GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Four minors and their parents are suing Greenville County, as well as Greenville County Library System's executive director and youth services manager, over decisions to remove or restrict access to books by or about LGBTQ people. The lawsuit, filed with the ass istance of the ACLU of South Carolina, asks a federal court to block county practices of removing or restricting access to books with LGBTQ themes or characters for readers under certain ages. By limiting access to those books or removing them entirely, the suit states the county has infringed on the minors' first and Fourteenth Amendment rights. "Books are one of our greatest tools to learn about other peoples, the world around us, and more importantly to learn about ourselves through representation,” said Greg Rogers, a Greenville County parent and plaintiff in the lawsuit, in a media release from the ACLU. “All children and young adults should have equal access to these tools. Keeping even one child from accessing the representation they provide is a travesty for the equality of all children.” In 2024, the Greenville County Library Board approved a policy that requires all books with themes or stories that show or discuss changing a person's gender to be moved to adult sections of the library. The lawsuit claims those practices are discriminatory and have resulted in award-winning books meant for children and young adult readers being inaccessible. "By discriminatorily suppressing Plaintiffs’access to these materials on the basis of Defendants’ animus towards gender transition and transgender people, Defendants have violated—and continue to violate—Plaintiffs’ rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, causing ongoing and irreparable harm," the lawsuit reads. 7NEWS has reached out to Greenville County Library System and they declined to comment. You can read the full lawsuit below. O.R.-v.-Greenville-Cnty-Complaint-FINAL ...read more read less