Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 1, 2023

#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

Penguin Random House, Authors Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law

Penguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association, along with four bestselling authors and others, have sued the state to block key provisions of its sweeping new law banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content from schools.

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Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Nov 29, 2023

#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

Lawsuit seeks to block Iowa law that bans books with sex acts, restricts LGBTQ topics in schools

The ACLU of Iowa and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of eight students challenging a state law that restricts discussions of LGBTQ topics in schools and bans books that describe sex acts.

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 22, 2023

#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/

Drag ordinances in three Iowa cities are unconstitutional, argues ACLU of Iowa - Little Village

This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. On Tuesday, the ACLU of Iowa sent letters to the city councils of Dyersville, Pella and Waukee [...]Read More...

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