The library board repeatedly refused to limit access to 150 books deemed sexually explicit by critics. Most of the titles have LGBTQ+ themes
Efforts to ban or challenge library books across the nation has had a sharp focus on titles addressing LGBTQ+ themes
Critics charge that Board President Shaw has been tone-deaf to understanding the needs of LGBTQ+ and other minority students
California provides instruction & support to roughly 5.9 million students in more than 1,000 districts & over 10,000 schools
PEN America recorded 1,406 book ban cases in Florida, followed by 625 in Texas, 333 in Missouri, 281 in Utah, & 186 book bans in Penn.
