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News (USA)One man seeks to ban 3,600 LGBTQ+ and anti-racist books from Florida schools
He has succeeded in getting 102 books banned from library shelves even though he’s admitted that he hasn’t read most of the books he objects to.
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News (USA)Louisiana asks people to report teachers & librarians who “sexualize children” with books
The state’s attorney general launched the new reporting system barely a month after announcing his run for state governor.
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News (USA)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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CommentaryPeople want to censor education for the same reasons that slaves weren’t allowed to read
Thomas Jefferson wrote that he envisioned America’s white-only education system being for “raking a few geniuses from the rubbish.” How ironic is it that today, several state legislatures want to continue that line of thinking?
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News (World)Mayor bans ‘Avengers’ comic book from book festival over gay kiss
He called its demure kiss between two male heroes “sexual content for minors.”
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LGBTQ HistoryIt’s the 61st anniversary of the first gay rights wins at the U.S. Supreme Court
A one-sentence 1958 Supreme Court ruling marked the first time gay rights ever won in the highest U.S. court.
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CommentarySimmer down: Milo Yiannopoulos won’t get a book review and that’s okay
Milo Yiannopoulos’s career path from internet troll to professional writer is more threatening than refusing to review his book.
