by Jabed Ahmed, Independent
Kent County Council leader claims removing ‘trans material’ from shelves is ‘victory for common sense in Kent’
A Reform UK-run council has removed all transgender-related books from children’s sections in its libraries, the leader has announced.
Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran said in a post on social media the books will be removed with immediate effect in a “victory for common sense in Kent”.
Councillor Paul Webb, cabinet member for communities and regulatory services at the council, said that he acted to remove all the books after concerns from a resident.
In a video posted on X, he said: “I was recently contacted by a concerned member of the public who found trans ideological material and books in the children’s section of one of our libraries.
“I looked into it and this was the case. I have issued an instruction for them all to be removed from the children’s section of any of our libraries. They do not belong in the children’s section of our libraries.
“Our children do not need to be told they were born in the wrong bodies and from today this will stop.”
It is understood that the books will not be completely removed but rather relocated to different sections in libraries.