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While the public library board in Nampa, Idaho, recently voted to remove The Joy of Gay Sex from the shelves, the Missoula Public Library in Montana is gearing up for "Out at the Library," The Missoulian reported March 30.

The Gay history exhibit originated at the San Francisco Public Library in 2006 and has visited only a dozen other libraries across the U.S.

Co-curator Molly Kliss told the newspaper she will invite Gay-themed authors with ties to Montana or the West to make presentations during the show, which runs from April 17 to May 31.

"It's an opportunity to focus on a part of our history that is sometimes ignored," Kliss said.

Patricia Nell Warren, author of the groundbreaking Gay novel The Front Runner, will speak at the exhibit grand opening. She grew up in Deer Lodge, Mont. Seattle Gay News