Plaintiffs: Law required book vendors to rate the explicitness of sexual references in books sold to schools- was unconstitutionally broad
Rep Julianne Young stated it did not ban gay characters, just "acts of homosexuality," which are undefined
Sexually explicit content defined as describing, depicting, showing or writing about sex or sex acts in a detailed or graphic manner
The ACLU reported that more than 500 anti-trans bills had been filed in state legislatures this year, and unfortunately, too many became law
Enforcement provisions in the law that apply to book removals and educational materials were set to take effect January 1, 2024
Moms for Liberty, a powerful anti-LGBTQ organization deemed an extremist group by the SPLC is behind many of the efforts to ban books
The list of the 673 books removed took up two full pages in the print edition of The Orlando Sentinel Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023
Smith, an incumbent Democrat, who won re-election was sworn in as the new Central Bucks school board president after a vote by the board
Missouri has seen several new bills introduced that promises to be contentious around LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender people
Black and LGBTQ+ authors and books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities have been disproportionately affected in the book bans
