Susan_Larson_TN, 8 months ago

#FirstAmendment #advocates #fight growing number of #US #bookbans.

Many of the book bans started during the early days of the #pandemic, part of #frustration over #maskmandates and #onlinelearning that eventually led to the #politicization of #schoolboard #meetings.

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/10/09/first-amendment-advocates-fight-growing-number-of-u-s-book-bans/

Susan_Larson_TN, 8 months ago

#Fascist #BookBans Are on the Rise in the #Gulf #South. Here’s What’s Being #Challenged in #Alabama

#PENAmerica, which #supports and #protects #FirstAmendment #rights for #writers and #journalists, reported that more than 3,300 #books were #banned in #publicschools during the 2022-2023 #schoolyear — a 33% increase from the previous school year.

https://birminghamwatch.org/book-bans-are-on-the-rise-in-the-gulf-south-heres-whats-being-challenged-in-alabama/

Susan_Larson_TN, 8 months ago

#Children’s #picturebook #flagged at #Alabama #library because #author’s #lastname is ‘#Gay’.

“Although it is obviously #laughable that our picture book shows up on their list of #censored #books simply because the author’s last name is Gay, the #ridiculousness of that fact should not detract from the #seriousness of the #situation,” Brassard said in a #statement.

https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/childrens-picture-book-was-on-library-list-to-be-moved-to-adult-section-because-authors-last-name-is-gay.html