Two former librarians and two patrons are suing the Kansas town of Sterling and its public library board after the librarians claim they were fired over a June library display that included a rainbow autism awareness symbol that was interpreted as a Pride symbol.
Both librarians, Kari Wheeler and Brandy Lancaster, are neurodivergent and curated a display that included a rainbow infinity symbol with a heart and the words, “We all think differently,” a rainbow image of a child in a wheelchair and a quote from Black writer Maya Angelou that said, “In diversity there is beauty and strength.”
“One was the infinity symbol with a rainbow on it that said ‘everyone thinks differently,’ and I had one with a woman in a wheelchair with kind of a rainbow behind it,” Lancaster told 12 News. “They said those could not be displayed because they had an LGBTQ agenda to them.”
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Kansas Librarians Sue After Being Fired for Displaying Rainbow Autism Symbol
