Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill.
A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library on the campus of New College overflowed with books and collections from the now-defunct Gender and Diversity Center on Tuesday afternoon. Video captured in the afternoon showed a vehicle driving away with the books before students were notified. In the past, students were given an opportunity to purchase books that were leaving the college’s library collection.
Some discarded books included “Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate”, “The War of the Worlds” and “When I Knew,” which is a collection of stories from LGBTQ+ people recounting when they knew they were gay. Several books from the GDC were retrienved by local activists before they could be taken for disposal.
What is their problem with The War of the Worlds?
They don’t understand it.
Gay aliens.
Gayliens
They came and took our planet, and then the alien king turned to his alien husband and smooched him on the mouth. They left that part out of the movies
Wait, really? I’ve not read the book, seen the movies, and listened to the OG radio show. Shit, fuck it, I’m reading it, I don’t even care if it’s true!