‘They’re going to be holding many teachers accountable,’ he said signing a bill restricting nonparents to 1 book challenge per month
Efforts to ban or challenge library books across the nation has had a sharp focus on titles addressing LGBTQ+ themes
There were 3,000 plus book bans in schools last year, 1,000 more than the year before. That rise is inspired, in part, by Moms for Liberty
"I suggest this candidate leave queer kids alone and focuses instead on the real issues that will make lives of people in Missouri better”
Plaintiffs: Law required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in books sold to schools- was unconstitutionally broad
Rep Julianne Young stated it did not ban gay characters, just "acts of homosexuality," which are undefined
Sexually explicit content defined as describing, depicting, showing or writing about sex or sex acts in a detailed or graphic manner
The ACLU reported that more than 500 anti-trans bills had been filed in state legislatures this year, and unfortunately, too many became law
The list of the 673 books removed took up two full pages in the print edition of The Orlando Sentinel Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023
Massachusetts' openly queer Democratic Governor Maura Healey on Monday expressed disapproval of what appeared to be an attempt to ban a book
