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She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas.
Librarians across the country are fighting book bans by filing workplace discrimination claims.
Librarians in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming have filed discrimination claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal laws about workplace discrimination.
Brooky Parks, who was fired for standing up for programs on anti-racism and LGBTQ+ stories she organized for teens at the Erie Community Library north of Denver, won a $250,000 settlement in September.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library