Randolph County commissioners in North Carolina have axed the entire public library board of trustees after the panel voted to keep a controversial transgender-themed children’s book, Call Me Max, on shelves in the kids’ section.
In a 3-2 vote on December 8, the board was dissolved just months after trustees reviewed a patron complaint and decided the picture book complied with collection policies, rejecting calls to remove or relocate it.
Critics, including the North Carolina Values Coalition, blasted the material for teaching kids that parents might be “wrong” about their gender, fueling a packed public hearing with heated clashes.
The book, penned by transgender-identifying author Kyle Lukoff—a female living as a man—follows a young character pushing to be called “Max” to match her perceived identity, billed by the writer as a “sweet and age-appropriate introduction” to transgenderism. Other works by Lukoff feature transgender kids dabbling in occult themes like Ouija boards, adding fuel to concerns over exposing children to such content.
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