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Ron DeSantis says new law limiting book challenges will stop liberals from abusing the system
Book bans have reached a record high this year, and DeSantis seems to think liberals are to blame.
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A teacher’s secret shelf brings banned books to the students who need them most
Students said the secret bookshelf is the one place they can find books about people like them.
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Andrew Holleran captured the magic of ’70s gay nightlife. Then it evaporated.
Recently reissued in paperback, trailblazing gay author Andrew Holleran reveals the triumphs and tribulations in writing three of his novels.
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Extremist Christians force library to remove LGBTQ+ books to keep its doors open
They searched the library’s catalog for words like “gay” and “transgender” to ban books.
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After 9 years, Armistead Maupin to release new “Tales of the City” novel
The new novel will finally give fans of his queer-inclusive book series an answer to a longtime mystery.
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Anti-“smut” board member caught illegally sneaking around high school library
She has been on a crusade against library books. So she lied to sneak into the school….
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Virginia’s book ban law will no longer explicitly target homosexuality
“To solely equate homosexuality with ‘sexual conduct’ is both minimizing and antiquated,” one advocate said.
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Texas county bans libraries from providing LGBTQ+ books to minors
“Young people deserve to see themselves reflected in the books they read…. [so they] can foster empathy, tolerance, and connection.”
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Remembering Cheri Pies, the woman who revolutionized lesbian parenting
Many credit Pies with sparking the 1980s “gayby boom.”
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Barack Obama is fighting book bans with heartwarming cameos in library TikTok videos
The former president talked to a librarian pretending to be a used car salesman in one video supporting reading and free speech.