#book-bans — Public Fediverse posts
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Via Kelly Jensen: "Navigating the Brain Poisoning of Book Censorship.
On parenting and reading picture books in an era of relentless censorship and intellectual control."
#BookBans #Censorship #Reading #Parenting #FreedomToRead
https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/navigating-the-brain-poisoning-of-book-censorship/
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Via Kelly Jensen: "Navigating the Brain Poisoning of Book Censorship.
On parenting and reading picture books in an era of relentless censorship and intellectual control."
#BookBans #Censorship #Reading #Parenting #FreedomToRead
https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/navigating-the-brain-poisoning-of-book-censorship/
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Around the Book World: August 10, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world. By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief t’s summer, and Carlo Carrenho is enjoying some well deserved time off with family, so I’m stepping in again this week with an abbreviated version of the Around the Book...
The post Around the Book World: August 10, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/around-the-book-world-august-10-2026/ -
Around the Book World: August 10, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world. By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief t’s summer, and Carlo Carrenho is enjoying some well deserved time off with family, so I’m stepping in again this week with an abbreviated version of the Around the Book...
The post Around the Book World: August 10, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/around-the-book-world-august-10-2026/ -
Where Are We Going? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3c4NPUq4sQ"This video was made 2 years ago in 2024. As of 2026 There have been nearly 23,000 instances of book bans in U.S. public schools since 2021. The 2024-2025 school year alone saw 6,870 instances of book bans, with over 4,000 unique titles affected. These bans, driven largely by efforts in states like Florida and Texas, frequently target stories with LGBTQ+ themes or characters of color."
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Where Are We Going? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3c4NPUq4sQ"This video was made 2 years ago in 2024. As of 2026 There have been nearly 23,000 instances of book bans in U.S. public schools since 2021. The 2024-2025 school year alone saw 6,870 instances of book bans, with over 4,000 unique titles affected. These bans, driven largely by efforts in states like Florida and Texas, frequently target stories with LGBTQ+ themes or characters of color."
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“'Dangerously broad' federal book ban bill would bar kids from reading books about 'transgenderism'
ALA President Sam Helmick said the bill 'treats seventeen-year-olds the same as kindergarteners.'
The American Library Association (ALA) is sounding the alarm as a federal bill seeking to ban 'sexually oriented material' in public schools makes its way through Congress.
S.B. 4925 was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 24. Officially named the 'Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,' it defines 'sexually oriented material' as 'any program, activity, literature, or material that exposes such children to nude adults, individuals who are stripping, or lewd or lascivious dancing,' as well as anything that 'involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.'
The legislation would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ban schools from using funding provided through the act to provide students with any of the prohibited material.
A companion bill in the House, H.B. 7661, passed the House Education and Workforce Committee in March, though neither bill is reportedly scheduled to be considered on the House or Senate floors.
n addition to the explicit ban on anything mentioning trans people, the concept of 'sexually oriented material' has become a conservative euphemism for any content mentioning LGBTQ+ identities.
The ALA called the legislation 'dangerously broad.'
'Such a sweeping prohibition threatens health, art, and science education,' the organization wrote, urging people to take action. 'The bill’s language also targets LGBTQIA+ communities. It’s ideological grandstanding and political overreach, pure and simple. This type of fear-mongering and censorship can’t become law.'
ALA also said the bill 'threatens to hand over parents’ rights to lawmakers, letting them decide what books students can access in their school libraries.'
ALA President Sam Helmick also stated that the bill 'is not about what is best for children' and 'treats seventeen-year-olds the same as kindergarteners.'
They also pointed out that the bill’s 'exception for ‘classical art’ is a smokescreen for discrimination against any form of artistic expression that does not comply with an ideology that denies the stories and personhood of certain groups of people, especially LGBTQIA+ people.'”
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“'Dangerously broad' federal book ban bill would bar kids from reading books about 'transgenderism'
ALA President Sam Helmick said the bill 'treats seventeen-year-olds the same as kindergarteners.'
The American Library Association (ALA) is sounding the alarm as a federal bill seeking to ban 'sexually oriented material' in public schools makes its way through Congress.
