A public comment period is ending soon on a proposed Alabama Public Library Service code change that would ban transgender books for minors.

Members of the public have until 4:30 p.m. Oct. 14 to make their voices heard in writing. Written comments must be signed and include a full name and address and can be mailed or hand-delivered to Vanessa Carr, executive secretary at the Alabama Public Library Service at 6030 Monticello Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117.

The code change would define any material that “promotes, encourages, or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders” as inappropriate for children and youth.

Last year when the APLS held a public comment session on code changes, more than 6,000 written public comments we

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