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Sunday, June 25, 2023

TRAVELERS REST LIBRARY GETS THREATENING CALLS…

AFTER REFUSING TO REMOVE PRIDE MONTH DISPLAYS 

Greenville (SC) News, June 22, 2023



by Gilbert Allen





It's not a threat. “This is just what I've heard.”

The “good old boys” don't like this month's display.

One phones the staff—there are “whispers of war.”

He's not a threat. “This is just what I've heard.”


Just rainbow ribbons in the entryway

and a multicolored READ WITH PRIDE.


It's not a threat. “This is just what I've heard.”

The “good old boys” don't like this month's display.



Gilbert Allen has lived in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, since 1977. His most recent books are Believing in Two Bodies and The Beasts of Belladonna. For more information about him and his work, check out the interview here.