Gay Archive Started by College Student Ignites Controversy

A leading collection of gay and lesbian literature is at the center of a debate in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The director of a library in the city’s Gay and Lesbian Community Center wants the collection moved to a nearby public library. Fort Lauderdale’s mayor, Jim Naugle, fought the plan, saying the collection contains pornography and should not be housed in a city-owned building, according to a report this week in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. But city commissioners overruled the mayor and approved the library’s relocation.