Show threadSusan Larson β™€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸŒˆDec 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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