In an alarming development for the LGBTQ+ community in Kansas, the public library in the city of St. Marys has removed all youth-oriented LGBTQ+ books from its shelves; a compromise so the library may secure
Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
Adrianne Peterson, the manager of the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library has been running the library branch since 2012. She has highlighted books for Pride Month for the better part of
Six Florida students, their parents, and two authors sued a central Florida school district Tuesday for banning some students’ access to a children’s book about two male penguins who raise a baby penguin together.
A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ+ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours.
There has been a “dramatic expansion of book banning” across the US in recent years. According to PEN America, 41 percent of the books banned in schools across the 2021-22 school year contained LGBTQ+ characters
A freshman lawmaker from Wyoming has already begun efforts to remove LGBTQ+ books for youth from both school and public libraries in the state. Republican Rep.-elect Jeanette Ward has introduced House Bill 87, which expands
With LGBTQ2S+ books under attack in the U.S. at record rates, author Eric Cervini and his boyfriend, actor Adam Powell, knew they wanted to take action. While others are organizing protests, drag queen story hours,
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