In a written statement, Glenn said the district was committed to supporting students of all backgrounds. “It is very much saying the quiet part out loud in a way that provides very significant evidence that book removals in the district are occurring because of anti-LGBTQ bias.” “This audio is very much evidence of anti-LGBTQ and particularly anti-trans discrimination,” said Kate Huddleston, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, who reviewed the recording at the request of NBC News, ProPublica and the Tribune. Glenn’s comments also call into question the district’s commitment to fostering a safe and inclusive school environment for LGBTQ students and could be grounds for a complaint to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, the experts said. Legal, education and First Amendment experts contacted by NBC News, ProPublica and the Tribune said the audio of the superintendent, combined with the decision to abruptly remove books from circulation, even temporarily, raises constitutional concerns. In his recorded comments to librarians, Glenn described the review of 130 titles as the first step in a broader appraisal of library content, and a new policy approved by the school board later in January grants him and other administrators broad authority to unilaterally remove additional titles they deem inappropriate, with no formal review and no way for the public to easily find out what has been pulled from shelves. But that may not be the end of the process.

Two months later, a volunteer review committee voted to permanently ban three of the books and return the others to shelves. Others dealt with racism, sex ed, abortion and women’s rights. Nearly three-quarters of the removed books featured LGBTQ characters or themes, according to a ProPublica and Texas Tribune analysis. Over the next two weeks, the school district embarked on one of the largest book removals in the country, pulling about 130 titles from library shelves for review.

That’s what the governor has said that he will prosecute people for, and that’s what we’re pulling out.” “It’s the transgender, LGBTQ and the sex - sexuality - in books. “Specifically, what we’re getting at, let’s call it what it is, and I’m cutting to the chase on a lot of this,” Glenn said.

Minutes later, after someone asked whether titles on racism were acceptable, Glenn said books on different cultures “are great.” And again, I don’t have any issues with what people want to believe, but there’s no place for it in our libraries.”

And there are women that think they’re men. And I acknowledge that there are men that think they’re women. “And I’m going to take it a step further with you,” he said, according to the recording.

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