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Classroom searched by police after anonymous complaint about an “obscene” LGBTQ+ book
Students staged a walkout in protest.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene angrily shares pic of teacher who hung out with drag queens outside of school
Greene accused her of “sexualizing children” but no children were even present.
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Book banning fever breaks in town torn apart by conservative Christians’ opposition to LGBTQ+ books
Residents and staff on both sides of the issue are exhausted, and free speech, for the most part, has prevailed.
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Town fires librarian who worked there for 11 years because she refused to remove LGBTQ+ books
One resident toured the teen section and claimed 60% of the books were “witchcraft.”
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Ron DeSantis said Florida’s banned books are “pornographic.” Here’s what was actually banned.
They’re pretty innocuous and included some classics.
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Prosecutor threatens to throw librarian in jail for stocking this book
The librarian isn’t afraid and invited the prosecutor to arrest her.
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Republican wants to expand definition of “child pornography” to make it easier to ban LGBTQ+ books
“Reasonable people everywhere recognize these books as obscene and reasonable people do not want their money used to subsidize obscenity.”
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Town defunds its own library again after conservatives said it supports “sinful desires”
The town voted against a property tax to fund the library after conservatives claimed it was “grooming” children.
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GOP governor says he’s against LGBTQ people getting married
“Maybe I’m old fashioned…” Gov. Henry McMaster started before things went from bad to worse.
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Best selling novelist donates $50k to library defunded over books with LGBTQ content
Nora Roberts said a community library getting defunded is “both appalling and sad.”