“This would open librarians and their staff in our most vulnerable libraries to criminal prosecution for books housed in the adult section"
Delivering a keynote address at the HRC's 'Equality in Action' event, she warned Trump is "a bully" who's "dangerous to the LGBTQ community"
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
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
Enforcement provisions in the law that apply to book removals and educational materials were set to take effect January 1, 2024
Moms for Liberty, a powerful anti-LGBTQ organization deemed an extremist group by the SPLC is behind many of the efforts to ban books