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
“We don’t want transgender books in the library. [...] We don’t want the library to be promoting certain types of material”
In addition to the librarian at Jay High School, Moms for Liberty points the finger at Ruth Witter, the head librarian for the county