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Almost half of books challenged at school are returned to shelves, but titles with LGBTQ characters, themes and stories are most likely to be banned, according to a Washington Post analysis of nearly 900 book objections nationwide.
Books about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer lives were 30% more likely to be yanked, The Washington Post found.
Katy ISD has removed two words from the policy that decides which books are allowed in the school library.
Katy ISD school officials have pulled 19 books from Katy ISD schools so far this year. The latest is Judy Blume’s ‘Are you There God? It’s me, Margaret,’ the coming-of-age book published in 1970.