Some school libraries ban books because characters use witchcraft. Others do because of profanity or sexual content, or because of uncomfortable themes like racism.
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"I've never wanted to go viral, but if I was going to, I'm glad it was for something I'm so passionate about," Annabelle Jenkins said.
06/3/2024 - 5:09 am | View Link - Tenn. activists, librarians are fighting a wave of challenges to books, many with LGBTQ themes
Tennesseans sought to remove hundreds of books from library shelves in 2023, many of them containing LGTBQ+ characters or themes. But some activists and librarians are fighting to keep them in ...
06/1/2024 - 5:04 am | View Link - Pride event canceled because they were going to give away banned books
Dallas suburb Princeton just had its Pride event canceled because of a school district’s book ban policy, Dallas Voice reports.
05/31/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link - New DPLA Campaign to Feature ‘Banned Book of the Week’
The effort will feature a banned book every Wednesday on DPLA’s social media accounts. Last year, the group launched its Banned Book Club, a program that uses GPS-based “geo-targeting” to enable ...
05/30/2024 - 4:09 am | View Link - Report: Majority of books challenged in TN libraries contain LGBTQ themes
According to the Tennessee Equality Project, of the top nine books facing the most scrutiny in public and school libraries, seven contain LGBTQ themes or were written by LGBTQ authors.
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