LGBTQ-friendly library receives another mind-blowing donation to stay open amid homophobic protest
It’s been a contentious year of back-and-forth for Michigan’s LGBTQ-friendly Patmos Library. This mainstay library in Jamestown Township, Michigan has seen challenges to its inclusion of books with LGBTQ+ subject matter — first for being arranged in Pride month displays, then for being shelved whatsoever.
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Following the first funding vote failure, a GoFundMe for the library took off online. Their regular annual funding of $245,000 a year was surpassed by public donations in just a few days, topped off by a $50,000 donation by best-selling author Nora Roberts.
The Wierda family of nearby Georgetown Township signed a check for a whopping $100,000 for the library, seemingly out of the blue.
Tracie and I have never set foot in the Patmos Library in Jamestown,” Andy Wierda writes in a Facebook post. “However just like a church, restaurant, school etc., a library can be part of the hub of the community. Libraries also serve the most underserved in the community. Not everybody has access to multiple computers, tablets, phones, and hi [sic] speed wi-fi. Libraries give free access to the internet, books, and magazines along with a comfortable environment to utilize them.”
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