Penguin Random House sues school district for effectively banning LGBTQ+ books
The district is accused of pulling books from shelves that were flagged by a Moms for Liberty activist.
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The district is accused of pulling books from shelves that were flagged by a Moms for Liberty activist.
Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images(TALLHASSEE, Fla.) -- PEN America, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression, and Penguin Random House, one of the country's largest book publishers, filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting a Florida school district for removing certain books from the shelves of public school libraries. Authors and parents of children affected by the book bans in the Escambia County School District have also joined the federal lawsuit, which is asking for books to be returned to school libraries. The lawsuit argues that the school board’s removal and restricti...
PEN America's lawsuit includes Penguin Random House, authors, and parents in its plaintiffs in a court filing made in Florida.
The suit against the Escambia County School District and the school board argues book removals are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment.
The book removals are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech, according to the suit against the Escambia County School District and the school board.