A conservative Virginia politician announced plans of legal action against Barnes and Noble over selling an “obscene” LGBTQ+ book.
On 18 May, lawyer Tim Anderson revealed on Facebook that he filed a lawsuit against the bookstore chain on behalf of politician Tommy Altman – a congressional candidate in the area.
In the lengthy post, the attorney accused Barnes and Noble of selling two “obscene” books to minors without parental consent.
The books in question were Maia Kobabe’s award-winning book Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sarah J. Maas’ fantasy novel A Court of Mist and Fury. “Today, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court has found probable cause that the books Gender Queer and A Court of Mist and Fury are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors,” he wrote. “We are in a major fight.