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Joe Biden still hasn’t named a “book ban coordinator” despite Pride Month promise
Biden promised the coordinator would help fight nationwide book bans, but the position remains unfilled.
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LGBTQ+ allies defeated book banners in two contentious library meetings
Opponents claimed the LGBTQ+ books would “put sexual perversion or sexual acts in front of children.” But the community fought back.
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Florida schools banned this sweet children’s book for alleged “adult content” — it has none
The book includes non-sexual illustrations of the men living together, which is apparently too steamy for this school district.
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School district may ban biography of Pete Buttigieg to comply with anti-LGBTQ+ book ban law
The list of 374 books that may be banned includes literary classics like “1984” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”
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Penguin Random House sues school district for effectively banning LGBTQ+ books
The district is accused of pulling books from shelves that were flagged by a Moms for Liberty activist.
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School bans comic book of “Diary of Anne Frank” over “sexually explicit” cartoon statues
A principal pulled the book after a member of an anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group complained.
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Federal judge gives Texas county 24 hours to return banned LGBTQ+ books to library shelves
One book banning county official wanted pastors to organize a weekly prayer vigil “to protect our children from this FILTH.”
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“Parental Rights in Education” laws are a form of child abuse
At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
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Pop star comes out by brazenly kissing both a man & woman on national TV
Move over, Madonna, Adam Lambert, and Lil Nas X. This may have topped all the other live on-stage lip locks.
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Russia suggests that Disney is denying “family values” over Pixar film with gay character
Russian censors sent a warning about distributing an animated short film within the country that could violate its anti-gay laws.