S.B. 4925 was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 24. Officially named the 'Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,' it defines 'sexually oriented material' as 'any program, activity, literature, or material that exposes such children to nude adults, individuals who are stripping, or lewd or lascivious dancing,' as well as anything that 'involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.'
The legislation would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ban schools from using funding provided through the act to provide students with any of the prohibited material.
A companion bill in the House, H.B. 7661, passed the House Education and Workforce Committee in March, though neither bill is reportedly scheduled to be considered on the House or Senate floors.
n addition to the explicit ban on anything mentioning trans people, the concept of 'sexually oriented material' has become a conservative euphemism for any content mentioning LGBTQ+ identities.
The ALA called the legislation 'dangerously broad.'
'Such a sweeping prohibition threatens health, art, and science education,' the organization wrote, urging people to take action. 'The bill’s language also targets LGBTQIA+ communities. It’s ideological grandstanding and political overreach, pure and simple. This type of fear-mongering and censorship can’t become law.'
ALA also said the bill 'threatens to hand over parents’ rights to lawmakers, letting them decide what books students can access in their school libraries.'
ALA President Sam Helmick also stated that the bill 'is not about what is best for children' and 'treats seventeen-year-olds the same as kindergarteners.'
They also pointed out that the bill’s 'exception for ‘classical art’ is a smokescreen for discrimination against any form of artistic expression that does not comply with an ideology that denies the stories and personhood of certain groups of people, especially LGBTQIA+ people.'”
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Good email from ALA:
"Legislation like S. 4925 should concern anyone who believes in the right of families to make decisions for themselves. Congress shouldn’t limit people’s freedom to read: they should invest in libraries."
#libraries #bookbans
https://www.action.ala.org/campaign/S4925/ -
Good email from ALA:
"Legislation like S. 4925 should concern anyone who believes in the right of families to make decisions for themselves. Congress shouldn’t limit people’s freedom to read: they should invest in libraries."
#libraries #bookbans
https://www.action.ala.org/campaign/S4925/ -
"Rather than prosecuting people involved in child sex trafficking, House Republicans are trying to “Stop the Sexualization of Children” by turning the blame against teachers, librarians, and LGBTQ+ people. They have proposed H.R. 7661, a bill to block funding for schools or programs that provide access to “sexually oriented material” to people under the age of 18; effectively, a book ban."
For those in the US, use this website to contact your State Representatives to oppose national book bans.
https://5calls.org/issue/federal-book-ban-hr7661/ -
"Rather than prosecuting people involved in child sex trafficking, House Republicans are trying to “Stop the Sexualization of Children” by turning the blame against teachers, librarians, and LGBTQ+ people. They have proposed H.R. 7661, a bill to block funding for schools or programs that provide access to “sexually oriented material” to people under the age of 18; effectively, a book ban."
For those in the US, use this website to contact your State Representatives to oppose national book bans.
https://5calls.org/issue/federal-book-ban-hr7661/ -
New and urgent! From @everylibrary
The federal book ban bill, H.R. 7661, has been placed on the legislative calendar... has cleared committee, eligible to be brought before the full House for debate and a vote.If passed, the Federal Government will gain control of your local school libraries.
Act now! #libraries #bookBansSign petition: https://action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661
Send a postcard: https://civicmail.org/about-campaigns/74-dont-ban-books-in-the-united-states
Send email: https://action.everylibrary.org/emailhr7661 -
New and urgent! From @everylibrary
The federal book ban bill, H.R. 7661, has been placed on the legislative calendar... has cleared committee, eligible to be brought before the full House for debate and a vote.If passed, the Federal Government will gain control of your local school libraries.
Act now! #libraries #bookBansSign petition: https://action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661
Send a postcard: https://civicmail.org/about-campaigns/74-dont-ban-books-in-the-united-states
Send email: https://action.everylibrary.org/emailhr7661 -
"a Republic, for as long as you can keep it"
Kelly Jensen on Bluesky: "Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee."
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"a Republic, for as long as you can keep it"
Kelly Jensen on Bluesky: "Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee."
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Via Kelly Jense: "WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE, an excellent comic about the banning of Persepolis in the Chicago Public Schools in 2013, is on sale across digital platforms today for $2."
