A Ketchikan resident’s request to have “Let’s Talk about It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human” removed from the local library’s shelves will face a public hearing on Wednesday.
Clouds hang low in the air behind the Ketchikan Public Library on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
Ketchikan resident Tanya Hedlind submitted a request to the library earlier this year asking for the book to be pulled, citing what she described as “sexually explicit material.” “I’m just a little concerned for the that read it, … because it’s a little much for their age,” she said. “I think it’s better off in the adult section, just because it’s pretty graphic visually, and there’s a lot of content in it that I just don’t feel is super appropriate.”
Toepfer then wrote Hedlind a letter, declining to pull the book. She said the library encourages parents to accompany their children to the library to select material they feel is appropriate for their family. “For some people like me, who are working moms, that’s not really an easy thing to do,” she said. “You kind of want the library to be a safe place that you feel your kids can go to, and you don’t have to worry about what kind of material they might stumble upon.”
Hedlind appealed to Ketchikan Public Library Director Pat Tully, who also declined to remove the book.
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