Book Bans | 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 Book Bans | 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 [...]

The post 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 first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> 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 Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=934914 Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

The post Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/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 [...]

The post Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> 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 [...]

The post Annual Celebration of Libraries and Library Workers Arrives Amid Funding Threats to Learning and Enrichment first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> 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 [...]

The post LGBTQ Alabamians and Our History Will Not Be Erased first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/lgbtq-alabamians-and-our-history-will-not-be-erased/feed/ 0 Fighting Attacks on Inclusive Books at the Supreme Court https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/ https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:31 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=929190 Today, authors and illustrators of books in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor released a statement in support of inclusive books, and in support of the school district including their books in curriculum. The case was brought by a group of parents who sued the Montgomery County, Maryland, school district for the right to [...]

The post Fighting Attacks on Inclusive Books at the Supreme Court first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/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 [...]

The post Federal Agency, Former Champion for Intellectual Freedom, Parrots Book Ban Misinformation first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/feed/ 0 Book Ban Documentary Elevates Student Voices https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/ https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:21:21 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924311 When you think about book bans, which group do you hear the most in the media? Elected officials, from members of Congress all the way down ballot to state superintendents and school board members, probably rank among the top. Those who speak the loudest, provide the greatest shock value, and seek to divide are certainly [...]

The post Book Ban Documentary Elevates Student Voices first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/feed/ 0 Voters Send Powerful Message to Anti-Trans, Moms for Liberty-aligned Candidates https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/ https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:03:51 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924077 In multiple states this election year, voters signaled an overall shift away from “parents’ rights” issues, fear mongering, and partisan politics, including the rejection of anti-trans candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson as well as other state and local educational posts. North Carolina voters also rejected Moms for Liberty-endorsed Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate [...]

The post Voters Send Powerful Message to Anti-Trans, Moms for Liberty-aligned Candidates first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/feed/ 0 Moms for Liberty-Related Candidates on the Ballot, Despite Waning Support of Disgraced Group https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/ https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:02:47 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=921291 The disgraced, discredited, and voter-rejected book-banning extremist group Moms for Liberty (M4L) is still looking to remain relevant in this year’s election, including a high-profile U.S. Senate race, and in school board elections. The group has also fought Title IX protections for transgender students, urging leaders to “withhold funds from schools that teach about nonbinary [...]

The post Moms for Liberty-Related Candidates on the Ballot, Despite Waning Support of Disgraced Group first appeared on GLAAD.

]]> https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/feed/ 0