A sexually explicit book aimed at teenagers has been removed from the Mobile Public Library after a community activist raised concerns about its content. The book, 'Let's Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human,' was already in the process of being removed prior to the activist's intervention.
A community activist, John Young Jr., raised concerns about a sexually explicit library book and showed up to thank City Council members Thursday after learning that the book has been removed. It turns out the Mobile City Council had nothing to do with the decision, though. Library officials told FOX10 News the book already was in the process of being removed after a review and has been gone from the shelves since before Christmas.
“We do have the ability to positively impact and influence our children, not just the children that are being hurt, but also the children that are being exposed to things that promote hyper-sexuality at a very young age,” he told council members. Young, who founded a group called Men United Against Violence in Mobile, primarily had focused on crime. But he added that the impact of what he described as “pornography” can be just as dangerous. The book in question, published in 2019, is called “Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human.” Young said he was shocked by the content – frank descriptions of sex, along with graphic cartoon images. He said he first found out about it from a Facebook post and noted that the social media platform quotes from the book as a violation of community standards. “It was deemed pornographic and offensive,” he said after Thursday’s meeting. “But this book is available, was available, in the library for 13-year-olds to 17-year-olds with no adult supervision. If it’s not good enough for public consumption by adults, then why are we allowing our most vulnerable children to read this book? And it’s just another illustration, a manual on sexual perversion.”Library content has become a hotly debated issue across the state over the past couple of years, and the Mobile library’s move comes against the backdrop of new tighter state regulation
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