan for fighting diversity and education.
Vin Thaker, part of a conservative slate trying to take over the board, wants to out children who check out books on LGBTQ topics. He also wants the person who ordered the book to stand trial in front of the board.
**Related: [**Newspaper advice columnists paved the way for LGBTQ rights in America**](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/newspaper-advice-columnists-paved-way-lgbtq-rights-america/)
Thaker posted his proposition on Facebook in response to another user about books on LGBTQ topics available in the district’s school libraries.
School board meetings across the country have been inundated this year with parents and other people protesting against mask mandates, teaching about diversity and racism, and equality for transgender students. Angry parents stirred up by the religious right and activists from outside the districts have accused board members of promoting pornography, “gender confusion,” and Critical Race Theory, a law school course on race relations that isn’t taught in lower education levels.
The [National School Boards Association has requested federal assistance](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/cory-booker-slams-republicans-excusing-violence-death-threats-school-board-members/) in dealing with the threats of violence – including death threats – coming from these protestors.
Thaker promises “to find out who were the students that checked out these books. Their parents will be notified.” He also pledges that “the person who ordered these titles will be answering to the school board.”
Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) [accused schools of stocking porn in their libraries](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/texas-governor-accuses-schools-stocking-porn-libraries-stern-letter-wrong-board/) in a stern letter to the wrong board. The Texas Association of School Boards is “confused” about the letter since they have “no regulatory authority over school districts” and don’t set any standards for library books.
Last month, Texas Rep. Matt Krause (R-TX) [sent a letter](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/gop-lawmaker-demands-schools-tell-books-racism-lgbtq-people/) to the Texas Education Agency that included a list of 850 books, demanding schools share how many copies of each book they have and how much money they spent to obtain the books.
Most of the books were about LGBTQ topics or racism, including titles like *And Tango Makes Three* by Justin Richardson, *Being Jazz* by Jazz Jennings, and *Black Lives Matter: From Hashtag To The Streets* by Artike R. Tyner.
Last week the [Keller school district in Texas got complaints](https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article255388551.html) from several parents about Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel, *Gender Queer: A Memoir*. The book tells the story of Kobabe’s journey to accepting eir identity as non-binary and asexual and explains ideas around gender and sexual identity.
The same book was targeted by Thaker.
(Bil Browning is the Editor-in-Chief of LGBTQ Nation. His personal papers and LGBT activism memorabilia are included in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History archives.)
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