Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds

Index on Censorship said 53% of librarians polled had been asked to remove books - and that in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves

More than two dozen school librarians in the UK have been asked to remove books - many of which are LGBTQ+ titles - from school library shelves, according to new survey data.

The Index on Censorship survey found that 28 of 53 librarians polled - 53% - said that they had been asked to remove books. In more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves.