Despite the presidents executive order seeking to ban LGBTQ+-inclusive books all federally funded schools, military libraries are still carrying such books, according to Washington Examiner, a right-leaning website.Parents stationed at U.S. military bases around the globe are still finding books that contradict the spirit and letter of the executive order, the publication reported. Libraries at Air Force, Army, and Navy installations continue to offer full-fledged activist books that introduce children to transgenderism, radical political slogans, drag queens, and even narratives that demonize whiteness and American history. Related Democrats demand Trump administration stop purging books from military schools The purge is so expansive that even JD Vances book got caught in it. At Aviano Air Base in Italy, for instance, one mother was reportedly shocked to find copies of A is for Activist, an alphabet book for young children. One of its pages states, T is for Trans. For Trains, Tiaras, Tulips, Tractors, And Tigers too! Trust in The True, he/she/They, That is you! Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The mother who found this book told the Examiner, I am shocked and appalled that these books are not only available on the taxpayers dime but also prominently displayed in the kids section. I hate that even after an executive order from our president, employees think they dont have to follow the law. This shows how broken our system is and how much they want our children groomed.Grooming is a term that means earning someones trust in order to sexually abuse them. Anti-LGBTQ+ bigots regularly accuse queer people of grooming kids by exposing them to people or media that acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ+ people. The slur encourages violence against queer people and allies, and actually hurts genuine efforts to stop child sex abuse.The bases supervisory librarian reportedly explained to the Examiner that while the base follows executive orders regarding new [anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion] DEI and gender-ideology publications, it does not apply the same standards retroactively to commercially published materials already in circulation.The librarian also said that the librarys book selection processes abide by the American Library Associations Bill of Rights, which helps ensure that the selection process is free from censorship. The Examiner wrote, But to many parents, this isnt about censorship. Its about age-appropriateness, parental rights, and respecting federal law.To be clear, there is no federal law banning LGBTQ+ books from military bases. Rather, last January, the president signed Executive Order 14190, entitled Ending Radical Indoctrination in K12 Schooling. The order seeks to [eliminate] federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including based on gender ideology.The order tasks U.S. attorneys with stopping any schools from unlawfully facilitating the social transition of a minor student (meaning any non-medical affirmation of a trans childs gender identity) or sexually exploiting minors. Library books containing LGBTQ+ characters and storylines do neither of these things. Nevertheless, another mother at a military base in Fort Rucker, Alabama, recently discovered that the base had the following childrens books: the same-sex female romance The Maiden and the Princess, the male same-sex romance Prince & Knight, the transgender romance Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred, and the singalong book Swish, Swish!, Go the Drag Queens Hips.The mother especially lamented that her children were encountering these books without any warning, guidance, or parental oversight, the Examiner wrote.The discovery of these books has been tracked by Amy Haywood, founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ group Military Families in Support of Parental Rights. The group seeks to ensure that all military library books are age-appropriate and politically neutral, by which they mean appealing to their own political worldviews. It is beyond alarming that a book about men with a sexual fetish for cosplaying as garish women is being made available to small children in a U.S. military base library, Haywood told the Examiner. Who is curating the collection? What books were weeded in order to make room for this and other books that further the lie that children can be born in the wrong body?To be clear, trans identity in children is not a lie. In fact, all major American medical and psychological associations have affirmed the existence of trans children and declared their gender identities as valid and completely healthy.Haywood and the Examiner are both championing the so-called Families Rights and Responsibilities Act. A letter attached to the bill, which was recently sent to Congress members, claimed that existing military family organizations are failing to protect military families from ideological overreach in education and library content. In May, the Pentagon issued a memo directing all military leaders and commands to pull and review books that address anti-racism, diversity, or gender issues from libraries operated by branches of the military, including reading material from libraries within Department of Defense-run schools.The memo said that educational materials at base-operated libraries promoting divisive concepts and gender ideology are incompatible with the Departments core mission. The memo directed department leaders to promptly identify books that are incompatible with these guidelines and sequester them by May 21, but it didnt specify what would happen to the identified books.In April, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) representing 12 plaintiffs from U.S. military schools brought up a lawsuitagainst Pete Hegseth in his official capacity as Defense Secretary for ordering the removal of over 400 books from DOD school libraries. The plaintiffs argued that removing these books violates students First Amendment rights and denies these students the same educational opportunities as students in public schools.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.