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These are the most challenged & banned books in America right now
Seven of the top 13 most challenged books of 2022 contained LGBTQ+ themes and/or characters.
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Town board votes to ban book-banning while slamming conservative activists
“You can’t tell me what I can and can’t read,” said a young resident before the vote.
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Librarian resigns after violent threats over LGBTQ books that aren’t even available
Library officials repeatedly said that they didn’t carry any of the books. Then armed protesters began showing up at libraries.
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Heroic high school librarian who opposed removal of LGBTQ books receives national honor
Martha Hickson has continued to speak out against censorship and draw attention to local school board elections.
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Pence family bunny and LGBTQ icon Marlon Bundo has died
John Oliver’s children’s book about Marlon Bundo being gay skyrocketed the rabbit to LGBTQ fame.
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Pride in Pictures: Note to the librarian
Pride in San Francisco has indirectly brought the LGBTQ community together with the librarian community for some time.
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Hate group targets American Library Association over Drag Queen Story Hour
“Drag Queen Story Hour [exists] solely to indoctrinate children into transgenderism and homosexuality.”
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Over half of the books conservatives most want banned are about LGBTQ people
Several of the books weren’t just challenged as inappropriate for libraries – they were burned.
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Pride in Pictures 1982: How kissing booths brought LGBTQ visibility to the world
We could show some affection. In public.
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Pride in Pictures before 1970: A radical message that eventually goes mainstream
Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.