{"id":70515,"date":"2026-03-31T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/tennessee-library-director-fired-after-refusing-to-move-lgbtq-themed-kids-books-to-adult-section\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:55:36","slug":"tennessee-library-director-fired-after-refusing-to-move-lgbtq-themed-kids-books-to-adult-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/tennessee-library-director-fired-after-refusing-to-move-lgbtq-themed-kids-books-to-adult-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee library director fired after refusing to move LGBTQ+-themed kids\u2019 books to adult section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public\u2019s right to access information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/tennessee\">Tennessee<\/a> library director has been fired after she refused to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ+-themed children\u2019s titles to the library system\u2019s adult section.<\/p>\n<p>The Rutherford county library board on Monday voted to fire Luanne James following a heated emergency meeting that involved supporters of hers <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/rutherford-countys-top-librarian-is-off-the-job-after-a-heated-public-meeting\">chanting<\/a> \u201cWe stand with Luanne!\u201d while wearing shirts that read \u201cProtect the freedom to read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/tennessee-library-director-fired-lgbtq-books\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public\u2019s right to access information Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Tennessee library director has been fired after she refused to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ+-themed children\u2019s titles to the library system\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"Tennessee library director fired after refusing to move LGBTQ+-themed kids\u2019 books to adult section\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/tennessee-library-director-fired-after-refusing-to-move-lgbtq-themed-kids-books-to-adult-section\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tennessee library director fired after refusing to move LGBTQ+-themed kids\u2019 books to adult section\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}