@[email protected] Notice how all the books are LGBTQ+ or about people of color. Just another way to keep non-straight and non-white kids down.

Two books on their list would have been pivotal to me in high school, Genderqueer and Melissa. These books would have opened my eyes to how my mother was abusing my younger sibling, who I knew was trans since they were 8. All the screaming would have made more sense. Maybe I would have been able to protect them more.

#fuckbookbans #bookbansareunconstitutional

Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/20/texas-teacher-fired-anne-frank-book-ban?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

> Move comes as education laws restricting teaching of race, sexuality and other topics are being implemented across the US
#bookbansareunconstitutional #BookBans #letamericaread

Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders

Move comes as education laws restricting teaching of race, sexuality and other topics are being implemented across the US

The Guardian

#Fascism and viewpoint #discrimination are official state sports in #Florida. By virtually eliminating access to subjects the #Republicans #hate, #DeSantis and his co-conspirators are effectively establishing state-sponsored #indoctrination into #rightwing political #ideology. And that's exactly the point.

#GOPfascists #floridafascism #FirstAmendment #bookBans #bookbansareunconstitutional

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/florida-schools-banned-this-sweet-childrens-book-for-alleged-adult-content-it-has-none/

Florida schools banned this sweet children's book for alleged "adult content" — it has none - LGBTQ Nation

The book includes non-sexual illustrations of the men living together, which is apparently too steamy for this school district.

LGBTQ Nation
https://www.alternet.org/porn-book-ban-bible-utah/ #bookbansareunconstitutional #GOPHypocrisy Get this porn out of our schools': Parent challenges Utah book ban by requesting the Bible be removed
The parent  wrote, "Incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide," referring to issues included in the Bible. "You’ll no doubt find that the Bible, under Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227, has 'no serious values for minors' because it's pornographic by our new definition."
'Get this porn out of our schools': Parent challenges Utah book ban by requesting the Bible be removed

A Utah parent is asking for the Bible to be eliminated from classrooms, after a GOP lawmaker backed a bill ordering the removal of "pornographic" books from schools, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Per Newsweek, the parent's petition was submitted anonymously following the bill's passing in May of 20...

Alternet.org
UPDATE: New federal lawsuit says Florida book bans are unconstitutional

Since December, Popular Information has detailed the extraordinary number of book bans being pursued in Escambia County, Florida. Much of this activity is being driven by one woman, high school English teacher Vicki Baggett. Over the course of this school year, Baggett has challenged more than 150 books, seeking to remove them from all school libraries.

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