GOP Politician Targets Barnes & Noble With Legal Action for Queer Book
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe in its Virginia Beach store.State Del. Tim Anderson, who is also an attorney, wrote on Facebook that due to the Virginia Beach Circuit Court finding probable cause that the book along with Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J.
Mass “are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors” a client of his is looking to seek a restraining order against Barnes & Noble and local schools to ban selling or lending them out to minors without parental consent.That client is Tommy Altman.
Altman is a congressional candidate for the district that is around Virginia Beach, according to local TV station WGHP.“We are in a major fight.
Suits like this can be filed all over Virginia. There are dozens of books. Hundreds of schools,” Anderson wrote.The lawmaker shared images in the post to show why he believes the books should be banned.
