Black and LGBTQ+ authors and books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities have been disproportionately affected in the book bans
“We don’t want transgender books in the library. [...] We don’t want the library to be promoting certain types of material”
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a new city ordinance targeting public homosexuality is hitting libraries targeting LGBTQ+ books
The groups pointed out beyond the books with LGBTQ+ themes, the ordinance would impose an “unconstitutional censorship regime
The Florida Department of Education was informed of Charlotte County’s overreaction to the law over 2 weeks ago and has not corrected it
California provides instruction & support to roughly 5.9 million students in more than 1,000 districts & over 10,000 schools
PEN America recorded 1,406 book ban cases in Florida, followed by 625 in Texas, 333 in Missouri, 281 in Utah, & 186 book bans in Penn.
The bill had passed the Assembly in May after the Temecula Valley Unified School District voted to reject a book that included LGBTQ+ topics
The Texas Attorney General’s office said Thursday it would move to reverse the injunction and appeal the judge’s decision
“Libraries and are places where children can and should be welcomed, safe, respected and included. Books and librarians literally save lives”