I sure hope this passes here!
https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2025-02-09/new-mexico-ban-book-bans-buck-national-trend
While many states have considered or passed laws making it easier to remove books from libraries, others have bucked that trend. In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state lawmakers to try to protect librarians from that kind of pressure.
1 likes, 0 comments - brenbooks on January 28, 2025: "“It’s Not A Hoax” The Newly Appointed POTUS Department of Education is Spouting This Big Lie What’s Step One in Fighting Anti-Constitutional Censorship? Read up about this anti-democratic disgrace and what to do about it Shelf Awareness' report on the denial of the existence of book bans by the US Department of Education: https://bit.ly/3Edi8mW PEN America tracks book bans and fights censorship in public schools and libraries across the country: https://pen.org/book-bans/ Authors Against Book Bans “stand(s) united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read”: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com #BookBans #ItsNotAHoax #1stAmendment #FreeSpeech #TheConstitution #Censorship #TheBigLie #PENAmerica #AuthorsAgainstBookBans #ShelfAwareness #BrenDashBooksDotCom".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYiQ9HQCVYY
🚨 #AmanpourAndCompany 2 days ago 🚨
THIS is fucking SCARY!!!!!
#AmandaJones, #librarian and author of '#ThatLibrarian' Spoke Out against Book Banning. Now she Fears for her Life.
After being fired for opposing book censorship, three librarians have filed workplace discrimination claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
#LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers #Librarians #EEOC #LGBTQ #PublicLibraries #DefendLibraries #NoBookBans #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
#DeathPanel speaks with #MariameKaba and #MelissaGiraGrant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space
🔗 https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/taking-back-the-library-w-mariame-kaba-melissa-gira-grant-110923
#PublicLibraries #ProtectLibraryWorkers #DefendLibraries #NoBookBans #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks
Beatrice and Jules speak with Mariame Kaba and Melissa Gira Grant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contempo
#NoBookBans #LGBTQrights
"As some states work to ban book bans themselves, here are LGBTQ-owned bookstores that you can support across the country."
25 Queer-Owned Bookstores to Know and Support
"In the face of books bans targeting LGBTQ+ subjects and authors, here is one way to support queer books."
https://www.advocate.com/books/queer-owned-bookstores#rebelltitem21