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Colorado libraries face increasing requests to remove or limit access to books and programming

Challenges to library material often focus on LGBTQ themes, state and national reports find

Sienna Zadina, 12, left, and her mother Heather Zadina stand for a portrait outside the Wellington Public Library in Wellington Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Both Sienna and Heather spoke at the town’s recent Board of Trustees meetings in favor of maintaining access to books – even those objected to by other community members. The board ultimately passed a resolution stating they “shall take no action to censor, suppress, remove, monitor, or place age restrictions on ideas or information in our public library,” last month. (Alex McIntyre, Special to The Denver Post)
Sienna Zadina, 12, left, and her mother Heather Zadina stand for a portrait outside the Wellington Public Library in Wellington Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Both Sienna and Heather spoke at the town’s recent Board of Trustees meetings in favor of maintaining access to books – even those objected to by other community members. The board ultimately passed a resolution stating they “shall take no action to censor, suppress, remove, monitor, or place age restrictions on ideas or information in our public library,” last month. (Alex McIntyre, Special to The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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So far, though, these attempts to censor library books in Colorado appear to be largely unsuccessful amid backlash by outspoken community members
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