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Via Kelly Jense: "WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE, an excellent comic about the banning of Persepolis in the Chicago Public Schools in 2013, is on sale across digital platforms today for $2."
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… „sexuelle Inhalte“ am häufigsten genannt werden, oft jedoch ohne tatsächliche Entsprechung im Text. Gleichzeitig weisen viele der betroffenen Werke LGBTQIA+-Bezüge auf. Zudem werden Bücher zensiert, deren Protagonist*innen nicht weiß sind, psychische Erkrankungen haben oder gesellschaftliche Ungleichheiten thematisieren. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass die Zensurmaßnahmen strukturell diskriminierende Muster erkennen lassen."
#BookBans #BannedBooks #Schulbibliotheken -
… „sexuelle Inhalte“ am häufigsten genannt werden, oft jedoch ohne tatsächliche Entsprechung im Text. Gleichzeitig weisen viele der betroffenen Werke LGBTQIA+-Bezüge auf. Zudem werden Bücher zensiert, deren Protagonist*innen nicht weiß sind, psychische Erkrankungen haben oder gesellschaftliche Ungleichheiten thematisieren. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass die Zensurmaßnahmen strukturell diskriminierende Muster erkennen lassen."
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"Hey, Utah teens, if you enjoyed the films Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, you’re out of luck. The state won’t let you read the Stephen King novellas on which the movies are based. This concludes today’s lesson on fascism." --Martha Hickson, librarian
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"Hey, Utah teens, if you enjoyed the films Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, you’re out of luck. The state won’t let you read the Stephen King novellas on which the movies are based. This concludes today’s lesson on fascism." --Martha Hickson, librarian
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Every time a public or a #CharterSchool #bans a #book they must notify the #Utah Board of Ed. "If that book meets the threshold of removals, all schools will be expected to dispose of it."
So, basically, "two #SchoolDistricts in the whole state [of 42 districts] account for the vast majority of bans."
More books #banned in Utah this year than in any previous.
( #SouthCarolina also keeps such a list {21 books}, is being sued by ACLU.)
#fascist #USA #BookBans #book #burning
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At sentencing earlier this week, judge said the pastor showed zero remorse. “You choose rather to blame the victim and incredulously claim that you were the victim of abuse at her home, a 14-year-old child.” Silas Shelton was sentenced to the max, 15 yrs, for abuse back in 2019.
2023, he's telling his school board "I got sick reading that stuff" re: award winning (gay) graphic novel.
#ChristoFascists #GOP #priest #abuses #pastor #guilty #ChildMolester #BookBans #LGBTQ
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/homphobic-pastor-sentenced-assaulting-child -
At sentencing earlier this week, judge said the pastor showed zero remorse. “You choose rather to blame the victim and incredulously claim that you were the victim of abuse at her home, a 14-year-old child.” Silas Shelton was sentenced to the max, 15 yrs, for abuse back in 2019.
2023, he's telling his school board "I got sick reading that stuff" re: award winning (gay) graphic novel.
#ChristoFascists #GOP #priest #abuses #pastor #guilty #ChildMolester #BookBans #LGBTQ
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/homphobic-pastor-sentenced-assaulting-child -
#TRL #libraries #BookBans
Interesting proposal by Lewis Co TRL representative Mittge to condition funding with standards for books based on who is offended by them in his community. His proposal removes the librarians from making informed book purchases and placement decisions. He feels it will help sell voters in Lewis Co to support increased taxes for TRL. I am curious if he considered how such conditions might discourage voters in Thurston County to vote in favor of the levy lid lift with his conditions? TC is the largest population center and largest contributor of funding. In order to implement his idea an additional bureaucratic process of book standards review and placement would likely be needed. Would each community within each member county have their own local books standards review?
https://www.yelmonline.com/stories/trl-workers-union-board-of-trustees-president-elect-voice-opposition-to-board-of-trustees,404332Good pod convo about the proposal:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chronicle-news-dump/id1520081346?i=1000773200140
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#TRL #libraries #BookBans
Interesting proposal by Lewis Co TRL representative Mittge to condition funding with standards for books based on who is offended by them in his community. His proposal removes the librarians from making informed book purchases and placement decisions. He feels it will help sell voters in Lewis Co to support increased taxes for TRL. I am curious if he considered how such conditions might discourage voters in Thurston County to vote in favor of the levy lid lift with his conditions? TC is the largest population center and largest contributor of funding. In order to implement his idea an additional bureaucratic process of book standards review and placement would likely be needed. Would each community within each member county have their own local books standards review?
https://www.yelmonline.com/stories/trl-workers-union-board-of-trustees-president-elect-voice-opposition-to-board-of-trustees,404332Good pod convo about the proposal:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chronicle-news-dump/id1520081346?i=1000773200140
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Kelly Jensen: "Last year, multiple people in the same public library district submitted information, without knowing someone else did.
