LISTEN | Full interview with former Wyoming librarian Terri Lesley: As It Happens 6:28 Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement

Terri Lesley never expected to become a key figure in the heated debate about free speech and book bans that has embroiled libraries across the U.S. and Canada. And she certainly didn't expect to get fired.

Now, more than two years after she was removed from her position as library system director in Campbell County, Wyo., she has been awarded a $700,000 US ($976,710 Cdn) settlement in a lawsuit over her termination.

“I'm relieved to have this outcome, and I believe it will help my community to move on,” Lesley told host Nil Kӧksal.

“People that want to keep pushing an agenda to go against these library mate

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