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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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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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Librarian says “I fear for my safety” as threats over LGBTQ+ books escalate
“I am scared to go places in public,” Amanda Jones says. “I purchased a taser. I purchased pepper spray. I got additional security cameras around my home.”
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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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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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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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People 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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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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It’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.