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Singapore libraries remove children’s titles with gay themes

In Singapore, the National Library Board (NLB) has removed from libraries three children’s titles it has deemed inappropriate for children following complaints about their homosexual themes, reports the Straits Times. The books, which will be destroyed, are: And Tango Makes Three (Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell, S&S), about a male-male penguin couple in...

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