Report: U.S. Schools Ban Over 1,000 Books, Many by LGBTQ+ Authors
Out of the top six banned titles, four deal with queer themes.
Source: advocate.com
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Schools ban 1,000 books in 'unparalleled' censorship bid: Report
More than a thousand book titles, most addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been banned from U.S. classrooms and school libraries in the last nine months, many under pressure from conservative parents and officials, the writers' organization PEN America said on Thursday. PEN compiled a database of banned books that includes the first novel by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison and a memoir by actor and activist George Takei about being sent to an internment camp in California as a Japane...
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U.S. schools pull more than 1,000 book titles in 'unparalleled' censorship bid, report finds
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - More than a thousand book titles, most addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been banned from U.S. classrooms and s...
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