AN American school district has reportedly taken the unusual step of banning the hit book series Outlander.
The best-selling novels are said to be among 58 set to be removed from all libraries in Florida’s Walton Country school district.
The novels, written by American Diana Gabaldon, inspired the popular TV programme of the same name.
While the district hasn’t stated the specific reason for the ban of each book, much of the list explores sexuality and gender.
BREAKING: My home county, Walton County, Florida has moved forward on banning 58 books from Walton County Public School Libraries.
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) April 20, 2022
Here is the list: pic.twitter.com/IDjnq0XKNP
Defending the ban, one local official said it was “necessary” for the “welfare of all involved”.
Local news outlet WJHG reported Walton County School superintendent A Russell Hughes as saying: “What is necessary varies.
“I don’t know if I define the word ‘necessary’ as necessary to those who are opposing, necessary to those who didn’t want to, it was necessary in this moment for me to make that decision and I did it for just a welfare of all involved, including our constituents, our teachers, and our students. I’ll continue to do those things and perhaps add some.”https://www.thenational.scot/news/20083487.outlander-normal-people-among-58-books-banned-floridas-walton-country/