Emily Fowler Central Library in Denton The Denton Public Library canceled Rainbow StoryTime that had been planned for Transgender Day of Remembrance “due to safety concerns for staff and patrons.” According to a press release, inaccurate information about the event and its content had spread. “We have received a number of disrespectful and hostile complaints based on this inaccurate information and, unfortunately, a number of these have caused us to have concern for the safety of event participants as well as city staff,” the library said in its statement.
Because the library couldn’t assure the safety of the public, the event had to be canceled. The word transgender as not being used, but books that were chosen were about being free to be