Disappointed in library event

Thanks for your letter and your concern, Ms. Shade, but sometimes, as they say, the truth hurts. Since you’re not fond of the event title, which title would you propose? BTW, you say, “libraries also have a responsibility to uphold their own values and policies.” Their values and policies, not yours. Let’s allow the library to support free expression and the exchange of ideas, including ideas, or titles, you disagree with.

Thrilled that the RC library is committed to supporting free speech! Please attend, you might learn something.

Regardless of the title of the event (I have nothing to do with the organization of this event or the title) the issues to be discussed have nothing to do with "hate" and are incredibly important regarding the rights of women and girls, including:

-males identifying as female being housed in women's prisons in CA, sharing cells with the most vulnerable women. Often these males are sex offenders while the women are there for non violent drug related crimes. One man, Tremaine Carroll, has been charged with raping at least 2 women in prison, while his victims were forced by the court to refer to him as "she"

-Men allowed to use female locker rooms with women and girls based only on "self ID" as female. Look up Stonestown YMCA where after years of a man parading naked for hours in the women's locker room (completely legal under CA law) and yelling at elderly women and girls who confronted him, the Y changed their policy and prohibited "excessive nudity"

-Lesbians who want women only spaces (at least one woman on the panel is a lesbian) are forced to accept men on their dating apps, in their bars and private events.

-Girls are not allowed fairness and safety in sports or privacy in their bathrooms and locker rooms under CA law. Locally a boy played for 3 years on the HMB HS volleyball team, displacing girls from the team and taking playing time, giving one girl a concussion which ended her senior season and breaking another girls' hand. At Woodside High a boy played on the girls' lacrosse team while playing boys' club volleyball AT THE SAME TIME! (Explain that, trans activists!)

-Girls who are "tomboys" and enjoy sports or aren't "girly" and are uncomfortable with their changing bodies at puberty are taught at school that they might really be boys. Parents who object could have CPS called on them (this happened to one of the panelists, Erin Friday, whose daughter is an adult now and no longer believes she is a boy)

The "threats" to women and girls come from the policies, not necessarily individual people who may be experiencing gender dysphoria or fetishes such as Autogynephilia

Should be a great, informative event!

DJ columnist Craig Wiesner recently wrote two columns decrying book banning. Ask him to write one against sign banning. This is another example of political hypocrisy of the left. The right does it as well. The difference? They cant write two columns about it.

Thank you for your thoughtful letter. I am disappointed too that the library is ignoring its own policy in favor of a bad faith “discussion” whose real purpose is to demonize and dehumanize vulnerable members of our community. Giving a veneer of legitimacy to this event will mostly help to spread misinformation, galvanize hate and embolden people to hurt our loved ones even more. The library usually feels like a space where all are welcome, but I know some people will feel scared to be there that day. No one should be made to feel afraid to go to the library.