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Oklahoma bill lets parents ban LGBTQ books from schools and sue if staff won’t listen
The bill would entitle parents to seek a minimum of $10,000 per day for each day that the book remains on the shelves.
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School district bans books on gender identity and students’ chosen pronouns
The administration claims the move is meant to protect students, but experts worry some queer kids will be seriously hurt.
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Texas library will close for 3 days as librarians forced to hunt for kids’ books about LGBTQ issues
The closure is only the latest move in the state’s war on education as evangelical Christians and Trump supporters storm school board meetings.
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Conservatives are attacking LGBTQ books so they can make another generation hateful
Calls to burn queer books aren’t about “obscene material.” They’re about stigmatizing LGBTQ people as pathological and sinful.
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GOP governor cracks down on school libraries after being enraged by “Gender Queer” memoir
SC Gov. Henry McMaster’s outcry is part of a growing conservative movement to make books on LGBTQ themes and racism a political issue.
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Virginia school board members call for public book burning of gay books
“There are some bad, evil-related material that we have to be careful of and look at,” one member who suggested they let people “see the books before we burn them.”
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Which children are in danger when screaming parents storm school board meetings?
Ssshhhh, the adults are shouting and the problem is, our children can hear us. Books aren’t dangerous. Trauma can be lethal.
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Tennessee bill would ban books that mention LGBTQ people from public schools
It says that mentioning LGBTQ people “offends a significant portion of students, parents, and Tennessee residents with Christian values.”
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Missouri Republican wants to jail librarians who allow drag queens to read books to kids
The law would also forbid youth from checking out books with LGBTQ themes.
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A Catholic school banned Harry Potter books because they contain ‘actual curses & spells’
The books contain “actual curses and spells” that risk “conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.” Church authorities are giving him the thumbs up.