Florida College Removes Hundreds of Gender Diversity Books

Students, activists, and alumni of New College of Florida sift through discarded books from the Gender and Diversity Center on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. [Steven Walker]

AFlorida College revamped by the state’s Republican governor disposed of hundreds of library books, many of which featured LGBTQ+ themes, in a landfill.

It is the latest step in a conservative campaign that has drawn national attention to New College of Florida College, a small liberal arts institution in Sarasota. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prominent Republican and former presidential contender, has pledged to transform the institution into the “first public university to push back on gender ideology.”

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