A planned weekend event at a Birmingham library focused on teaching children about sexual consent was canceled due to threats, the event’s organizers said.

The Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health had planned a Consent for Kids Fair for this past Saturday at the Springville Road Public Library in Birmingham.

Two days before the event, Alabama Campaign and library staff received emails asking for the cancellation of the event, claiming it was “inappropriate for children and adults,” a statement read.

Birmingham police told AL.com they were not aware of any threats in connection with the event.

“These emails were followed by numerous phone calls personally attacking and threatening library staff. Callers also implied that the event would be disrupted,” the organizers’ statement continued.

The event is being rescheduled for this summer “once there are systems in place to ensure no one is harassed or otherwise harmed.”

The activities planned included a story hour, featuring children’s books such as “Will Ladybug Hug?”, “Can I Give You a Squish?”, and “Don’t Hug Doug (He Doesn’t Like It).”

Other activities included “pin the ovary on the uterus; coloring station; and gender creative fashion show, in which children can try on different clothes to explore self-expression,” the statement read.

It was intended “to make sex education less scary and more fun,” said executive director of the Alabama Campaign, Christina Clark Okarmus.

“Yellowhammer Fund is deeply saddened to learn that a family friendly event at our local library is being attacked simply for teaching children about consent and their bodies,” said event partner, Heidi Miller of Yellowhammer Fund.

“Alabama consistently fails children in our state when it comes to comprehensive sexual health education,” Miller said. “Alabamians of all ages deserve to have bodily autonomy without state or religious interference.”

“We are in the process of developing a strong safety plan for this event when it happens later this summer. We will not let misinformation and hate deter us from our mission to support young people in making informed and healthy decisions for their own bodies and lives,” said Alabama Campaign outreach coordinator, Meagan Lyle.

“We have never seen controversy around events that we host at the Alabama Campaign, but the Alabama legislature has recently introduced several anti-LGBTQ bills, and there has been a rise in parental rights extremism, so we don’t think this is a coincidence,” said Clark Okarmus.