The former director of a Wyoming library has been awarded $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

Former director of the Campbell County Public Library, Terri Lesley, agreed to drop her lawsuit after she was removed from her position in 2023.

After nearly three decades working within the library system the Campbell County library board voted to dismiss Lesley after she refused to remove books containing LGBTQ+ themes or information on sexual health.

“We hope at least that it sends a message to other library districts, other states, other counties, that the First Amendment is alive and strong and that our values against discrimination also remain alive and strong,” solicitor Iris Halpen said in a statement.

“These are public entities, they’re government officia

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