Banned Books | 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 Banned Books | 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 LGBTQ Alabamians and Our History Will Not Be Erased https://glaad.org/lgbtq-alabamians-and-our-history-will-not-be-erased/ https://glaad.org/lgbtq-alabamians-and-our-history-will-not-be-erased/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:37:19 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931829  By Jose Vazquez  Freedom has never been a passive gift. It is a fight we carry forward, generation after generation. Living in Alabama, I’m aware that every right we enjoy was won by the people—not simply granted by lawmakers. Black elders in Montgomery remind us that the Montgomery Bus Boycott wasn’t just a symbolic protest—it [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/lgbtq-alabamians-and-our-history-will-not-be-erased/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 WATCH: Matthew and Paul Castle Talk Book Bans, TikTok Fame, and More https://glaad.org/watch-matthew-and-paul-castle-talk-book-bans-tiktok-fame-and-more/ https://glaad.org/watch-matthew-and-paul-castle-talk-book-bans-tiktok-fame-and-more/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:11:16 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=918981 Husbands Matthew and Paul Castle have taken TikTok by storm. With 2.4 million followers on the app, their content ranges from hilarious to heartwarming, documenting their lives as an interabled couple. Paul, who is a blind artist and activist, is also an author and illustrator of kids books.   View this post on Instagram   A [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/watch-matthew-and-paul-castle-talk-book-bans-tiktok-fame-and-more/feed/ 0 Freed Between the Lines: No More Book Bans! https://glaad.org/freed-between-the-lines-no-more-book-bans/ https://glaad.org/freed-between-the-lines-no-more-book-bans/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:11:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=915920 With several awards and nominations to her name, writer, director, and producer Ava DuVernay has been selected as honorary chair for Banned Books Week 2024, which takes place September 22 – 28. We are proud to announce our honorary chair, award-winning filmmaker & advocate AVA DUVERNAY! She is joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett. [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/freed-between-the-lines-no-more-book-bans/feed/ 0 Deeply Unpopular Book Bans are a Losing Ticket in the 2024 Election https://glaad.org/deeply-unpopular-book-bans-are-a-losing-ticket-in-the-2024-election/ https://glaad.org/deeply-unpopular-book-bans-are-a-losing-ticket-in-the-2024-election/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:19:10 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=914873 The results of a new survey published by Knight Foundation in partnership with Langer Research Associates shows that book bans, and the people who promote them, are losing support. The recent primary election results in Florida, home base for book-banning Moms for Liberty, show even more rejection at the ballot box. First, the survey: Of [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/deeply-unpopular-book-bans-are-a-losing-ticket-in-the-2024-election/feed/ 0 Book Bans Cannot Stand: Organizing to Defeat Book Bans in Your Community https://glaad.org/book-bans-cannot-stand-organizing-to-defeat-book-bans-in-your-community/ https://glaad.org/book-bans-cannot-stand-organizing-to-defeat-book-bans-in-your-community/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:14:18 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=831960 Here’s a new page in the nation’s unfortunate book banning epidemic, and why community voices are needed more than ever to organize and fight back. Last year in Escambia County, Florida, a region home to just over 300,000 residents in the northwesternmost corner of the Florida panhandle, a high school teacher called for the review [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/book-bans-cannot-stand-organizing-to-defeat-book-bans-in-your-community/feed/ 0 Back To [Redacted]: A Guide to Battling Book and School Censorship for Students, Parents, and School Staff https://glaad.org/schoolbookbans/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:29:40 +0000 https://glaad.logalt.net/blog/schoolbookbans/ As students, families, and school employees head back to school for the fall, they face an atmosphere of uncertainty and censorship. The past year has seen a disturbing uptick in attempts to ban books and inclusive lesson plans from schools, as extremist groups and politicians falsely frame accurate teachings about race and LGBTQ issues as [...]

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