All posts tagged "censorship"
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LGBTQ content features in eight of the ten most challenged books of 2019
The American Library Association is highlighting stories about censorship attempts as part of National Library Week
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Comedy troupe behind “gay Jesus” Netflix special is fire-bombed by right-wing group
The comedy troupe behind the controversial Netflix comedy that features Jesus as a gay man bringing home his partner to meet the Holy Family has...
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West Virginia public library postpones decision on whether to ban LGBTQ children’s book
Book featuring a fictional male couple was pulled from the shelves and may be moved to the young adults section
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Chinese social network Weibo drops plans to erase gay content
Weibo originally planned to purge gay content along with pornography and bloody violence
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Film festival that banned short film for showing a gay kiss reverses its decision
Saul Singleton's "Since the First Day We Met" was initially rejected from a student film festival for ending on a same-sex kiss
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LGBTQ groups demand documents about CDC censorship
Lambda Legal and others file FOIA request to see who proposed and approved ban on certain words
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DC Public Library toasts Banned Books Week with a cocktail party
DC Public Library Foundation's Banned Books Week cocktail party is a celebration of free expression
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Gay Missouri high schoolers’ yearbook quotes yanked by school officials
A pair of gay high school seniors at Kearney High School in Kearney, Mo., had their yearbook quotes yanked from the final publication because their...
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Breaking the Bans
Second annual read-out brings note to "controversial" books targeted by censors
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Phantom Makes Fixes to Filters
Score one for freedom of information. Score another for correcting a mistake, albeit unintentional. The company that produces the software used for website filtering that...
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Montgomery County Blocks Access to LGBT Websites
A filter used by Montgomery County to block inappropriate content on county employees' computers has been routinely blocking mainstream LGBT sites due to what the...
