American Library Association (ALA) | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:16:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png American Library Association (ALA) | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Education À La Carte: Legal and Anti-Censorship Experts, Authors, and Students on the Stakes of the Supreme Court Book Ban Case Mahmoud v. Taylor https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/ https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:45:43 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935128 Today, April 22, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case brought by six parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, seeking to opt out their children from the presence of LGBTQ-inclusive books in public education. “This case is about whether public school education can be a la carte, allowing parents to pick and choose [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/feed/ 0 Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/ https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:03:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933502 The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Mahmoud v. Taylor is about a small number of LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books included in the classrooms of Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. The books were chosen and evaluated by education professionals. Six parents (three couples) sued [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/feed/ 0 Annual Celebration of Libraries and Library Workers Arrives Amid Funding Threats to Learning and Enrichment https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/ https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:29:17 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933267 April 6-12 marks National Library Week, the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual celebration of libraries, library workers, and the role they play “in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.” With a theme of “Drawn to the Library,” this year’s event encourages readers to “chart [their] next literary adventure” at the library, recognize the contributions of [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/feed/ 0 Federal Agency, Former Champion for Intellectual Freedom, Parrots Book Ban Misinformation https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/ https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:18:02 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927656 Living up to President Trump’s campaign promise to upend education, the endangered U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced last week the dismissal of 11 complaints and six pending cases filed against school book bans as “meritless claim[s] premised upon a dubious legal theory.” Additionally, OCR fired book ban coordinator Matt Nosanchuk [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/feed/ 0 Banned Recognition: Annual Event Casts a Spotlight on the Freedom to Read https://glaad.org/banned-recognition-annual-event-casts-a-spotlight-on-the-freedom-to-read/ https://glaad.org/banned-recognition-annual-event-casts-a-spotlight-on-the-freedom-to-read/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:51:00 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=918259 Banned Books Week (BBW) kicks off this year with new data showing the number of book banning attempts down, but still at high levels, and that efforts to restrict access to books and other “soft censorship” are up. “Titles representing the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and [Black, Indigenous and other People of Color] [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/banned-recognition-annual-event-casts-a-spotlight-on-the-freedom-to-read/feed/ 0 Minnesota Protects the Right to Read https://glaad.org/minnesota-protects-the-right-to-read/ https://glaad.org/minnesota-protects-the-right-to-read/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 14:41:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=905333 By Jae Moore With the stroke of a pen, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sent a strong message about book bans and anti-LGBTQ activists pushing them: Your regressive policies are not welcome here. “Censorship has no place in our libraries. As a former teacher, I’m clear: We need to remember our history, not erase it,” said [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/minnesota-protects-the-right-to-read/feed/ 0 GLAAD Institute Alum and Texas Activist is Fighting LGBTQ Censorship in the Lone Star State and the U.S. https://glaad.org/glaad-institute-alum-of-students-engaged-in-advancing-texas-is-fighting-lgbtq-censorship-in-the-lone-star-state-and-us/ https://glaad.org/glaad-institute-alum-of-students-engaged-in-advancing-texas-is-fighting-lgbtq-censorship-in-the-lone-star-state-and-us/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:43:01 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=900068 Texas is one of four states – including Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Missouri – with a state law that requires advance parental notification of any LGBTQ-related education, and allows parents to opt their children out (or requires opt-in), according to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP). Texas has also banned upwards of 625 books between 2022-2023 alone. [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/glaad-institute-alum-of-students-engaged-in-advancing-texas-is-fighting-lgbtq-censorship-in-the-lone-star-state-and-us/feed/ 0 ALA Report Highlights Record Number of Book Challenges in Public Libraries https://glaad.org/ala-report-highlights-record-number-of-book-challenges-in-public-libraries/ https://glaad.org/ala-report-highlights-record-number-of-book-challenges-in-public-libraries/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:37:01 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=858422 By Jae Moore As libraries nationwide prepare programming for National Library Week (April 7-13), a newly released American Library Association (ALA) report eclipses past studies, showing yet another record number of titles being targeted in school and public libraries, the majority about LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups. According to the new report: Schools and [...]

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