Tracking the dismantling of Pride in libraries matters. Thanks to everyone helping record these. I'm becoming more & more adamant about the necessity of archiving *right now*."
#Libraries #BookBans #Librarians #Censorship #Pride @bookstodon
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Kelly Jensen: "Last year, multiple people in the same public library district submitted information, without knowing someone else did.
Tracking the dismantling of Pride in libraries matters. Thanks to everyone helping record these. I'm becoming more & more adamant about the necessity of archiving *right now*."
#Libraries #BookBans #Librarians #Censorship #Pride @bookstodon
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#CallToAction via Kelly Jensen: "For the last several years, I've asked folks to share with me the pushback they've received before, during, and after Pride when it comes to events, programs, and displays in libraries.
Here's this year's form. Please share far and wide and use it. All anonymous"
#Libraries #BookBans #Librarians #Censorship #Pride @bookstodon
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#CallToAction via Kelly Jensen: "For the last several years, I've asked folks to share with me the pushback they've received before, during, and after Pride when it comes to events, programs, and displays in libraries.
Here's this year's form. Please share far and wide and use it. All anonymous"
#Libraries #BookBans #Librarians #Censorship #Pride @bookstodon
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Bücher auf dem Index – Wie Book Bans und Verbote die Literatur bedrohen
Bücherverbote gab es in Deutschland zuletzt in der NS-Zeit. Heute ist geregelt, ab wann ein Buch als gefährlich gilt und auf den Index kommt.
#Bibliotheken, Schulen und #Buchläden geraten trotzdem zunehmend unter Druck, bestimmte Titel auszusortieren. Rechte Aktivisten etwa wollen queere oder Rassismus-kritische Literatur aus öffentlichen Institutionen entfernen. Länder wie die USA oder Ungarn erlassen "#BookBans" und verbieten unliebsame Bücher gleich ganz.
Fachleute warnen vor einer globalen, politischen Agenda. Auch in Deutschland werfen Vertreter der Literaturszene Kulturstaatsminister #WolframWeimer Gesinnungsschnüffelei vor.
#SWR 2025 / 2026 #SWRKultur #SWRKulturdaswissen #buchkultur #lesekultur #bookstodon #mastolivre #civilisationdulivre #culturedelalecture
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Bücher auf dem Index – Wie Book Bans und Verbote die Literatur bedrohen
Bücherverbote gab es in Deutschland zuletzt in der NS-Zeit. Heute ist geregelt, ab wann ein Buch als gefährlich gilt und auf den Index kommt.
#Bibliotheken, Schulen und #Buchläden geraten trotzdem zunehmend unter Druck, bestimmte Titel auszusortieren. Rechte Aktivisten etwa wollen queere oder Rassismus-kritische Literatur aus öffentlichen Institutionen entfernen. Länder wie die USA oder Ungarn erlassen "#BookBans" und verbieten unliebsame Bücher gleich ganz.
Fachleute warnen vor einer globalen, politischen Agenda. Auch in Deutschland werfen Vertreter der Literaturszene Kulturstaatsminister #WolframWeimer Gesinnungsschnüffelei vor.
#SWR 2025 / 2026 #SWRKultur #SWRKulturdaswissen #buchkultur #lesekultur #bookstodon #mastolivre #civilisationdulivre #culturedelalecture
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Book Bans and Black History
This Juneteenth and beyond, we can all take action to fight book bans that threaten Black history.
The post Book Bans and Black History appeared first on Libro.fm Audiobooks.
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Book Bans and Black History
This Juneteenth and beyond, we can all take action to fight book bans that threaten Black history.
