Schools are filtering & blocking LGBTQ+ & race-related content, with licensed special education teachers more likely to report such practices
The battle over books on LGBTQ+ themes, and even race relations has become a national issue with conservatives railing against libraries
U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks also rejected a motion by the defendants including attorneys for the state, seeking to dismiss the case
Passage of HB 1069 comes as last year’s Don’t Say LGBTQ law wreaks havoc on Florida’s schools & drives educators & families from the state
"Censorship is the desperate rear-guard action of a movement that has already lost the fight for hearts and minds"
“You can't censor a student newspaper you no longer have.” Ending student newspaper programs is becoming a more common form of censorship
‘Answers in the Pages’ a ripped-from-the-headlines summer treat for kids, adults
The initiative will give access to hundreds of thousands of e-books & audio books including those that have been impacted by recent book bans
Nearly 1,600 books in more than 700 libraries/systems across the nation involving race, gender & the LGBTQ community, were targeted
The Fox network show Fox & Friends also invited anti-critical race theory activists to defend the LGBTQ book bans
