Queer erotica author Chuck Tingle uninvited from Texas book event over face mask
Chuck Tingle says he was uninvited from the Texas Library Association's annual literature conference over the mask which he says helps him.
January 12, 2024
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Hunt for Offending Books, Including LGBTQ+ Ones, Closes Library
The temporary closure in Llano County, Texas is one consequence of a rash of challenges to library and school books throughout the state.
December 21, 2021
Texas book ban law is likely unconstitutional, appeals court rules
The Texas READER Act's restrictions on book vendors' sales to schools can't be enforced while a lawsuit continues, the Fifth Circuit ruled.
January 17, 2024
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Books & Librarians
Again the judiciary stands in the way of GOP attempts to erase LGBTQ+ people.
August 1, 2023
Texas Judge Orders LGBTQ+ Books Be Returned to Public Libraries
The order also returns books on race that were also removed.
April 2, 2023
Texas Democrat who supported gender-affirming care ban loses to queer progressive candidate
Rep. Shawn Thierry broke with the Democratic Party to vote for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now she's lost her primary to Black queer woman Lauren Ashley Simmons
May 31, 2024
Georgia Senate passes bill banning American Library Association from state libraries
The bill’s sponsors blamed the group’s new “Marxist lesbian” president for the legislation.
March 2, 2024
Texas County Votes to Keep Library Running After Threatening It Over Banned Books
It comes after a judge ordered the books returned to the library shelves.
April 16, 2023
A new online hub for students looks to fight discrimination, censorship, and more in Texas
There are major civil rights issues facing public school students in Texas. The ACLU Texas chapter is looking to support them.
August 13, 2024
Kamala Harris defends LGBTQ+ teachers & condemns book bans at teacher labor union conference
“We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?” Harris said of her opponents.
July 25, 2024
The Grandmother of the Trans Movement Is Not Slowing Down
The country's first transgender judge, Phyllis Frye, was always a rabble-rouser.
May 5, 2017
Christian Nationalists Are Infiltrating Schools to Make Them Anti-LGBTQ+: Report
Texas suburb’s ideological battle unveiled in Grapevine podcast.
October 12, 2023
'Retaliation': Texas AG Paxton demands PFLAG provide names, addresses of trans members
A legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of transgender members.
February 29, 2024
MSNBC’S Ali Velshi on How Banned Books Save Lives
While some states ramp up bans, Velshi says we can counter by getting involved on school boards, associations and city councils
October 2, 2023
Pa. School District Allegedly Discriminated Against LGBTQ+ Students
The Pennsylvania ACLU filed a federal complaint against the Central Bucks School District alleging it targets trans and nonbinary students.
October 9, 2022
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tackle Republican book bans at Manhattan roundtable discussion (exclusive)
He will talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to fight these threats to students’ civil rights.
May 22, 2024
America's Most Banned Book, George, Is About a Trans Girl
The majority of the "most challenged books" have LGBTQ content, notes a report from the American Library Association.
April 9, 2019
Book ban attempts surge to record highs in 2023
The number of titles targeted rose 65 percent over 2022, according to the American Library Association.
March 14, 2024