The post Book Bans and Black History appeared first on Libro.fm Audiobooks.
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The only controversial thing about _Paper Towns_ is that bigots and assholes want to ban it.
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The only controversial thing about _Paper Towns_ is that bigots and assholes want to ban it.
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CW: U.S. Politics, libraries, book bans
Via Kelly Jensen: "Good morning.
The state of Utah banned its 35th book from *all public schools statewide* on Friday. The book was published in 1999.
Here's the story, why books are being banned, and where these state-sanctioned bans are coming from. "
#BookBans #Libraries #Censorship #USPolitics
https://bookriot.com/utah-has-banned-its-35th-book-from-all-public-schools/
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CW: U.S. Politics, libraries, book bans
Via Kelly Jensen: "Good morning.
The state of Utah banned its 35th book from *all public schools statewide* on Friday. The book was published in 1999.
Here's the story, why books are being banned, and where these state-sanctioned bans are coming from. "
#BookBans #Libraries #Censorship #USPolitics
https://bookriot.com/utah-has-banned-its-35th-book-from-all-public-schools/
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Don’t let Congress censor America’s school libraries
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/opinion/hr7661-congress-school-library-censorship
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Don’t let Congress censor America’s school libraries
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/opinion/hr7661-congress-school-library-censorship
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RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/116679939545553224
This is a link to the full version of this article (the below link was a shorter version). This is important: the bigots are winning in the US. Unrelenting censorship attempts are having the desired quelling effect, and the fight for diverse books needs reinforcements.
https://bookriot.com/queer-books-are-at-a-breaking-point/
Sixty small actions you can take (many US specific, but some suitable anywhere):
https://bookriot.com/how-to-defend-the-right-to-read-2026/
This Pride month, if you can, buy queer books and/or ask your library to get them in!
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RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/116679939545553224
This is a link to the full version of this article (the below link was a shorter version). This is important: the bigots are winning in the US. Unrelenting censorship attempts are having the desired quelling effect, and the fight for diverse books needs reinforcements.
https://bookriot.com/queer-books-are-at-a-breaking-point/
Sixty small actions you can take (many US specific, but some suitable anywhere):
https://bookriot.com/how-to-defend-the-right-to-read-2026/
This Pride month, if you can, buy queer books and/or ask your library to get them in!
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In 2022, Atwood & publisher had a fire-proof copy made of her "The Handmaid's Tale". After trying & failing to burn it (pictured), Sotheby's auctioned it off for $130K with money going to PEN America (founded 1922), to fight censorship, book bans, etc.
The book's been banned by entire countries!
She said she stopped writing it several times bc it seemed so far-fetched(!)
#TheHandmaidsTale #MargaretAtwood #PENAmerica #PEN #USA #censorship #BookBans #TX #PA #FL #OK #GOP
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/margaret-atwood-tried-and-failed-to-burn-copy-handmaids-tale-unburnable-fireproof-180980223/ -
In 2022, Atwood & publisher had a fire-proof copy made of her "The Handmaid's Tale". After trying & failing to burn it (pictured), Sotheby's auctioned it off for $130K with money going to PEN America (founded 1922), to fight censorship, book bans, etc.
The book's been banned by entire countries!
She said she stopped writing it several times bc it seemed so far-fetched(!)
#TheHandmaidsTale #MargaretAtwood #PENAmerica #PEN #USA #censorship #BookBans #TX #PA #FL #OK #GOP
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/margaret-atwood-tried-and-failed-to-burn-copy-handmaids-tale-unburnable-fireproof-180980223/ -
Knox County, TN Rolls Back ‘Roots’ Book Ban After Backlash
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Knox County, TN Rolls Back ‘Roots’ Book Ban After Backlash
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"What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers"--Freedom to Ready Project (in Bluesky)
#FreedomToRead #BookBans #Censorship #Bigotry #Writing @bookstodon
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California city that banned the Pride flag poised to get powerful gay congressman
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/huntington-beach-robert-garcia
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Fighting Oppression: 5 Graphic Novels About Book Banning
Up your knowledge and insights into censorship across time and place with these excellent graphic novels about book banning.
https://bookriot.com/graphic-novels-about-book-banning/
