#acluofiowa — Public Fediverse posts

#PenguinRandomHouse, alongside the #IowaStateEducationAssociation (#ISEA), four #bestselling #authors, and five #plaintiffs from #Iowa, have joined #LambdaLegal and the #ACLUofIowa in challenging Iowa's controversial #SF496.

Their #federal #lawsuit that seeks to overturn the #bookban #provisions of the #AntiLGBTQ law which is accused of #silencing #LGBTQ+ #students by #banning #books containing #sexual or #LGBTQ+ #content.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/93853-penguin-random-house-authors-sue-to-block-iowa-anti-lgbtq-book-banning-law.html

#Lawsuit #seeks to #block #Iowa #law that #bans #books with #sexacts, #restricts #LGBTQ #topics in #schools.

“The #FirstAmendment does not allow our #state or our #schools to #remove #books or issue blanket #bans on #discussion and #material simply because a #group of #politicians or #parents find them #offensive,” said #ThomasStory, an #attorney with the #ACLUofIowa.

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2023-11-28/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-iowa-law-that-bans-books-with-sex-acts-restricts-lgbtq-topics-in-schools

#AntiDrag #ordinances in three #Iowa #cities are #unconstitutional, argues #ACLUOfIowa

The ACLU sent #letters to #Dyersville, #Pella and #Waukee #advising them to #revise their #ordinances #restricting #dragshows because they are #unconstitutional

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://littlevillagemag.com/drag-ordinances-in-three-iowa-cities-are-unconstitutional-argues-aclu-of-iowa/