Who sits around and obsesses about The Lesbian Kama Sutra being on local library shelves? (Pretend that was said with an Austin Powers-esque “Who throws a shoe? Honestly!” tone of incredulity.) Concerned Topeka resident Kim Borchers, that’s who. And in addition to her lurid fascination with flexible naked women having all kinds of bendy sex with each other, Borchers objected to her local library keeping The Joy of Sex, The Joy of Gay Sex (if gay means happy, isn’t all gay sex joyful?), and a book about quickies where anyone could find them. Because sex is dirty, you see, and needs to be hidden.
Borchers made the availability of the books enough of an issue that the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library’s board of trustees voted last night on whether to restrict minors’ access to them; it ruled 5-3 in favor of censorship. (If you read more at The Topeka Capital-Journal, you’ll note that the three dissenting votes were cast by women; three of the five ‘yes’ votes were cast by men.) The controversial decision caused one of the ‘no’ voters, Michele Henry, to get teary-eyed and announce, “I can hardly sit here. I am sickened to be a part of something like this.”*
Does anyone else think this would make a great Lifetime Original Movie for John Waters to direct? Valerie Bertinelli could play Michele Henry, and the role of Kim Borchers has Mink Stole written all over it.
*I guess that means Henry’s unaware of the national epidemic of kids going to check out Encyclopedia Brown books and stumbling across guides to spicing up your gay sex life instead. It happened to my cousin a few years ago and he still hasn’t recovered.
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