Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion September 25, 2022
It doesn’t take long to read the most banned book in America, an award-winning memoir in graphic novel form called “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe. It’s about the illustrator’s yearslong quest to unravel what it means to be gender nonbinary — that is, to feel neither female nor male. It takes even less time to understand why parents and PTAs around the country have pounced on the book, demanding it be disappeared from school libraries.... + full article
Chicago Tribune USA Opinion September 29, 2022
In November 2020, Washington held the nation’s first-ever state referendum on sex education. By a nearly 60% to 40% plurality, voters in the Evergreen State approved a set of guidelines that include information about contraception, LGBTQ identities and sexual consent. But the... + más
One way of stemming the tide of book bans? Allow for compromise | Orlando Sentinel
School book bans and challenges, at record highs, are rising again | The Boston Globe
Newsweek USA Life September 24, 2022
Some of the biggest titles in classic and modern literature have been banned in schools and libraries around the United States, including The Handmaid's Tale, Girls Who Code, and more.PEN America, an organization that advocates for free expression in literature, recently... + más
Book ban debate intensifies between Girls Who Code and conservative group | Newsweek
Pennsylvania school district denies banning 'Girls Who Code' book series | WPTV
The Atlantic USA Life September 24, 2022
When a book gets censored, it feels good to assume its sales will increase. But that’s not the whole story.Getty; The AtlanticSeptember 20, 2022At a packed school-board meeting near Rockford, Illinois, earlier this year, a woman waved blown-up images from Maia Kobabe’s... + más
Handmaid's Tale, Girls Who Code and other books just banned in the U.S. | Newsweek
As attempts to ban books across the country increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’ | Chicago Tribune
Orlando Sentinel USA Opinion September 24, 2022
Banned Books Week (Sept. 18-24) is an annual event celebrating the freedom and constitutional right to read, especially in the classroom. Since the event launched in 1982, its goal has been to draw attention to censorship. But this year, the main focus is an extreme uptick in... + más
Author speaks out as his book becomes one of the most banned in the US | ABC News
After fans dismiss it as 'pretty gross,' Netflix drops LGBTQ tag for 'Dahmer' series | Los Angeles Times
ABC News USA Nation September 21, 2022
Author George M. Johnson has found himself at the center of a culture war over what kids can read.Johnson’s memoir, “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which chronicles his experience growing up as a Black queer man, is the second most banned book in the U.S. and has been taken off... + más
It’s Banned Books Week — and these bookstores are hiding challenged books for their readers to find | The Boston Globe
Associated Press USA Life September 19, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year’s totals, which were the highest in decades.“I’ve never seen anything like this,”... + más
Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says | ABC News
With Indiana's ban now in effect, patients seeking abortion have to travel even further | ABC News
ABC News USA Life September 18, 2022
NEW YORK -- The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year's totals, which were the highest in decades.“I've never seen anything like this,”... + más
Louisiana's abortion ban will remain blocked as the state appeals court decision | The Advocate
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