All posts tagged "book bans"
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California to Outlaw Book Bans
California lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill to stop school districts from banning books related to gender and racial diversity.
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Attempt to Remove San Diego Library’s LGBTQ Books Backfires
Two San Diego residents checked out nearly every single book in their library’s Pride Month display, claiming that such materials shouldn’t be available to children....
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Bible Challenged in Florida School District Due to Explicit Content
A nontheist advocacy organization is demanding that the Bible be banned from schools in a Florida school district, using the same justification that has been...
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Georgia Book Ban May Have Created “Hostile Environment”
The U.S. Dept. of Education found a Georgia school district's book removal process may have created a "hostile environment" for students.
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Joe Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, With Nod to LGBTQ Rights
President Joe Biden released a re-election ad, alluding to attacks on the LGBTQ community as part of a larger fight for individual freedoms.
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LGBTQ Group Issues Travel Advisory to Florida
LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida has issued a travel advisory warning of the risk anti-LGBTQ laws may pose to visitors and residents.
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Judge Blocks Texas County Ban on Library Books
A federal judge has ordered a Texas County that banned 12 books dealing with race and LGBTQ issues to return those books to library shelves.
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Jewelers Create ‘Say Gay’ Stickers in Response to Anti-LGBTQ Bills
The owners of a jewelry store have created stickers in protest of anti-LGBTQ bills being pushed by Indiana lawmakers.
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Pennsylvania Republicans Pushing for Enhanced “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Pennsylvania state lawmakers are proposing a bill to limit school instruction about LGBTQ content that is considered more expansive than a similar bill that passed...
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Mother Files Police Report over “Gay” Book in High School Library
A mother of a high school student in Michigan reportedly filed a police report over the presence of a gay book in her daughter’s school library...
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Virginia Judge Refuses to Label Queer Books “Obscene”
A petition had sought to label "Gender Queer" and "A Court of Mist and Fury" obscene and prevent them from being sold or loaned to...
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Mayor withholds $110,000 from libraries until “homosexual materials” are removed
A U.S. mayor is withholding funding from the local library system until all "homosexual materials" are removed from the shelves.
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Oklahoma might allow parents to ban books with LGBTQ or “sexual” content from libraries
A proposed bill in Oklahoma would empower individual parents to ban books with LGBTQ or "sexual" content from school libraries.
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Texas governor rails against controversial LGBTQ books, will push to ban “pornography” from school libraries
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for state agencies to remove books from libraries that contain "pornography" or address LGBTQ themes.
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Virginia Elections 2021: What they mean for the LGBTQ community
Some pro-LGBTQ legislation or policies could be reversed or rolled back if Republicans take control of the Commonwealth
